06 April، 2018
One of the phenomenon that spread in the Arab states and Iraq is the partial realization of politics, caused by the cultural decline, the expansion of the culture of the initial ideological fall and the strive for building the individual financially on the expense of the scientific, social and national values. During the last 15 years, the phenomena of the intellectual perversity was crystalized and led by targeted media networks. We find in Iraq that confiscation of Iraq’s wealth is justified as a mean to transform Iraq into a developed country without any guarantees to achieve this.

 

In addition, others see that the ideologization of the protests for electoral purposes in specific times raises questions about the behavior of the Iraqi societal mind. This is because the Iraqi society protests rapidly and suddenly to demand its rights, and calms down suddenly as well, responding to the discourse of some bodies.

 

Conclusions:

 

·         There are many political bodies that trade in the suffering of the Iraqi citizens and seek to exploit it to achieve their electoral interests, with the absence of oversight bodies to prevent this, whether Iraqi or international bodies.

 

·         It is expected that the upcoming elections will not produce different outcomes, because the electoral behavior of the Iraqi society will not be so different based on some facts in the present time.

 

·         There is a direct and implicit electoral promotion in most of the state’s offices due to the distribution of the ministries across the ruling political parties according to the principle of abhorrent quota.

 

·         Iraq suffers a political violence, even if its aspects are different in the political scene; however, its most prominent indicator is the direct or indirect political projection through the electronic armies.

 

·         Geography is one of the governing powerful elements in field of politics, and we can say that Iraq’s geography implies its entry into a proxy war as Syria.

 

Recommendations:

 

·         The civil society organizations must work to face these practices and hold accountable the political bodies that exploit the suffering of the people.

 

·         If the Iraqi society does not change its electoral behaviors, the elections will not be a path towards democracy that achieves the welfare and dignity of the Iraqi individual.

 

·         It is the government and its ministries’ duty to prevent the electoral activities in the government offices completely, and to follow the deterrent preventive procedures of the Ministry of Higher Education against every employee who is involved in promoting any specific body within the ministry’s offices.

 

·         It is better for the politicians to work in accordance with fundamental principles, most important of which is behaving as statesmen, respecting the competitors in the elections, staying away of the projection methods and defamation, and provide a model of the Iraqi committed political voter.

 

·         Iraqi foreign policy makers must understand the needs of their neighbors, keeping it away from the affiliations of the conflicting axes and working based on the principle of positive neutrality.

 

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

 

(1)   Dr. Falah Shamsa

 

(2)   Dr. Yousef Al-Taai

 

(3)   Sheikh Ali Al-Khafaji

 

(4)   Dr. Diyari Al-Fili

 

(5)   Mr. Jawad Al-Attar

 

(6)   Dr. Haider Al-Aboudi

 

(7)   Dr. Ibrahim Al-Abadi

 

(8)   Mr. Adel Abdulmahdi

 

(9)   Dr. Azzam Alloush

 

(10)  Mr. Hussam Al-Ghazali

 

(11)  Dr. Abdul Hakim Khasro

 

(12)  Mr. Farazdaq Al-Sabkan

 

What is contained in this paper is a summary of the proposed opinions in the electronic groups of RCD.