"Seven months have elapsed from 2007, yet the citizen finds no improvement in the services rendered to him," Sheikh Ahmed al-Safi addressed worshippers in the Shiite sacred shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala.
The Sistani's representative added "the Iraqi national budget, branded as revolutionary, reached $41 billion this year but I received reliable information that only 1% of the budget was virtually spent as it is only the officials' mode that determines the priority of implementing the suggested projects."
"In Iraq, we have a new syndrome, which has become the prevailing law, that is the official's mode," al-Safi noted.
The Friday sermon preacher also warned against what he named as "new kinds of dictatorships growing in Iraq."
"There are new dictatorships in Iraq, similar to those of the past, they want to demolish all highly qualified people. These dictatorships now have established themselves well in the governmental departments where things are adapted to the way liked by the dictator official," the Sistani's representative.
Al-Safi also called upon Iraqi political blocs to unify their political tone as most of their platforms "share much in common."
The Friday preacher also considered any improvement in the security situation in Baghdad as a key to solve all problems in other provinces.
"Efforts should be made to regain security in Baghdad because it would affect the security situation in Diala, Mosul and elsewhere," Sistani's representative said.
