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Thursday, June 03, 2004

Legitimacy of the Interim Government

Iraq the Model
:: Al-Sistani also said that the new government, appointed Tuesday by a U.N. envoy, lacks the "legitimacy of elections" and does not represent "in an acceptable manner all segments of Iraqi society and political forces"
I'm quite sure that even if Prophet Mohammed himself was appointed to be the new president, those clerics would have shown the very same criticism and they would consider him as a puppet of the Americans. Can't they just remain silent for a couple of months and wait for the elections to come rather than trying to hinder any step Iraq takes.

Wasn't Sistani himself the one who asked the GC and the CPA to invite the UN to come to Iraq and supervise the political process?!
From a purely technical viewpoint Sistani is correct. Any government that does not come to power via a free and fair election is not "legitimate".

Of course this also means the none of the predominantly Arab contries have legitimate governments (i.e. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc.).

This is the beginings of a democratic revolution. Iraqis will be able to say "we were first, we led the way into a better future for all Arabs."
Posted by: Zayphar / 6/03/2004 02:48:00 PM
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