The leader of the Iraqi Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, said in a statement that “the spontaneous, peaceful revolution that liberated the Green Zone, in the first stage, is a great opportunity for each of the people stung by fire.” injustice, terrorism, corruption, occupation and dependency”, noting that it is “universal, I hope that the tragedy of missing the first golden opportunity in 2016 will not be repeated.”

He believed that “this is a great opportunity to fundamentally change the political system, constitution and elections”, calling on everyone to “support the revolutionaries for reforms not under my banner, but under the banner of Iraq and the decision of the people”. “

Yesterday, the Sadrist movement in Iraq announced the start of an open sit-in at the Iraqi parliament building, hours after protesters from the movement stormed the building, knocking down concrete barriers and entering green space. While condemning the nomination of the Coordinator as a candidate for prime minister, they consider him close to former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Sadr’s political opponent.