Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakim: The government was unable to conform to the hopes of the Religious Authority and avoiding statements is proof of the Religious Authority’s discontent

The last Friday ended with a noticeable political development from the holy Husseini courtyard, silence expressing a stance to the situation, this what the Religious Authority showed by suspending weekly political speeches except for the necessity of current phase and incoming situations. Chairman Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq (SICI) Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakim considered the current stance of the Religious Authority (avoiding statements) as an obvious proof of its discontent, explaining that the government was inching reformations and was unable to conform to the Religious Authority’s hopes, noting that the Religious Authority is only seeking to provide advice and to care for the public interest and have no selfinterest.

His eminence at the Baghdad Dewan of Iraqi tribes’ leaders meeting, Baghdad Office on February 6, 2016, indicated that the Religious Authority had in advance diagnosed the Iraq issues of corruption and quotas that reached to the lowest professional levels and group’s interests, asking the government to carry out the reformations disregarding the individuals who will be affected by these reformations for the end goal is achieving the commonweal.

Chairman Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq reiterated his warning of political projection, confirming his support to reformations for the high availability of reformation opportunity, his eminence called to explain the economic status of Iraq without intimidating the people, Iraq lack liquidity of funds and not a bankrupted country as propagandized by some sides, making the community leaders responsible of opposing the convulsive speeches that promote selfinterests from either sides , and demanded tribes’ leaders to encounter incidents of tribal disputes. In respect of Popular Mobilization forces (PMF) is eminence stated:” The motive of the Popular Mobilization Forces is a patriotic motivation.” And targeting the PMF is only interpreted by sectarian, describing stances of some sides towards PMF as double standard stances as they ask for foreign interference while refusing their own homeland sons, exaggerating mistakes and keeping mute to the mistakes of others, reiterating his affirmation on that Iraq is not in need to any foreign forces from any side, indicating that Iraqi people and by their unity with each other and unlike the remaining world are able to defeat ISIS in the battlefield.