“Today we live in a forest full of terror and corruption,” Muhammad Al-Aqabi, a young man in his twenties, began his talk about the security situation in Iraq. He said that the meaning of freedom in the country is not real, and the average citizen cannot speak comfortably even in the street for fear of the call of the assailant, as he described it.
Al-Uqabi added, “Even working in private companies has become recommended by influential figures, after this reality was limited to government appointments.” When inquiring about the meaning of influential figures, he contented himself with pointing the weapon in his hand.” He points out that unemployment has contributed to the involvement of many young people in working with armed and partisan groups after they despaired of obtaining a government appointment or working in the private sector. Read also Le Monde: This is why the grip of Shiite factions in Iraq is growing From the hawks of the Democrats, who support the invasion and the division of the country, this is how Biden will deal with the Shiite factions in Iraq The Washington Post: It is not just an agent of Iran.. this is how it understands the problems of the Iraqi factions
effect on elimination
Lawyer Ali Al-Moussawi says that the activity and influence of armed factions in Iraq is constantly increasing, as his legal office receives dozens of cases per week in this regard, stressing that such cases do not find their way easily in court as a result of foreign interference.
The Major in the Ministry of Interior, A. Q told Al Jazeera Net that “many interventions prevent us from performing our work, as influential party parties confront us to prevent the arrest of one of its members and on various charges between drugs and publicizing weapons, and sometimes arrest warrants are withdrawn from officials in the security sector, or we arrest the accused and release him before the investigation under the pressure of the controlling forces.” .
Lawyer at the Ministry of Justice, Ammar al-Lami, believes that the Iraqi judiciary is far from political conflicts, and is committed to achieving justice, citing previous judicial rulings that affected many officials.
The specialist in Iraq’s political studies, Dr. Muhammad Al-Ezzi, says that reforming the political situation in Iraq requires a long period and the introduction of new laws that keep pace with political and legal development, noting that the laws of the Revolutionary Command Council and the dissolved Baath Party are still in force today, and some political parties exploit them despite their approval in the Council Representatives to release its members on the pretext of not recognizing the laws of the previous regime.
clan mafias
Special sources at the Baghdad Operations Command indicated that the increase in clan chapters is linked to the influence of these clans within the corridors of influential parties, which is something that is out of state control, especially in light of the current political crisis.
Lawyer Ali al-Moussawi says in this regard that challenging the tribal custom of the law is a foregone conclusion, and these clans exploit the influence of their sons within the security forces to extend their control, pointing out that the reasons for this influence are the political accumulations of previous governments.
However, Dr. Al-Ezzi had another point of view, as he stated that Iraq, since the beginning of its founding, has been driven by clan traditions, and it is not strange that some clans try to preserve the safety of their sons who may face unjust rulings as a result of various effects on the judiciary, agreeing with those who see that the weakness of some laws is the reason these interventions.
Al-Moussawi stresses that resolving clan issues weakens the concept of the legislative authority. It is not necessary to establish justice in some clan customs. Therefore, many armed conflicts erupt between opponents in their areas, stressing that this phenomenon is one of the causes of “uncontrolled arms.”
For his part, Al-Ezzi pointed out that this issue is very sensitive, especially talking about traditions that the state has been unable to control since the days of the monarchy, and all governments have tried to get close to them to avoid problems.
He pointed out that the state recently regretted it, and tried to fix the matter by launching military operations, such as Al-Waad Al-Sadiq, but the large amount of equipment thwarted the operation, fearing that it would move inside the alleys of residential areas. “The Iraqi governments cannot be blamed for arming the tribes that took over the main stores of equipment after the American invasion,” he added.
Demonstrations activists
In October 2019, Iraq witnessed widespread demonstrations against the government of Adel Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad and other cities in the south of the country; As a result of the deteriorating security and economic conditions, it was accompanied by the assassination of a number of activists, such as Dr. Hisham al-Hashemi and activist Ahmed Abdel Samad.
Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s government conducted lengthy investigations to uncover the perpetrators, as lawyer Ali Al-Moussawi says in his statements about Al-Jazeera Net, but they have not come out with real results so far.
While Al-Ezzi stressed that the government is seeking to restore calm through these statements, considering that the announcement of the results of the investigations will disturb the current situation, and may lead to serious setbacks that outweigh what happened in the protests.
He added that it is normal for some influential parties to take measures against the demonstrators, regardless of their nature; In order to preserve its political interests, based on what happened during the American invasion of Vietnam and the liquidation of political opponents by pro-Chinese groups in the Viet Cong government, these parties exploit the internal conflict and the government’s preoccupation with its political problems to extend their influence.
In various statements, parliamentary and governmental sources unanimously agreed on the difficulty of enacting laws to limit the spread of uncontrolled arms, as this is linked to the agendas of political parties. These statements reflect the actual reality in the country, says Muhammad Al-Ezzi.