When Crown Prince Mohammed introduced the situation, Wang Dong remained silent.

If Iran is responsible for Said's death, then Saudi Arabia's ass is not clean, and there must be a lot of shady deeds.

Only, who can be blamed for this?

Both the Saudi royal family and the Iranian authorities are doing to protect their own interests.

Even Saeed is defending Iraq's interests.

Objectively speaking, there is no right or wrong at all.

"Your Highness should be happy, after all, after Said, it is Razak who is now in power, and as far as I know, Razak is the leader of the Sunnis."

"Actually, that's why I'm here for you."

Wang Dong frowned and did not answer.

"Although according to Iraqi law, the speaker of the parliament, that is, Razak, will serve as interim prime minister until a new prime minister is elected by the ruling coalition, but in the current situation, the national coalition, the largest party in the Iraqi parliament, may not be able to win the support of other parties and therefore may not be able to elect a new prime minister within the stipulated time. By law, Iraq will hold early elections. ”

"So, a caretaker government will be formed by Razak?"

Muhammad nodded, indicating that this was what he meant.

Wang Dong was still frowning, and his expression was extremely grim.

If the situation really develops to this point, Iraq is afraid that it will become a mess.

Under Iraq's current system, the prime minister, who wields real power, is elected by the ruling party, which holds more than half of the seats in parliament, and does not require a parliamentary vote.

The president, as the symbolic head of state, is elected by the parliament.

As for the Speaker of the Second Leader of the Nation, he is elected by the major political parties in Parliament, and each party, regardless of size, has only one vote for recommendation.

It is in this way that the Prime Minister is the de facto leader of Iraq.

However, the Shiite national coalition does not hold a majority of seats in parliament and still needs to win over other parties to form a coalition of ruling parties.

Sadly, the prime minister's first successor is not the deputy prime minister, but the speaker of the parliament.

If it is only a temporary power, and the ruling coalition elects a new prime minister within half a month, it is not a big problem, after all, half a month is not a long time.

The problem now is that if early elections are held, a caretaker government will have to be formed.

Under Iraqi law, the Speaker of Parliament is the number one candidate for the formation of a caretaker government.

Even if everything is rushed, the general election will take months, and in Iraq, where the situation is already unstable, I am afraid that a lot will happen in a few months.

The point is that Speaker Razak is the leader of the Sunni minority.

So, will the Shiites, who make up the majority of the population, and those parties from the Shiites, willingly submit to the leadership of a Sunni?

You know, Iraq's last Sunni leader was not only a dictator, but also waged two wars.

It is this guy who has turned Iraq from a rich oil-producing country into a poor and backward war-torn land.

Leaving aside what the Iraqi people will think, the Shiite parties will not compromise and will certainly try to remove Razak from power.

Iraq now is a barrel of explosives, which can be detonated by a single spark.

Let's not forget that there are so many political parties and political groups in Iraq, including extremist factions, that no one can unite except Saeed.

Razak?

Apparently, he is just a puppet at the mercy of the Saudis.

Although Crown Prince Mohammed did not say it explicitly, Wang Dong had already thought that Razak was likely to be the face of Saudi Arabia in Iraq.

Quite simply, what Razak is doing now does nothing to help maintain peace and stability in Iraq.

If he were a leader like Said, the first thing to do would not be to take power or to put the country in a state of emergency, but to unite with other parties to form a coalition of ruling parties.

Because the National Coalition is the largest political party group in Iraq, Razak must have its support.

The most effective way would be to put a deputy prime minister, also from Shia, in a key position, and a national coalition to form a coalition of ruling parties.

Unfortunately, Razak did not do so.

He immediately declared a takeover of power, and at the same time imposed a state of emergency in the country, which would inevitably lead to a split in the national coalition and zero chance of forming a coalition of ruling parties.

Without a coalition of ruling parties, an early general election would have been held.

During this period, Razak will certainly use the opportunity of being prime minister of the caretaker government to strike at other parties and then become the dictator of Iraq.

So, why did the Saudi royal family support Razak?

You must know that a peaceful and stable Iraq is good for Saudi Arabia and bad for Iran, otherwise Iran would not have risked getting rid of Said.

From this perspective, the Saudi royal family should do its utmost to maintain peace and stability in Iraq.

That is, to get Razak to hand over power, find a Shiite leader similar to Saeed to form a new government, and get Iraq back in the right direction.

Could it be that Crown Prince Mohammed gambled everything and tried to prop up a Sunni dictator in Iraq?

If it succeeds, the Saudis will surely reap huge benefits.

The problem is that if it fails, the Saudis will lose the favorable situation they now have.

From the point of view of maintaining the rule of the Saudi royal family, there is no need for such a thing, after all, what happens to Iraq is a secondary issue.

So, is there something else going on?

On second thought, Wang Dong thought only of the possibility that none of Iraq's Shiite parties had a similar philosophy to Saeed.

In other words, there is no one to replace Said.

Of course, this has a lot to do with Said's assassination.

You must know that as long as the Shiites are ****, then no matter who sits in the prime minister's position, the first thing to do is to consolidate the regime.

In the position of the next prime minister, the assassination of Said has already proved that the policies he advocated will not work.

If national unity and religious reconciliation are a dead end, then the successor will seek absolute power and use extreme means against dissidents.

If the Shiites are in power, then the unlucky ones will certainly be the Sunnis.

It is clear that the Saudi royal family will never allow a Shiite dictator to take control of Iraq.

Even if there was only such a possibility, the Saudi royal family would have struck first and supported the Sunnis in power, even if it was a dictator.

Let's not forget that Iraq's last dictator took aim at Iran and fought an eight-year war.

Conversely, if a Shiite dictator emerges, the next eight-year war is likely to start on the Saudi-Iraqi border.

Thinking of this, Wang Dong couldn't help but sigh.

As he thought before, there is no right or wrong in this, there is only the interests of the country and itself.

If it were Wang Dong who sat in the seat of the Saudi crown prince, he would also have such concerns, and he would have acted because of these concerns.

Who can be blamed for this?