Hope in Iraq?
Via AP at HotAir, the more rational Iraqis are orchestrating a potentially positive change in the leadership of the Iraqi government.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Major partners in Iraq’s governing coalition are in behind-the-scenes talks to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki amid discontent over his failure to quell raging violence, according to lawmakers involved.
Not only is this a positive in the sense that al-Maliki has been a liability and a paper tiger in his role as PM, it’s also a huge positive in that Iraqis are beginning to assert their power as free citizens within the parliamentary system.
Al-Hakim’s SCIRI, along with parliament’s Kurdish bloc and al-Hashemi’s Islamic party, are likely to be the major powers of the new alliance. Independent lawmakers are also expected to join, legislators said.
Al-Hashemi’s Islamic party said Sunday it would not join any future government unless it had a real voice.
Mahmoud Othman, a prominent Kurdish lawmaker and a sharp government critic, said talks on a new parliamentary alliance were initiated early this year, abandoned and recently resumed.
“This government must offer a remedy for all the problems we have in Iraq or publicly announce that it’s unable to do so,” said Othman, who is close to the negotiations.
With talk of a strong solution to the violence in the making, I can’t help but hope that the necessary actions be taken by an Iraqi federal government that the people as a whole can respect and trust.
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