Protesters are flocking to organize the biggest protest in years

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Video: Citizens on the street and events are accelerating ... The government is out of service

2019-10-28 | 07:31

 

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Four days have passed since renewed demonstrations in Baghdad and other central and southern provinces ... legitimate demands and reformist chants, and school principals pushing students towards Tahrir Square ... More importantly, the government is out of coverage, disconnected from all events and walking like a tortoise. She walked out and said, "We are going to sit and protest until we meet the demands of the demonstrators." "The most prominent is the statement of Basra's commander of operations, Lieutenant General Rashid Fuleih, who accused the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the United States of financing the riots in Basra and the south." Is the government dissolved and only become a caretaker? These and other events can be viewed in the attached video, from the maneuver program.

 

Citizens on the street and events take place at lightning speed and the government is out of service

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Abadi: There are those who want to exploit the situation to settle accounts

Political | 03:29 - 28/10/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - The
leader of the victory coalition and former prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, on Monday, that there are those who want to exploit the situation to settle accounts.
"Justice is the basis of the king," Abadi said in a tweet via Twitter and viewed by Mawazine News. The State and its consideration, and now exploit the judiciary. "
Abadi and commended the presidency of the judiciary to" preserve its independence and not to engage in a battle, against the people. "

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Media and books in the hands of a non - traditional scene of Basra University students in support of the protests

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URGENT Baghdad Operations Commander announces daily curfew until further notice

Release date:: 2019/10/28 16:26 • 509 times read

BAGHDAD - The commander of Baghdad operations, Lieutenant General Qais al-Mohammadawi, announced on Sunday, a curfew in all areas of the capital starting from Monday.

"The commander of Baghdad operations decided to impose a curfew on people and the movement of vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and vehicles of all kinds from 12 pm this day until 6 am until further notice," the command said.
He explained that "this decision came in order to protect the demonstrators and prevent engineers from targeting them," calling on "the cooperation of all citizens in the public interest."

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Iraq Declares Curfew in Baghdad as Protests Continue

 

 BasNews   28/10/2019 - 18:11  Published in Iraq

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/557010                                              ERBIL - Iraq declared a curfew in the capital Baghdad on Monday, as protests against the government have been continued in the country.

State television cited a statement by the Baghdad Operations Commander as saying that the curfew will be imposed from midnight to 6:00 am (local time) "until further notice."

Although the situation has slightly been normalized in comparison to the previous days, hundreds of protesters remained in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on Monday.

Over 200 people have so far killed due to clashes between the security forces and demonstrators since early October, while over 8,000 others have been injured.

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‘They are worse than Saddam’: Iraqis take to streets to topple regime

 

Nationalist protesters clash with security forces as the toll of dead and injured rises

 

Simona Foltyn in Baghdad

Sun 27 Oct 2019 06.56 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/iraq-protests-aim-topple-regime

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IRAQ PROTEST ORGANIZERS ISSUE LIST OF 61 REFORM DEMANDS

Protesters ride an Iraqi Army armored vehicle during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Nabil al-Jurani—AP

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SULAIMANI – Organizers of the protests in Iraq issued a 61-point statement on Monday (October 28), which called for deeply-rooted reform in all sectors of government and society.

The statement called for a change from parliamentary system of government to a presidential one and for a smaller legislature focusing on lawmakers representing the governorates.

“People should gather at Tahrir Square in Baghdad to take back power from the government,” the statement read.

The statement also called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to communicate its agenda to the federal government and for the two to increase military cooperation. 

(NRT Digital Media)

 

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If this breaks out to a full blown civil war, will outside entities like the UN step in?

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If the Clerics wished to they could pull back tightly on the reins of this stampeding horse... question is will they or do they want to. Okay, that’s 2 questions. 

