We still lack a fair and unified electoral system, says Sayyid Al-Hakim

Baghdad-INA

The head of the National Wisdom Movement, Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim, confirmed on Saturday, that no executive government can work without effective political and parliamentary support, indicating that Iraq lacks a fair and unified electoral system.

Sayyid Al-Hakim said, at the official memorial ceremony on the occasion of the martyrdom of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Al-Hakim, which was attended by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “If we don't unite in the face of challenges... Our political system will not last long, and it will be subjected to more pressure than it has been subjected to in the past 20 years”.

He pointed out that "The phase of writing the constitution passed through exceptional circumstances surrounded by the concerns accumulated over the years of tyranny, dictatorship, marginalization ,negating the other, and all this had a clear impact on some constitutional articles”.

He continued: "In light of the political experience, political maturity and accumulation of the experiences of the democratic path, thinking about reconsidering some constitutional articles has become a serious and necessary matter, especially as our country suffers from some structural problems among its political actors, which have become a gateway to controversy and rivalry”.

He added, "We still lack a clear definition of the mechanisms of the federal relationship and their practical applications between the federal government and the Kurdistan region, and it is not acceptable to make it a target for political purge and external interventions, and we also still lack a unified military doctrine, albeit diverse in its security joints”.

He confirmed: "We need a great and consistent social revolution between the Government and the people, and among all educational, media and community institutions.. We need a clear strategy, goals and timings to bring about a societal and cultural transition commensurate with the objective of reform and development we wish for our political and community system in Iraq".

He concluded: "We have a political generation that was born with the first day of change in Iraq in 2003, and we have to ask ourselves all: do we pay good attention to what this generation requires and its way of thinking... and what should be done to protect it from the manipulation of intruders and enemies of the country?”.