The problematic of political commitment among the Iraqi political elite and its impact on the political system after 2003

Abstract

The topic of political commitment is extremely important as it deals with the dialectical relationship between the ruler and the ruled, the citizen and the state, and the implications of this relationship for both parties in terms of rights and duties on the one hand. On the other hand, in terms of the legitimacy that emerges from obedience and dual obligations to the laws and orders between them. Since the issue of political commitment here is discussed in the context of its relationship with the ruling Iraqi political elite since 2003, we find that reality and political history indicate that the ruling political elite does not pay any attention to the issue of political commitment among themselves or towards the people, especially the lack of commitment to the constitution that it approved in 2005. This is for reasons, some of which are subjective, related to the composition of the political elite itself, which is of a traditional nature (sectarian, sectarian, ethnic), and the others related to its external affiliations with interest and ideological dimensions, which made it robbed of its will. The lack of political commitment of the Iraqi political elite to the constitution approved in 2005 led to the loss of legal legitimacy from this elite, whose legitimacy is essentially questionable given that this elite seized power with external support. Therefore, this elite sought to confer traditional and charismatic legitimacy on itself, which resulted in the Iraqi political system being exposed to political and security instability, not to mention the spread of the phenomenon of corruption, theft of public money, the construction of a quota system, and dealing with public institutions on the basis of a policy of personalization and partisanship.