A “boiling street” complaining bitterly of corruption, poor services and suffocation of political freedoms would only accelerate the process of government disintegration.
Some of the manifestations of the breakup is Ayad Allawi’s refusal to chair the High Council for Strategic Policies, which was created specifically for him, in the framework of national partnership in government, and his subsequent warm meeting with Sadrist movement head Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf. The Sadrists themselves have been escalating their criticism of the government and warning that they will not remain partners in the governing coalition if it fails to deliver on its promises. Allawi himself keeps reiterating that there is no genuine “national partnership” and that all that was agreed upon as a compromise under the guiding hand of Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barazani has been circumvented or ignored by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.Adding to the complexity is the preemptive decision by the Committee for Accountability and Justice Commission, which is tied to Ahmad Chalabi. The commission has announced that a number of candidates proposed for the three security ministries – defense, interior and national security – do not qualify due to Ba’thist background.
[Chalabi himself was proposed as a minister of interior but was turned down by al-Maliki, and the decision by the Commission to disqualify the other candidates must be judged as an act of political revenge.]
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