Iraq witnesses massive popular demonstrations in favor of dissolving Parliament and others against it
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis went out this Friday afternoon in three popular demonstrations in separate places in Baghdad and a number of Iraqi provinces, for supporters and masses of opposing political parties to put an end to the political crisis against the background of the results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections that took place in October 2021.
Since the early hours of the morning, large crowds of followers of the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr rushed to the Green Zone from the side of the Legislation Gate, where al-Sadr's supporters continue their sit-ins and performed Friday prayers. Not to back down and compromise on the implementation of their demands to dissolve the Iraqi parliament and form a government that will pave the way for early parliamentary elections.
Others of al-Sadr's supporters came out in similar gatherings in the governorates of Babil, Basra, Maysan, Nasiriyah, Diwaniyah, Wasit and Muthanna, carrying Iraqi flags and raising the slogan of dissolving the Iraqi parliament and holding early parliamentary elections.
At the southern gate of the Green Zone, large crowds covered the streets of the Jadriya neighborhood in the Karrada district with followers of the coordinating framework forces from Baghdad and a number of other provinces, carrying the flags of Iraq and the Popular Mobilization and pictures of the supreme reference Ali al-Sistani, and others for the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, and chanted the slogans of protecting the state and its institutions and adhering to With the demands of the coordinating framework forces to nominate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani as head of the next Iraqi government, rejecting calls to dissolve parliament, not violating the judicial and constitutional institutions, respecting the prestige of the state and not infringing on it.
The demonstration areas and the areas surrounding the government's Green Zone witnessed strict security measures and a heavy deployment of the army, police, security services, the Anti-Terrorism Service, anti-riot forces and intelligence services.
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