Maliki considered him the biggest problem due to his tendency of dictatorship that tore apart the country, and caused a break with neighbors, except the Iraqi outlets with Iran, and the disappearance of security and infrastructure at a time the unemployment is badly affecting the competencies of university graduates and exploiting enormous oil revenues for loyal in addition to support Assad's war against his opponents in Syria. For their part, Almadinah and Okaz also commented on the same issue saying that the result of the Iraqi elections shown by preliminary results didn't come as a surprise after the State of Law coalition led by Al-Maliki won a slight lead against his competitors. It concluded that a quick reading of the results of the primary elections confirms that Iran is the real winner in this election, through its unlimited support to Al-Maliki that an Iraqi citizen finds oneself - in all likelihood - again before a dictatorial and sectarian rule, weak Parliament and disjointed State doomed to be split and completely loyal to Tehran.
