Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi ended a sit-in by university graduates in front of the Green Zone gate (central Baghdad) 52 days after their peaceful gathering in the open, making it the first Iraqi Prime Minister to enter the sit-in areas since the popular movement began in the country in early October 2019.
Al-Kazimi visited the sit-in yesterday, Wednesday, before he met a delegation of them, and pledged to end their problems and assign them to the owners of the security and service ministries within a period not exceeding two months, in exchange for ending their sit-in, and asked them to provide a list of their names.
The sit-in graduates told the Prime Minister that they had been subjected to repression and assault, and several of them were wounded during missile strikes that hit the Green Zone a few days ago.
Al-Kazemi met a few days ago, an Iraqi boy who was insulted by the forces of order, and ordered the dismissal of the commander of this force and his transfer to the command (an administrative position), and the termination of contracts for the elements that carried out the attack.
The assault on the boy - who became known as the "naked boy" - caused widespread anger in Iraq, and central and southern governorates witnessed protests condemning the incident, and the demonstrators demanded an end to the abuses of the security forces.
The popular movement began in Iraq last October and succeeded in overthrowing the previous government headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi.
The protesters are pressuring Al-Kazemi to fulfill his pledges to improve services and fight corruption.