On Saturday, hundreds of supporters of the leader of the Sadr Movement flocked to Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, to demonstrate against the heavy deployment of security forces, police and army units in Baghdad. This demonstration will be held three days after the attack on the Parliament building in the fortified Green Zone and while the political crisis in the country is getting more complicated.
And the news agency “Baghdad Today” announced the intense security deployment of the special forces army inside the green zone at the same time as the demonstrations.
Most of the demonstrators waved Iraqi flags, while others carried pictures of Moqtada Sadr and chanted slogans in support of him, while standing on a bridge leading to the Green Zone, which includes government institutions and foreign embassies. which was reinforced with concrete gathered. Barriers According to the report of the reporter, the demonstrators climbed the concrete barriers that prevent crossing the bridge and chanted the words “All the people are with you, Seyed Moqtadi”.
Demonstrators also renewed their opposition to the name of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for prime minister, who was nominated for the post by Sadr’s political opponents as part of a coordination that included Shia blocs, especially the former prime minister’s government of law. Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Al-Fatah Block on behalf of the factions supporting Hashd al-Shaabi.
Supporters of the Sadr movement flocked to the center of Baghdad for demonstrations #Arabic pic.twitter.com/3eoaRsfCAk
– Arabic (@AlArabiya) July 30, 2022
Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath reported that demonstrators from supporters of Moqtada Sadr rushed to Baghdad from other provinces, adding that the demonstrators crossed the security barriers of the Al-Jhummarieh Bridge and reached the Green Zone from the side. The gate of the Ministry of Planning in the center of Baghdad. He added that they removed the concrete barriers that the security forces had created in Tahrir Square.
He added that the protesters want to answer the corrupters and reject the candidacy of “Al-Sudani” for the head of the government, and noted that there are orders from the Sadr movement to its supporters to observe security and discipline in the demonstrations.
This demonstration led to the cancellation of two sessions of parliament last Thursday and today.
Previously, Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath sources had confirmed that large reinforcements of army forces entered the country’s capital, Baghdad, on the eve of the upcoming demonstrations. The country of Iraq also ordered the police forces in the provinces to intensify their vigilance in the headquarters of the parties.
Dozens of supporters of the Sadr Movement protested against Al-Hakim’s speech about the recent demonstrations of the Sadrists and the attack on the Greens in front of the office of Ammar Al-Hakim, the head of the Al-Hikma Movement, in central Baghdad. Zone and the House of Representatives and consider it a violation of the legal framework.
This is in addition to the call that he asked the country’s politicians to stop what he called as the rhetoric of incitement and escalation.
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi also wrote in a tweet on his Twitter account: At the beginning of the holy month of Muharram, we remind everyone of the sanctity of this month and call for wisdom and prayer. May God make the blessing of love and stability eternal for us.”
Mohammad al-Halbousi, the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, in turn, asked the Iraqi citizens to do what he asked to prevent the situation in Iraq from slipping. In a tweet on Twitter, Al-Halbousi said that everyone should take responsibility for the country to protect the interests of the people and said: Those who do not think about the people of Iraq are not among them.
Before that, in the midst of strict security measures, supporters of the Sadr movement protested the candidacy of Mohammad Shia al-Sudani for the presidency of the government and rushed to Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad, the capital, to prepare for the upcoming demonstrations today. .
Mohammad Anouz, the head of the legal committee of the Iraqi parliament, also confirmed that the session of the parliament will not be held this Saturday.
The Iraqi news agency quoted the head of the legal committee and wrote that the Kurds have not yet reached an agreement on the nomination of a presidential candidate.
In his statement, he added to this news agency that due to the existing political conditions, he was paralyzed in the parliament sessions.
Source: Lebanon Debate
