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    Religious rituals and free food during the Sadrist sit-in in Parliament

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    Post by Rocky Mon Aug 01, 2022 4:39 pm

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    [size=52]Religious rituals and free food during the Sadrist sit-in in Parliament[/size]

    [size=45]Tents, Ashura processions, and food in Parliament, this is how the supporters of the Sadrist movement launched the ceremonies of the first day of Ashura in the corridors of the Majlis located inside the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, the day after the start of their open sit-in.[/size]
    [size=45]For the second time in less than a week, thousands of Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters stormed parliament, expressing their opposition to the candidate for the coordination framework for prime minister.[/size]
    [size=45]This escalation will further complicate the political scene in the country, which has been in complete paralysis since the early legislative elections in October 2021, with endless negotiations and skirmishes between the major parties that have so far been unable to agree on electing a president and assigning a new prime minister.[/size]
    [size=45]On Sunday morning, volunteers were distributing soup, boiled eggs, bread and water to the protesters who spent their first night in Parliament, as an AFP journalist witnessed.[/size]
    [size=45]In Parliament Garden, some sat on mats under the palm trees while others slept on mattresses and blankets laid on the floor of the Parliament.[/size]
    [size=45]Religious Ashura songs were broadcast over loudspeakers, coinciding with the start of the month of Muharram Sunday in Iraq, in which Shiites commemorate the memory of Imam Hussein.[/size]
    [size=45]Street vendors spread out in the place, offering the protestors cold drinks such as tamarind, ice cream, and cigarettes.[/size]
    [size=45]The 45-year-old protester, Abdel-Wahab al-Jaafari, a father of nine, says that "the politicians who are currently in parliament have not presented anything." The man, who works as a daily labourer, adds, "I have been here since yesterday, to demand the rights of the poor."[/size]
    [size=45]Muqtada al-Sadr is waging a campaign of pressure on his political opponents, rejecting their candidate for prime minister.[/size]
    [size=45]The demonstrators reject the name of Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, who was nominated by al-Sadr's political opponents for the position of prime minister in the coordinating framework that includes Shiite blocs, most notably the State of Law led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Fatah bloc representing the Popular Mobilization factions.[/size]
    [size=45]Umm Hussein (42 years old) says that “Sadr's demands are for an honest government away from the framework. The framework nominates personalities known for corruption who did nothing for the country, whether Sudanese or non-Sudanese.”[/size]
    [size=45]"street power"[/size]
    [size=45]Following the Sadrist movement's demonstrations on Saturday, calls for calm and dialogue continued from the various Iraqi political parties.[/size]
    [size=45]In this tense context, the official working hours were suspended on Sunday in all governorates on the occasion of the beginning of the month of Muharram, according to a statement issued by the Cabinet, “except for security institutions” and at a rate of 50% in “service and health departments.”[/size]
    [size=45]For his part, the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, launched an initiative for dialogue between the political parties, calling on them in a statement on Sunday to "come to Erbil... and start an open and inclusive dialogue to reach an understanding and agreement based on the country's higher interests."[/size]
    [size=45]While he exerts popular pressure on his opponents, al-Sadr left them the task of forming the government, after the Sadrist movement's 73 deputies resigned last June from Parliament, after they occupied as a bloc the largest number of seats in it.[/size]
    [size=45]The Sadrist movement, which has the largest number of 329 deputies, wanted to choose the prime minister and form a majority government in alliance with Sunni and Kurdish parties, but it was unable to do so because it did not achieve the necessary majority in Parliament.[/size]
    [size=45]However, the message "Al-Sadr sends to those who are in the process of forming a government is that he still has the power of the street," as Renad Mansour, a researcher at Chatham House, explained to AFP.[/size]
    [size=45]He added that al-Sadr wants to "use the power of the street to bring down his opponents' attempts to form a government."[/size]
    [size=45]Meanwhile, the European Union expressed its "concern" about the "continued demonstrations and the possibility of their escalation in Baghdad," calling in a statement "all parties to exercise restraint to prevent further violence."[/size]
    [size=45]The European Union called on "all political forces to address the problems through constructive political dialogue."[/size]
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