Huda Jassim (Baghdad)
The leader of the “Sadr movement” in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, stressed that it is not possible to form a government with the presence of uncontrolled arms and militias, calling for the dissolution of armed factions that operate outside the framework of the state, and stressing the need for former political figures not to take any positions in the next government.
Hundreds of thousands of Muqtada al-Sadr’s supporters rallied in the streets of Sadr City in Baghdad yesterday, amid strict security measures, in response to his call to hold unified Friday prayers, in a move aimed at putting pressure on his political opponents and pushing for the formation of a government amid a complex political crisis the country is going through.
The Sadrist movement came first in the general elections that took place in October, but al-Sadr ordered all 74 MPs from his party, or about a quarter of parliament members, to resign last month after his attempts to form a government devoid of the parties that dominated many of them failed. state institutions for years.
In the unified Friday prayer sermon, Sheikh Mahmoud al-Jiashi said, quoting al-Sadr, that “the political forces that will form the government must hold their corrupt ones accountable.”
Al-Sadr called, according to Al-Jayachi, to dissolve the factions, stressing that a strong government cannot be formed with the presence of uncontrolled arms and militias.
He explained that “the Iraqi army and police must be respected and the militias’ attacks on them should be stopped.”
He pointed out that the militias should be removed from the liberated areas and built in the hands of their sons, pointing out that the central and southern governorates and their great suffering should not be overlooked.
Supporters of the leader of the “Sadr movement” came from various regions in Iraq to participate in the unified prayer, in light of high temperatures.
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