It has not been easy for a society accustomed to a presidential system and single-person rule to clearly define official responsibilities related to their lives under a democratic system, which features a quadripartite presidency including “Presidency of the Republic, Prime Ministership, Parliament Presidency, and the Presidency of the Supreme Judicial Council.”

Citizens tend to deal with the President as the direct official responsible for all personal matters “economically, socially, legally, and in services,” and may even hold the President accountable for delays affecting their work as the primary responsible figure. When trying to identify the responsible person, they firmly choose a name from among the four options.

The President of the Republic is the first name that quickly comes to the citizen’s mind when facing any obstacle, and when confronted with the distribution of responsibilities, they reject it as a political ploy that does not serve their reality and may be, in their view, the reason for delays in solutions they cannot accept.

Context of Time

The President has accelerated many decisions to respond to citizens’ questions, unaware that others had thought of them as well but without meeting in the same time and place. Those who approach this with legal humanity will realize that the President directly supervised, after meetings, workshops, legal readings with the Ministries of Interior and Justice, the Supreme Judicial Council, and the National Security Advisory, the release of more than 9,000 detainees whose sentences had ended but were not released, following appeals from their families received by the President’s office and verified by participating committees.

Taking responsibility for the citizen’s voice wherever they are in the homeland means being patient and open to hearing everyone without exception. This is reflected in the book “Presidential Palace Documents,” documenting the years Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rasheed has held the presidency since late 2022. The documentation covers the relationship between the citizen and the President and how both have always sought to promptly hear each other’s voices wherever obstacles require overcoming.

Women, children, youth, elders, officials, and statesmen meet the President daily; their issues are listened to and transformed into solutions according to the country’s laws and constitution, which the President faithfully protects.

Did the decisions and community and legal work projects stop at releasing this large number, or did they extend to areas concerning the general population and current and future reconciliation?

Specialized committees worked diligently and professionally to draft laws related to the society’s reality, ensuring guarantees for generations’ shares in stability and development. These were sent to the Parliament for approval due to their direct relevance to citizens’ needs.

The President, holding a master’s and doctorate from the University of Manchester in engineering,

has focused intensively on the issue of water scarcity in the country, producing outputs specialized in draft laws.

Citizens’ Conditions

The citizen’s voice was not limited to the capital. When citizens in the provinces were slow to reach the President, he went to them, visiting Basra, Najaf, Karbala, Mosul, Muthanna, Kirkuk, Wasit, Anbar, Babil, Diyala, Khanaqin, Salahuddin, and the Kurdistan Region, inspecting the conditions of citizens in Sulaymaniyah, Erbil, Duhok, and Halabja.

Relentless visits, meetings, and receptions continue with citizens before officials, employees before ministers, unions, organizations, associations, and scientific, literary, and cultural federations. Throughout, he uses constitutional provisions that protect citizens’ rights, highlight their duties toward the state, the concept of citizenship, and how to preserve the wealth and achievements of different stages to ensure generations their shares in a country that accommodates all.

Iraq’s voice was heard in Arab and international forums, with the President calling for investment, support, achievement, and activation of relations between a historic country like Iraq and friendly and brotherly nations. Everyone praised Iraq’s restoration of its international standing after the defeat of terrorism and ISIS and those who sought evil in the land of the prophets.

Iraq conveyed to the world the success of the Kurdistan Region’s experience and the constitutional relations between the federal government and it, as well as the citizen’s relationship in rights and duties wherever they are in this generous land that taught the world that diversity in sects, ethnicities, denominations, religions, and nationalities forms a mosaic that creates a complete national picture. The President eloquently conveyed this, recalling historical, cultural, artistic, literary, and scientific events and the country’s wealth befitting its citizens, who excel in preserving it and maintaining its connection with all that advances its plans, methods, and effective work foundations.

Iraq awaits upcoming elections that confirm the democratic process’s continued interactive development in a society that has learned to deal with the concepts of freedom and democracy under a constitution faithfully preserved by the President, befitting Iraq’s name.