Moreover, postponing the elections is a coup against the will of the Iraqi people and an intentional death sentence to the democratic process. Iraqi people must realize the seriousness of postponing the elections, which is a precedent that opens up the door for the extension of the terms of the officials’ office. Also, the patriotic politicians must work to prevent this from happening. Others explained that the postponement of the elections is due to technical reasons because of the difficult conditions of the displaced people and the nature of the relation between the Center and the Region now.

Conclusions:

·         There is a clear duality in the American behavior with the states surrounding Iraq, which reflects negatively on Iraq internally in terms of both the elites and audience.

·         The parties’ readiness for the upcoming elections indicates the return of the sectarian and partisan entrenchments and the inability to break the barrier that prevents from forming a passing list of the sectarian and national labels.

·         Most of the Iraqi society became subject and object, and it is still early to talk about the individualism in the Iraqi society, as even the existing partisanship patterns reject the individualism, making the societal style of thinking the dominant.

·         Postponing elections means undermining the most important pillar of the young democracy in Iraq, which indicates the change of its political face.

·         The political composition of the upcoming elections expresses the waste of reform calls that increased in Iraq, demanding a change in the political reality towards the best and getting out of the current stereotype frame that produces the failure of the state administration.

Recommendations:

·         The elite observers must not be influenced of being undermined in the Iraqi affairs, as this will affect the Iraqi audience, since the elites’ conflicts about the neighboring states cause a divergence in the Iraqi societal fabric.

·         The Iraqi political parties must take into consideration that the formation of trans-sectarian or trans-national list or political alliance will reflect positively on the audience, given that the goal of these alliances is serving Iraq.

·         Among the solutions that unify Iraqis and liberate them from the partisan mobilization and other dependencies is to meet the needs of the society financially and intellectually, and to work in accordance with the integrated economy as a basis in building a wide societal cooperation.

·         It is the government and all patriotic politicians’ duty to preserve democracy in Iraq, whose essence is the elections that must not be manipulated at all.

·         The political elites and parties must work to develop an applicable mechanism on the ground to significantly correct the track of the political process, which reflects positively on the life of the Iraqi citizens and raise their welfare.

Names of some participating members during the week's dialogue:

(1)   Dr. Abdul Hakim Khasro

(2)   Dr. Yousef Al-Taai

(3)   Dr. Haider Al-Aboudi

(4)   Dr. Ihsab Al-Yasiri

(5)   Mr. Hamdallah Al-Rikabi

(6)   Mr. Thaer Al-Dulaimi

(7)   Mr. Farooq Al-Ghazali

(8)   Dr. Akram Abdul Rahman

(9)   Dr. Gazi Ibrahim

(10)  Mr. Karim al-Nouri

(11)  Mr. Mohammed Al-Mayahi

(12)  Mr. Mohammed Al-Husseini