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Public Discontent and Divisions Intensifying Results from the July 2011 Iraq National Survey
Iraqi perceptions of their government and leaders go from bad to worse. A third round of focus groups indicated that the window of opportunity for the new government is quickly shutting, and that as time goes by, citizens grow increasingly frustrated with a lack of responsiveness from their leaders. Focus group participants characterized the government as deaf to their concerns, politically divided, solely self-interested, and lacking the capacity and willingness to address their problems.
Focus Group Report and NDI Poll: Iraqi Views on Politics, Sectarianism and Women, February - March 2011
Focus groups conducted in January suggest that, although Iraqis continued to have an optimistic view toward their country’s democracy, they had significant grievances about the lack of job opportunities and services that they expected from the government. Iraqis continued to question the self-interested motives of the political elites and pointed to administrative corruption and government appointments as prime examples of politicians putting their own interests ahead of the people’s.
