In light of the ongoing demonstrations and sit - ins .. Abdul - Mahdi calls for the restoration of normal life in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi called on protesters to allow life to return to normal at a time when the country is closing roads along with demonstrations and strikes as part of the ongoing protests for the tenth day in a row.

In a letter to protesters on Sunday, Abdul Mahdi said it was time for life to return to normal after a month of protests by opening closed roads, universities, schools, markets and factories in the capital Baghdad and several southern provinces.

He added that the popular demonstrations achieved many of its objectives, and led to a wide political movement, and prompted the three authorities to review their positions, saying that the tremor caused by these demonstrations of the political system in the country caused the issuance of many decisions to meet many demands.

He added that this requires continuing to protect and support peaceful demonstrations and distinguish between them and the outlaws to succeed in the face of the system of quotas and special privileges and corruption.

In the same letter, the Iraqi prime minister said that the demonstrations caused huge losses for Iraq, billions of dollars because of the threat to oil interests and cut off the ports of the country.

The protests, in which more than 250 people have been killed and several thousand injured, have put pressure on the ruling powers.

Also politically, Iraqi President Barham Saleh said that work is currently underway on the preparation of a new draft electoral law that will be completed and submitted to the House of Representatives this week.

A statement issued by the Office of the President of the Republic that the new draft law ensures respect for the views of voters, and achieve justice in the competition between candidates. He stressed the need to change the Electoral Commission with another on a professional basis away from politicization and party loyalties.

Ongoing protests
In the meantime, demonstrations continue in Baghdad and a number of Iraqi provinces to protest against the deterioration of living conditions and to demand political and economic reform in the country.

On Sunday morning, protesters blocked a number of roads in the center of Baghdad. Schools also closed for the second week in response to a call by the teachers' union, which called on school administrators to continue the strike in support of demonstrators and their demands.

In the province of Diwaniya (southern Iraq), there were demonstrations demanding the need to meet the demands of the Iraqi people in the fight against corruption and improve economic conditions.

The demonstrators also demanded the need for comprehensive economic and political reform, and raised banners confirming the support of the popular movement, which has been going on for ten days in Baghdad and various provinces of the south.

In Basra, which is also in the south of the country, protesters earlier announced the start of civil disobedience on Sunday.

The port authority announced the closure of the port of Umm Qasr in the province of Basra as a result of the continued sit-ins of thousands of demonstrators in front of its gate.

On Sunday, the protesters refused to call on the army to stay away from the port, stressing that changing the regime in the country is the main condition for resuming the work of the port, which is the main nerve for the entry and exit of goods through the sea.