Iraqis have different expectations from new PM

Record ID: 1693187

  • Title: Iraqis have different expectations from new PM
  • Date: 14th October 2022
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 14, 2022) (REUTERS) TRAFFIC VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING IN COFFEE SHOP PEOPLE WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) IRAQI CITIZEN, SAAD AL-WARDI, SAYING: "I consider the birth of this government a very difficult birth, but we hope, we can't but hope, we don't have anything but hope that hearts reconcile and that they learn the lesson from the protests. To be honest, we can say this is the last chance. The Iraqi people won't go to vote. Previously, 24 (percent of Iraqis went to vote) and most of them were partisans. We hope but it is rarely we go and vote... But if things stay as they are, no election, early or late, will happen. The Iraqi people are awaiting achievements." PEOPLE WALKING PAST VEGETABLE SHOP MEN AT VEGETABLE SHOP PEOPLE WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) IRAQI CITIZEN, ALI MOHAMED, SAYING: "We have said it a long time ago, we can't try those we have tried before. The same faces are returning with (prime minister-designate) Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. This looks like the same government with the same names and faces, there is no chance. So we expect the same corruption and chaos, there is no security, the economy is lost, we don't know where oil is and youth are unemployed. Things will go back to how it was." PEOPLE WALKING TAHRIR MONUMENT TRAFFIC (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) IRAQI CITIZEN, MUSTAFA, SAYING: "We wish this government success and that it eliminates corruption - as well as security and safety to this country. What is demanded is for services to get better, we hope this. If this government does not succeed, it will have the same fate as the government of (former Prime Minister) Adel Abdul Mahdi and it will finish in four-six months, the Iraqi people will go on the streets and its term will end. We don't want this to happen, we hope this period will see Iraq evolving and going forward." TRAFFIC TAHRIR SQUARE
  • Embargoed: 28th October 2022 12:23
  • Keywords: Iraq politics president prime minister reaction
  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Middle East,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001226214102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Iraqis in Baghdad expressed different opinions on Friday (October 14) about the nomination of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as prime minister. While some said they had hope, others were more sceptical.
    Iraq’s parliament on Thursday (October 13) elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president, who immediately named Sudani prime minister-designate, ending a year of deadlock after a national election in October last year.
    The presidency, traditionally occupied by a Kurd, is a largely ceremonial position, but the vote for Rashid was a key step toward forming a new government, which politicians have failed to do since the election.
    Rashid, 78, was the Iraqi minister of water resources from 2003-2010. The British-educated engineer won against former President Barham Salih, who was running for a second term.
    He invited Sudani, the nominee of the largest parliamentary bloc known as the Coordination Framework, an alliance of Iran-aligned factions, to form a government. Sudani, 52, previously served as Iraq’s human rights minister as well as minister of labor and social affairs.
    Sudani now has 30 days to form a cabinet and present it to parliament for approval.
    (Production: Maher Nazeh, Yara Abi Nader)
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