سرقة و الفساد مكافحة حملة موجة يدعمون العراقيونالعليا الشيعية الدينية المرجعية تحذر فيما العام المال

التقسيم خطر من" بلومبيرغ " شبكة اليكساندر كاروالينا بقلم

المعموري الهادر ترجمة " هم " و العبادي مع كلنا تقول الفتات يحملون كانوا فيما

, نهاية اثناء بغداديون تجمع العراقية باالعالم يلوحونتستعرضدعمهم حاشدة مسيرات في الماضي االسبوع

. بالدهم لرئيسوزاءيعمل هو و العبادي لحيدر المؤازرة و التضامن عرض ان

حكومته ترشيق مع الفساد استهداف و مواجهة علىلزعيم فارقة لحظة في به مرحب تغيير بمثابة كان انما

, اوقات حسب و السيئة االوقات على اعتاد عراقيمن واسعة مساحات سقوط محنة العراق فيها يواجهجانب الى داعشاالرهابي تنظيم تحتسيطرة اراضيه

تحت البالد اقتصاد ترنح و الطائفية الصدوع و تجذرو الترهل و الفساد مع المترافقة االدارة سوء وطئة , . هو و جياد سجاد السيد يقول النفط انخفاضاسعار

, يقول بغداد في االقتصادي االصالح معهد من محللعدا " جانبه الناسالى وقوف العبادي كسب لقد معلقا

". كذلك جياد اضاف و العليا الدينية المرجعية دعم عنتحسين" و االصالح عجلة تحريك من العبادي تمكن ما اذا

, الستذكار بذاكرتنا سنعود جميعا فأننا الناس حياة وقع " ". ما اذا بالقول ليستدرك عاد لكنه الفارقة اللحظة هذه

لوقفمشاريعه خصومه حاربه و ذلك في العبادي فشل". سيئا, منحا ستأخذ االمور فأن االصالحية

للفساد المناهضة االحتجاجات من متواصلة اسابيع بعد , الدينية المرجعية تفويضمن و بتأييد و الخدمات سوء و

علي السيد العظم الله بآية ممثلة العليا الشيعيةالتحديات فتيل تنزع ان لها امكن التي السيستاني

, , كالمه بقلة المعروف العبادي اتخذ المضادة السياسيةالوقت ان معلنا الحالي آب من التاسع في قراراه اتخذ

. للتحرك حانIn an effort to change the nation’s direction, Abadi announced he was scrapping senior posts, including the nation’s three vice presidents, abolishing ministries and would hold incompetent military officers to account.Rampant CorruptionTwelve years after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, Iraqis are suffering from chronic shortages of power, drinking water and hope. Islamic State militants dominate about a third of the country after sweeping through the north in June last year. State coffers are depleted, and graft -- Transparency International ranks Iraq as among the 10-most-corrupt countries -- is rampant.Many Iraqi politicians didn’t consider “the overall interest of the Iraqi people” and misuse of power fueled the rise of Islamic State, Sistani was quoted on Thursday by Agence France-Presse as saying in a written response to questions.“If true reform is not realized by fighting corruption without mercy, and realizing social justice on different levels, it is expected that circumstances will become worse,” he said. Iraq could be dragged to “partition and the like, God forbid,” Sistani said, in his most direct warning yet.Maliki Threat

Misuse of oil wealth has eroded faith in many Middle Eastern governments. Yet in Iraq, holder of the world’s fifth-largest crude reserves, a combustible mix of jihadist conflict, feuding political cliques and distrust between a Shiite-led administration and a large Sunni minority make the country particularly susceptible to graft.In one example, Abadi announced earlier this year that army commanders appointed primarily for their loyalty to former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki were receiving funds to pay the salaries of 55,000 soldiers who didn’t exist.The success of Abadi’s offensive may hinge on his ability to remove men like Maliki from office, and stifle protests from their supporters.Though Maliki’s star has waned -- as well as losing his job as vice president, he may also face charges over the fall of Mosul to Islamic State -- he still controls 93 seats in parliament and retains powerful friends.Those include Qais al-Khazali, who leads the League of the Righteous, an Iran-backed militia. Maliki served from 2006 until 2014 when, in the wake of Mosul’s fall, he lost the support of Sistani, the U.S. and Iran.‘Huge Dispute’“The main dilemma is Maliki,” Shirouq al-A’abichi, a parliamentary lawmaker, said by phone from Baghdad. “There is a huge dispute surrounding him.”Ayad Allawi, a secular Shiite who heads a largely Sunni party and was also ousted from his vice presidential

office, has said that some of Abadi’s proposed measures may be unconstitutional. Still, like Maliki, he has voiced support for Abadi.Abadi’s seven-point plan, unanimously approved in a vote in parliament on Aug. 11, reduced the number of security personnel guarding senior officials. He also ended a system of sectarian and party quotas for top posts put in place after the 2003 U.S.- led invasion. Investigations have been opened into the failings of military officers during Islamic State’s advance.On Tuesday, Abadi barred government ministries from hiring contractors, and capped at five the number of advisers allowed in the offices of the prime minister, president and parliament speaker. As many as 300 advisers, who all enjoyed ministerial salaries and perks, had won appointments, according to Jiyad.“Every couple of days, he’s making changes and biting away at the hierarchy that has sucked the country dry,” Jiyad said of Abadi.Bond OfferWith its economy in crisis, Iraq is seeking $6 billion in its first international bond issue in almost a decade to plug a fiscal deficit that Fitch Ratings says will widen to 10 percent this year. Savings built up over years of high oil prices have been eroded by military spending and the sharp drop in crude prices.Hardship, war and the ever-looming threat of the country fracturing mean that, for now, even former rivals are behind Abadi. That may not last.

“We bless all the Abadi reform steps,” said Majida al-Timimi, a lawmaker from the Sadr Trend and member of parliament’s finance committee, by phone. “He hasn’t got a magic stick and he can’t fix 10 years of corruption overnight. We will give him three months.”