Quotas Breed Quotas.. How the "Single Bloc" Turned Five Months into an "Endless Tunnel"?

Five months have passed since the announcement of election results, and Iraq remains without a government, in a scene reproducing a familiar crisis in its worst form. Political analyst Saleh Rasheed analyzed for "Rafidain News" four main reasons for the deadlock: the extension of the quota system within the single bloc, the dominance of political money over elections, ignoring constitutional timelines, and managing the country with a limited caretaker government. Rasheed believes the recent elections turned from a platform for programs into a "vote market," complicating government formation and producing an "electoral commodity" that is bought and sold. He warned that exceeding the constitutional limit might refer the crisis to the Federal Supreme Court, questioning the fate of the country's economy amid regional complexities affecting the marketing of 90% of Iraqi oil.