Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kazemi called on all political parties to resort to rational, peaceful and constructive dialogue on the occasion after a year passed since the 2021 early parliamentary elections.


Today, Monday, Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa Kadhimi tweeted," on this day, last year, October 10, we implemented the most significant obligation in our government by holding early parliamentary elections."


A year has passed, and Iraq is still without a government, given the 2010 elections in which the country took a record 289 days to form a government. The country is still divided over forming a government. 


"Last year's early elections were held fairly and professionally in the presence of the United Nations and all observers," Kadhimi added.

 

The PM noted, "after a year, the experience proved that resorting to the ballot box must be consistent with the beliefs of the political forces involved and the practice of political action per cultural and democratic frameworks."


Kadhimi was referring to political parties engaged in extra-legal political activities that have brought Baghdad and much of Iraq into chaos.

 

"Over the past two years, despite the unscrupulous attacks, we have worked calmly and rationally on a different path to resort to dialogue and joint cooperation with all different political forces for stability and peace," Kadhimi explained. The "unscrupulous attacks," is a reference to the Kamikaze drones that hit Kadhimi's official residence in Baghdad and injured several people from his security detail.


The PM once again called on all political parties to resort to the logic of rational, peaceful and constructive dialogue to resolve the political impasse and promote a comprehensive national solution that will strengthen their "infant democracy" and support the pillars of stability and prosperity for Iraq.


A year has passed since Iraq held its early elections to form a new government following the Tishreen Protests that demanded a new government as soon as possible. With Muqtada al-Sadr, which controls much of the streets of Iraq, boycotting the normal political process, a prospect for a new government soon is far from possible.