PM: A call on citizens to participate in the elections

 INA - Baghdad

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi confirmed on Tuesday, the success of holding Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, noting that its influence were great locally, regionally and globally.

“Our goal is, above all, to take into account the interest of Iraq, and this does not mean to be at the expense of our brothers and friends from Arab and regional countries, but rather on the basis of common interests,” said Al-Kadhimi in a speech during the cabinet meeting, according to a statement by his media office received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

Al-Kadhimi noted that Iraq must return in a manner worthy of its great name and history, which represents the cradle of civilizations, saying, “our keenness that Iraq controls its security, politics, and economy away from any interference, in a way that Iraq can’t be ruled by another country, and Iraq cannot be isolated from its regional and international surroundings, which is what we are working on by strengthening cooperation relations based on mutual respect for sovereignty,”

"It is not strange that there is competition between the political parties, but it is strange and shameful that this competition affects Iraq and its people. For we will not be complimented at the expense of the homeland, whatever the cost,” he expressed.

He stated, “We are moving in the right direction and steadily towards combating corruption. We have made great progress in this file, despite political interference, as the service file also had an important share of our government program, and we are achieving what we promised to accomplish,”

“There are only a few weeks left for the elections, and all conditions are ready for the early electoral process, and we look forward to broad and effective participation," he added, urging citizens to “participate in the elections by social actors as it is a very important matter,”

PM al-Kadhimi pointed out that "the return of the Sadrist movement to participate in the elections, a good step that added momentum to the elections, and I call on all the boycotters to return and participate in the elections,”

“We are continuing to work on activating the Fund for Future Generations, based on a sense of responsibility towards our children and grandchildren. We want to secure Iraq's future away from dependence on an unsustainable economy, as oil wealth will not be dominant throughout life, and many countries have begun to search for alternative and clean energies,” he pointed out.

He explained, “We inherited the oil wealth from our ancestors, and we are supposed to develop this great legacy, not only drain it, and deprive future generations of its wealth,”