Barham Salih calls for a political and social contract in Iraq
Shafaq News / The President of the Republic, Barham Salih urged, on Sunday, to conduct a political and social contract in Iraq, which he described as an inevitable necessity.
This came when the President of the Republic received presidents, deans and professors in Iraqi universities from various governorates, where they discussed the progress of higher education work in addition to the general political situation in the country, according to a statement by the President’s office.
The President of the Republic stressed the need to begin meeting the national and constitutional entitlements and not to disrupt them, noting that the tasks of the new parliament and the government that will emerge from it will be grave and hopeful, as it came after early elections in response to a movement and a broad popular public opinion that acknowledges the impossibility of continuing the current situation, and the importance of correcting tracks, and focus on serious reform and the fight against corruption.
He added that the urgent need for good governance through a new political and social contract is not a luxury but an imperative necessity imposed by the internal political and economic conditions and the rapid regional and international developments, noting that the formulation of this contract is with the participation of the national public opinion with its political, academic and social activities.
The President pointed out that Iraq’s absence from its pivotal role in the region during the past four decades due to its internal crises was reflected in its internal instability and withdrew to the whole region, noting that the efforts made have achieved great development in restoring Iraq to its natural pioneering role in the region through a national path based on rejection The country, Iraq, is an arena of conflicts, but rather a forum for the convergence of the interests of the peoples and countries of the region.