Al-Abadi: The Election Fund is the legitimate womb for the birth of the authorities

Baghdad - INA

The head of the Victory Coalition, Haider al-Abadi, confirmed today, Friday, that the Election Fund is the legitimate womb for the birth of the authorities, while pointing out that ignoring the elections and not broad participation in them is an attack on the legitimacy of the regime.

Al-Abadi said in a speech during the launch of the election campaign of the National State Forces Alliance, which was followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “Free and fair elections are the pillar of any democratic system. There is no legitimacy for any tyranny without the consent of the people, their choices.”.

Al-Abadi described the election fund as “the legitimate womb for the birth of the authorities that represent the opinion and choice of the national nation,” stressing that “ignoring the elections and not participating widely in them is an attack on the legitimacy of the regime and its ability to gain the trust and representation of the state’s public.”.

He added, "Democracy needs real, institutional parties with an ideological vision and specific programs for managing the state and its files. We must judge the credibility and effectiveness of any democracy by the credibility and effectiveness of its parties.".

In his speech, Al-Abadi touched on Iraq’s position towards the Palestinian issue, saying: “Iraq, as a people and a state, is with the just Palestinian cause, and against the Zionist occupation and its practices that violate the rights of peoples and the resolutions of international legitimacy. Iraq can only side with justice and the right of peoples to freedom and sovereignty, and the world and its institutions and forces must realize The region will not be stabilized unless the Zionist occupation ends and the people of Palestine enjoy their national state.”.

Al-Abadi concluded his speech with the hope that “we will witness free and fair elections with broad popular participation, that the electoral competition will be honorable, moral and purposeful, and that the coming experience will succeed with fair, valid and effective management of the provincial councils.”