IRAQIS LOOKING ON
It is expected that the forming of the new government will end the current state of anarchy in the country, and that would mean an intimidation to the insurgent groups like al-Qaida in Iraq.
Many Iraqis said an improvement of infrastructure and basic services can be achieved if the new government functions well. But that is still far from certain.
"It is a beginning for a new stage in Iraq. We hope that they will be able to provide better services for the people after years of suffering from acute shortage of electricity, drinking water, fuel, health care and unemployment," Alaa Hussein, a 35-year-old teacher, told Xinhua.
"We are fed up with promises. We need the new government to do more than raising banners of saving and serving the Iraqi people. We want real work on the ground, not words," Hussein said.
Taxi driver Ahmed Ibrahim was more pessimistic.
"Most of those politicians have moved from the parliament to the government or from the government to the parliament to make easy money. They are the same politicians who lied to us for several years after the invasion," the 47-year-old driver said.
"Most of those politicians have to serve the interests of foreign agendas because they have links to many regional and world countries. I admit, there are some honest and nationalist politicians, but they will be in a fierce struggle with the agent politicians," Ibrahim said.
Special Report: Situation in Iraq
