United Nations envoy to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert warned of “the anger of the Iraqi people that could explode at any moment” over the failure of political leaders to address a number of underlying issues, including the Iraqi citizen’s suffering from poverty and loss of security. She indicated that Iraq and the region cannot afford to return by October 2019.

In her statement, she also warned that “the negative aspects of Iraqi political life are still recurring in what appears to be a continuous cycle of zero-sum politics”, adding that “More than seven months after the parliamentary elections, several deadlines have been missed because the elections were missed.” “Formation of the government.

And Hennis-Plasschaert, warning political leaders in Iraq not to hide behind an argument not to form a government that she says “diverts attention from what is at stake.” She added: “This does not justify a political stalemate in which armed groups fire rockets with impunity and ordinary citizens suffer. Rather, it justifies a political stalemate that is expected to escalate into public anger at any moment.” She stressed that the time has come to restore the rights of the Iraqi people, who demand adequate services for all their citizens.