The Iraqi “Baghdad Today” website reported, on Friday, that the security forces opened all roads leading to the Green Zone in the capital, Baghdad, following demonstrations by supporters of the Sadrist movement and others for the coordination framework.
The website quoted a security source as saying that “the security forces have opened all roads leading to the vicinity of the Green Zone (in central Baghdad).”
Tahrir Square in the capital, Baghdad, witnessed demonstrations by supporters of the Sadrist movement to demand the withdrawal of the coordinating framework for the nomination of Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani for the position of Prime Minister of Iraq, according to Iraqi media.
Demonstrations took place on Friday evening. Supporters of the Sadrist movement In the vicinity of the headquarters of the Wisdom Movement in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Earlier, Al-Arabiya correspondent reported this evening, the closure of the Green Zone gate in Baghdad amid a heavy deployment of security forces.
Prior to that, the security authorities closed the Jumhuriya Bridge, in addition to some roads leading to the Green Zone as precautionary measures to prevent The entry of demonstrators affiliated with the Sadrist movement back to the green zone.
Sadr supporters in the vicinity of the Iraqi parliament on Wednesday
The security authorities also closed Al-Khilani Square in the center of Baghdad and its surroundings to secure a large gathering organized by the Wisdom Movement led by Ammar Al-Hakim.
During this gathering, the leader of the Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, said today that the movement will not stand “idly arms” in front of what he described as “attempts of hatred and sounds of sedition.”
Al-Hakim added through his account on “Telegram”: “We have witnessed during the past weeks Numerous attempts to sow discord and strife among the components of the people,” he called on all national forces to overcome “previous sensitivities and intersections” and open a “serious and responsible” dialogue.
Al-Hakim stressed the need for a “clear and public” mechanism for the people to choose the president of the republic, calling on the Kurds to agree on a candidate or go to the House of Representatives with candidates, while leaving the choice to Parliament.
Ammar al-Hakim delivers a speech today in Baghdad
Al-Hakim also called for “working seriously to amend the electoral law in a way that rid Iraq of the knot of political blockage while preserving the rights of the components and their fair representation.”
In the same context, the coordination framework said in a Friday statement that it “renews the call for the Kurdish forces to hold more serious dialogues in order to reach an agreement on a candidate for the presidency.”
He also stressed that “the negotiating team formed by the coordination framework will start its dialogues with the political parties and other parties with the aim of reaching internal understandings that contribute to increasing the strength of the next government, and making it able to better perform its service tasks.”
The capital, Baghdad, is witnessing protests once morest the nomination of the Sudanese coordinating framework for the post of Iraqi Prime Minister. No new government has been formed in Iraq since the parliamentary elections last October.
