Iraq's National Wisdom Movement, led by Ammar al-Hakim, issued Monday a shocking and prolonged report, the first since its decision to move to the opposition in June. It revealed in its report that the achievements made by Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s government over six months don’t exceed 38 percent.
It revoked the 79 percent rate mentioned in the report issued by the government end of June, covering the period since Abdul Mahdi has taken office in October 2018.
Sources close to the Iraqi government told Asharq Al-Awsat they rule out any response by the government to the recent report issued by the opposition Movement.
While members of the Movement say the report is “in favor of the government and aims at correcting its work rather than criticizing it.”
According to the Movement’s report, a group of experts examined what the government issued on its achievements and concluded that the achievement rate doesn’t exceed 38 percent.
It said the figures announced by the government lack accuracy and credibility and that the percentage of projects implemented is only four percent.
The government’s report also didn’t tackle the relation between the federal government and the Kurdistan region despite its major problems with Baghdad, according to the Movement’s report, which highlighted the pledge made by the government’s plan to solve these issues.
It also noted that “some of the work, considered by the government as achievements in its report, is limited to some maintenance projects, book printing and the preparation of studies.”
The government’s report also attributed service achievements to Abdul Mahdi’s government while they were completed under previous governments.
The opposition Movement’s report, however, tackled the work and achievements of all the ministries and showed that the report issued by the government is baseless, the leader in the National Wisdom Movement, Mohamed Hossam al-Husseini, told Asharq Al-Awsat.
