Thousands of people hold a peaceful march in Baghdad against Saturday’s action by supporters of the cleric Al-Sadr, which once again filled squares in several cities
Pro-Iranian political groups in Iraq responded with a mass protest in Baghdad against the occupation of parliament by supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr. Thousands of people heeded the call of the coalition dubbed “Coordinating Framework” and marched toward the capital’s Green Zone, but at sunset they obeyed the orders of leaders such as Qais el-Khazali, head of the powerful Asaib Ahl militia. -Haq, and they returned to their homes.
There were hardly any clashes with security forces who were in the midst of the conflict between the country’s Shia parties. Al-Khazali released a statement reminding his followers that “you are on the streets for the good of Iraq, so your slogans should only be for Iraq and not to attack anyone.” Another pro-Iranian leader, Hadi Al-Amiri, head of Al-Fatah, called for “a serious dialogue to find solutions”.
The country has been in political chaos since Al-Sadr’s supporters conquered parliament on Saturday in protest against the nomination of Mohamed al-Sudani as prime minister. Al-Sadr won the October elections, taking 73 seats, but in these months he has failed to gain the necessary majority to form a government. The cleric wants to change the system for the election of the head of government, but the rest of the parties remind him that this requires an amendment to the constitution approved after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Faced with news of a counter-demonstration in Baghdad, the priest again flexed his muscles and filled the squares of many Iraqi cities with his followers, but then ordered them all to return to their homes. Only in Baghdad do they sustain the mobilization.
Interim Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi calls on both sides to moderate and defend his decision to remain neutral. Al-Kadhimi, a politician with a past as a journalist and former intelligence chief, is one of the few Iraqi leaders without a militia behind him. From neighboring Iran, they insisted one more day that the situation in Baghdad is a “domestic issue”, but the truth is that the role of the Islamic Republic is one of the keys that explains this schism between the Iraqi Shiites. Al-Sadr’s spokesman did not pass up the opportunity to accuse his critics of “lack of patriotism” because of his direct ties to Tehran.
Source: La Verdad
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