There are many unapproved laws in the Iraqi Parliament; however, the dialogue during the week focused on the two laws of elections and public budget. Some clarified that it is the Iraqi government’s duty to equate all provinces according to one criterion, and define the Regional share of the budget in accordance with the human population rather than the political agreements on the expense of Iraqis as in the past. Also, the government must work to increase the share of the provinces from the oil, as it is one of their legal rights.

 

Some considered the meetings held by Prime Minister with the heads of political blocs as a compromise on the expense of some provinces whose people sacrificed a lot of blood. Also, others see that the amendment of the elections law is for purposes linked with the interests of specific personalities.

 

Conclusions:

 

·         In politics, there is no vote to those who decide to kill their votes by boycotting the elections, as this would lead to the inability of objection in the future.

 

·         There is a deterioration in the health administrative reality in the country, as the Iraqi Ministry of Health does not take the initiative to administrate the public health issue and all that target the life and health of the citizen, due to the inability to deal with the epidemics that have led to the destruction of the animal wealth in the country because of the citizen’s fear of the proliferation of some diseases.

 

·         The problem that Iraq suffers is not a problem of concepts or definitions, but a problem of credibility, including the whole Iraqi environment and society in its all diversities, elites and audiences.

 

·         Any activity that happens without a real economic reform will lead to repeating what happened during the last 15 years, while maintaining the Iraqi single-sector economy fundamentally depends on the State.

 

·         The real Iraqi wealth is apparent on its ground, namely the people and their tremendous unexploited potentials.

 

Recommendations:

 

·         The Iraqi voter must not commit the mistake of boycotting the elections, as this would be an excellent opportunity for the dominant powers to keep their dominance. In addition, the change can be achieved through the effective participation in the elections rather than boycotting them.

 

·         It is the Ministry of Health’s duty to work on managing the public health in a competent way through activating the role of the government laboratories to discover the extent of some diseases in the Iraqi environment and show the results in a transparent way.

 

·         The spark of correcting the deteriorated reality comes only from the audience; however, this can only be achieved by a neutral administration of the electoral process in terms of the laws and implementation.

 

·         The reconstruction of Iraq needs cohesive visions that include the infrastructures and the reorganization of the Iraqi economy, as well as the reduction of the public sector’s domination on the Economy gradually.

 

·         The government must develop a long-term program to invest the human potentials in Iraq, especially the creative ones, as the world lives in the age of knowledge and information, which entails Iraq to keep up with that.

 

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

 

(1)   Mr. Farazdaq Al-Sabkan

 

(2)   Dr. Falah Shamsa

 

(3)   Dr. Azzam Alloush

 

(4)   Dr. Kazem Al-Omran

 

(5)   Mr. Hisham Al-Musawi

 

(6)   Mr. Omar Al-Shaher

 

(7)   Dr. Rahim Al-Hasnawi

 

(8)   Mr. Mohammed Husam Al-Huseini

 

(9)   Mr. Yaseen Taha

 

(10)  Mr. Karim Al-Nouri

 

(11)  Mr. Arjan Kettaneh

 

(12)  Mr. Abd Awad