Al-Kazemi calls for adherence to peace and the instructions of the security forces
Demonstrators storm the Iraqi parliament inside the Green Zone
Demonstrators stormed the parliament in protest of Muhammad al-Sudani's nomination for prime minister.
Reuters
Yesterday, Iraqi demonstrators stormed the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, which includes government institutions and foreign embassies, and managed to enter the parliament building, after hundreds of them, who are supporters of the Sadrist movement, demonstrated in protest against the candidate of Sadr's political opponents in the coordination framework for the prime minister, Muhammad. Sudanese madness.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi called on the demonstrators, in a statement, to "adhere to their peacefulness... and to the instructions of the security forces responsible for protecting them, according to regulations and laws", and to "immediately withdraw from the Green Zone."
In detail, a security source said that "the demonstrators advanced inside the Green Zone and tried to reach Parliament," and to prevent them, "the security forces fired tear gas at them."
Nevertheless, "demonstrators managed to enter the parliament building," according to the same source.
The demonstrators spread in the corridors of Parliament, chanting slogans in support of Muqtada al-Sadr.
Large numbers of demonstrators were stationed inside the corridors of Parliament, carrying pictures of al-Sadr and Iraqi flags, while chanting slogans in support of al-Sadr.
They also demanded the suspension of the current constitution until a new constitution is written, the dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council, and the rearrangement of the judicial authority by separating the Federal Court from the judiciary.
They also called for changing the system from a parliamentary to a presidential one through the people directly electing the president, and that would be by ending the current political process and forming a transitional government for a period of two years.
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, yesterday evening, called on the demonstrators to abide by their peace, preserve public and private property, and the instructions of the security forces responsible for protecting them according to regulations and laws, and to immediately withdraw from the Green Zone.
"The security forces will be committed to protecting state institutions and international missions, and preventing any disruption to security and order," he said in a press statement.
The security forces initially tried to prevent the demonstrators from storming the Green Zone by shooting water at them.
A security source said that three protesters were injured in the Green Zone.
The demonstration started yesterday afternoon from Tahrir Square in the center of the capital, where the demonstrators raised Iraqi flags and pictures of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, expressing their refusal to nominate the coordinating framework, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, for prime minister, then they headed across the Al-Jumhuriya Bridge to the gates of the Green Zone.
Some of the demonstrators carried banners with slogans condemning Al-Sudani's candidacy for prime minister.
The framework, which includes Shiite blocs, most notably the State of Law led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Al-Fateh bloc representing the Popular Mobilization factions, named Muhammad Shia al-Sudani as its candidate.
Recording injuries among the demonstrators inside the Green Zone.
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