The Sadrist movement announces an open sit-in in the Iraqi parliament

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It was thousands of elements Sadrist Movement broke in the green Zoneheavily fortified in the center of Baghdad, and they entered a hall ParliamentFor the second time in a matter of days.

Reporter reported "Sky News Arabia" In Baghdad, intermittent confrontations occurred between demonstrators and the force charged with protecting the Green Zone, indicating that the sound of tear gas canisters was heard whenever the demonstrators tried to reach the area.

Since the morning hours, thousands of Sadr’s supporters At the Jumhuriya Bridge leading to the Green Zone, they removed the concrete barriers on the bridge, and the security forces repeatedly tried to prevent them from reaching the Green Zone, to no avail.

Our correspondent reported that the demonstrators are trying to storm Supreme Judicial Council in the fortified area.

Sadr’s supporters are demanding that Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani not be nominated for the position of prime minister, but today demands have risen to bring down the entire political class in Iraq, as our correspondent reported.

Iraq has been experiencing a political crisis since the parliamentary elections in October last year. After the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, failed to form a government, he ordered his 73 deputies to resign and were replaced by candidates from the coordination framework that includes anti-Sadr political forces close to Iran.

The coordination framework took advantage of this absence to form a new government in Iraq, which al-Sadr rejected, and his supporters protested against the decision of the coordination framework.

On Saturday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, directed the security forces to protect the demonstrators, at a time when intermittent confrontations erupted between the demonstrators and the security forces, which resulted in 60 injuries.

And he said Al-Kazemi In a statement published by the official Iraqi News Agency "conscious" It is the face of the security forces with protection Iraqi protestersHe called on them to remain peaceful in their movement, not to escalate, and to abide by the directives of the security forces whose goal is to protect them and official institutions.

Al-Kazemi confirmed that "The continuation of the political escalation increases tension in the street and does not serve the public interests"stressing that "The security forces have the duty to protect official institutions and the need to take all legal measures to maintain order".

A call for counter-demonstrations

On the other hand, the coordinating framework, which includes Shiite forces, except for the Sadrist movement, on Saturday, called on its masses to demonstrate in the face of the Sadrist movement’s protests.

The framework stated in a statement:"We call upon the masses of the Iraqi people who believe in the law, the constitution and constitutional legitimacy to demonstrate peacefully in defense of the state, its legitimacy and its institutions, foremost of which is the judicial and legislative authority, and to stand in the face of this dangerous transgression and deviation from the law, customs and Sharia.".

And he carried the coordinating framework in his statement " The government is fully responsible for protecting constitutional institutions".

He also held the political parties behind what he described as escalation and transgression against the state and its institutions. We hold them fully responsible for what may be exposed to him. "Civil peace as a result of these illegal acts".

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It was thousands of elements Sadrist Movement broke in the green Zoneheavily fortified in the center of Baghdad, and they entered a hall ParliamentFor the second time in a matter of days.

The “Sky News Arabia” correspondent in Baghdad reported that intermittent confrontations took place between the demonstrators and the force charged with protecting the Green Zone, pointing out that the sounds of tear gas canisters were heard whenever the demonstrators tried to reach the area.

Since the morning hours, thousands of Sadr’s supporters At the Jumhuriya Bridge leading to the Green Zone, they removed the concrete barriers on the bridge, and the security forces repeatedly tried to prevent them from reaching the Green Zone, to no avail.

Our correspondent reported that the demonstrators are trying to storm Supreme Judicial Council in the fortified area.

Sadr’s supporters are demanding that Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani not be nominated for the position of prime minister, but today demands have risen to bring down the entire political class in Iraq, as our correspondent reported.

Iraq has been experiencing a political crisis since the parliamentary elections in October last year. After the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, failed to form a government, he ordered his 73 deputies to resign and were replaced by candidates from the coordination framework that includes anti-Sadr political forces close to Iran.

The coordination framework took advantage of this absence to form a new government in Iraq, which al-Sadr rejected, and his supporters protested against the decision of the coordination framework.

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On Saturday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, directed the security forces to protect the demonstrators, at a time when intermittent confrontations erupted between the demonstrators and the security forces, which resulted in 60 injuries.

And he said Al-Kazemi In a statement published by the official Iraqi News Agency “conscious” that he directed the security forces to protect Iraqi protestersHe called on them to remain peaceful in their movement, not to escalate, and to abide by the directives of the security forces whose goal is to protect them and official institutions.
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And he said Al-Kazemi In a statement published by the official Iraqi News Agency "conscious" It is the face of the security forces with protection Iraqi protestersHe called on them to remain peaceful in their movement, not to escalate, and to abide by the directives of the security forces whose goal is to protect them and official institutions.

Al-Kazemi confirmed that "The continuation of the political escalation increases tension in the street and does not serve the public interests"stressing that "The security forces have the duty to protect official institutions and the need to take all legal measures to maintain order".

It was thousands of elements Sadrist Movement They stormed the heavily fortified green zone in the middle of the city BaghdadAnd they entered the parliament hall, for the second time in a matter of days.

Reporter reported "Sky News Arabia" In Baghdad, intermittent confrontations occurred between demonstrators and the force charged with protecting the Green Zone, indicating that the sound of tear gas canisters was heard whenever the demonstrators tried to reach the area.

Medical sources said that a number of injuries were recorded among the Sadrist movement’s supporters in front of the Green Zone in central Baghdad.

She added that the injuries came as a result of firing tear gas and spraying water on the demonstrators.

Later, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced that it had received about 60 injuries among the demonstrators.

Since the morning hours, thousands of al-Sadr’s supporters gathered at the Jumhuriya Bridge leading to the Green Zone, where they removed the concrete barriers on the bridge, and the security forces repeatedly tried to prevent them from reaching the Green Zone, to no avail.

Al-Sadr’s supporters demand that he not be nominated Muhammed Shiaa Al-Sudani For the position of prime minister, but today demands have risen to bring down the entire political class in Iraq, as our correspondent reported.

Iraq has been experiencing a political crisis since the parliamentary elections in October last year. After the leader of the Sadrist movement failed, Muqtada al-SadrIn forming a government, he ordered his 73 deputies to resign and were replaced by candidates from coordinating framework Which includes the anti-Sadr political forces and close to Iran.

The coordination framework took advantage of this absence to form a new government in Iraq, which al-Sadr rejected, and his supporters protested against the decision of the coordination framework.

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Al-Kazemi stressed that “the continuation of the political escalation increases tension in the street and does not serve the public interests,” stressing that “the security forces have a duty to protect official institutions and the need to take all legal measures to maintain order.”

A call for counter-demonstrations

On the other hand, the coordinating framework, which includes Shiite forces, except for the Sadrist movement, on Saturday, called on its masses to demonstrate in the face of the Sadrist movement’s protests.

The framework stated in a statement: “We call on the masses of the Iraqi people who believe in the law, the constitution and constitutional legitimacy to demonstrate peacefully in defense of the state, its legitimacy and its institutions, foremost of which is the judicial and legislative authority, and to stand in the face of this dangerous transgression and deviation from the law, customs and Sharia.”

In its statement, the coordination framework held “the government fully responsible for protecting constitutional institutions.”

He also held the political parties behind what he described as escalation and transgression against the state and its institutions, holding them fully responsible for what “civil peace” may be exposed to as a result of these illegal acts.

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