Maitham Al-Abadi, a political and academic researcher, said today, Thursday, that the Dhi Qar Provincial Council has been going through two things since Abdul-Baqi Al-Omari was fired.
Al-Abadi stated, “Iraq is governed by a dialectic of a relationship between what is and what should be the case, with its institutions, bodies, and electoral system.” What is the case, however, is that dealing with data and manifestations of the state of institutions that require transparency and objectivity in accordance with the principle of equality—everyone is equal before the law, and no authority is above the authority of the law—requires dealing with transparency and high professionalism away from electoral entitlements and the requirements of quotas, and this is the principle. What should be the case, however, requires dealing with dealing with data and manifestations of the state of institutions that require transparency and objectivity
“Where do we place the dismissal of Al-Omari, the head of the Dhi Qar Provincial Council?” he continued. Is it within the context of what is taking place? Or should this be the situation? Is it a coup against the (legitimacy and legality) of the electoral entitlement and the reality of the quota system, as Al-Omari stated (a political coup), or did the provincial council express political corruption by wasting public money and monopolizing the position in order to dismiss Al-Omari and overthrow him at the police headquarters with a majority of 11 out of 18 members?
He stated, “What is happening in the Dhi Qar Provincial Council does not go beyond two things, the first of which is a struggle for political positions. This is what is happening and imposed by the reality of the political structure following the political transformation after 2003, which is what Al-Omari expressed by jumping over the legitimacy and legality of the electoral entitlements and violating the central strategic understandings and alliances.” The second thing could be an effort to demonstrate the province’s institutional structure as well as the objectivity and openness with which cases of political, financial, and administrative corruption, waste of public funds, and the rule of law are dealt with.
Therefore, it is a dialectic of conflict between what is and what ought to be; however, in this dialectic, who ultimately prevails? According to Arnold Toynbee’s theory as well as the theory of challenge and response, I can see that the provincial council justifies Al-Omari’s dismissal in this instance. There is a reaction to every action, and there is a position and a treatment or change to the course of action for every imbalance. They use Al-Omari’s failures and instances of wasting public funds to justify the dismissal (response), which constitutes a challenge. The stated objective is to rectify the provincial council’s actions and eliminate instances of corruption.
“As for Al-Omari, he addresses the reality of the political structure and the requirements of political understandings and agreements in the distribution of government positions according to electoral entitlements and central strategic alliances,” he explained. As a result, his removal constitutes a political coup or a departure from the central alliances and agreements among the parties and blocs, and it will have negative effects that may extend beyond the governorate’s political periphery.”
“In light of the reality of the imbalances that afflict the political process in Iraq, the truth and the truth of the political scene at the level of Dhi Qar Governorate, and Iraq in general, have another face, if not several faces. However, relative to one another, none of them lack credibility. He continued, “The majority of the variables that affect phenomena are relative facts that may provide complete or nearly complete mental perceptions of some political phenomena and events, but they are all relative and true at the same time.”