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/ Mawazine News / publishes the text of the initiative Abadi to resolve the crisis in Iraq

Political | 09:32 - 28/10/2019

 

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News 

Former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday put forward an initiative that he said was comprehensive to end the current crisis. The following is the text of the initiative to preserve Iraq and its stability

1. In accordance with Article 61 of the Constitution, the Council of Representatives shall withdraw confidence from the current government, at the request of the President of the Republic or upon questioning. An "Interim Government" shall be formed with limited ministries and independent personalities. 
2. The Provisional Government shall prepare for early elections not to exceed the 2020 ceiling.
3. Radical reform of the judiciary to achieve justice and prevent corruption and the formation of an independent criminal court to prosecute corruption from judges known for their impartiality and fairness, and draws on international expertise and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, the Court is committed to open all files and submit spoilers to the courts by 2020. 
4. Freeze the work of the current provincial councils, and consider local governments as caretaker governments until the constitution is amended or new local elections are held.
5.The Interim Government shall be committed to exercising its duties in a high patriotic manner, including caring for the interests of citizens, preserving the State entity, sovereignty, stability and neutrality in the face of regional and international crises, ensuring that Iraq does not engage in any regional or international axis, and isolating and criminalizing any entity that violates Iraq's neutrality and preserving its national interests.
6. The Interim Government is committed to neutralize political parties and entities from interfering with the work of the state in all its institutions, and to directly restrict arms to the state and its legitimate institutions, and not to allow armed manifestations and militarization of cities.
7. The new elected government (Election 2020) is committed to establishing clear, fair and decisive mechanisms to unify the state's manifestations and obligations of the state with the region and governorates, including issues of wealth, border outlets and fee revenues.
8. The new elected government is obliged to set binding paths and specific time limits to make the required constitutional amendments.
9. The new elected government is committed to taking swift and effective measures to provide services, alleviate the need, assist young people and the crushed classes and create jobs for them.
10. All parties and political forces are committed to contesting fair, free and fair elections, to form a national government based on the largest parliamentary bloc in accordance with the Constitution, and to provide an integrated government program with specific time limits that ensure the fulfillment of the responsibilities and functions of the government, the program is acceptable and achievable, subject to periodic evaluation, and the adoption of the principle of responsibility. Solidarity in performance, audit, control, accounting and government evaluation.
11. The Government and all parties shall abide by the Constitution, law and national sovereignty by exercising them, and undertake to reject, combat and criminalize terrorism, violence, takfir, sectarianism, corruption and organized crime, to prevent any weapon or military presence outside the rule of law, to restrict the powers of security and protection of citizens to state authorities, and to abide by civil and political rights and duties and the values of coexistence. Peaceful expression and the right to peaceful expression, confronting manifestations of lawlessness, strengthening and supporting legal, institutional and social security to protect the country and its people, rejecting violence and resorting to arms in solving societal and political problems.
12. All political forces shall abide by official commitments to liberate the State and its institutions from the system of quotas, adopt the standards of competence and professionalism, integrity, career progression, specialization and equal opportunities in the selection of candidates for positions, activate the Federal Service Council Act, and the obligation of accountability and accountability and professional and legal evaluation of the performance of officials away from any kind of political protection. An equitable salary scale and a social justice investigator are adopted for all officials.
13.The next elected government is committed, according to comprehensive plans, to modernize the administrative and financial systems, move towards automation, transition to e-government, adopt international standards to evaluate the performance of institutions, complete the advancement of the integrated market economy, and proceed with the establishment of the Al Ajyal Fund, the Sovereign Fund, and the National Development Plan 2018. 2022, Iraq's Vision 2030, the Poverty Reduction Strategy 2018-2022, reducing unemployment, activating social safety nets, and accelerating the economic, agricultural, industrial, commercial and banking advancement, including upgrading the service, energy, transport and technology sectors The information and communications, and the development of centers of administrative and professional skills of state institutions and beyond.
14. The next elected government is committed, according to comprehensive plans, to empowering youth and women in the political, economic, educational and development sectors, ensuring the rights of women and the rights of children, juveniles and the elderly and legislative protection for them, and emphasizing the implementation of the objectives of the Law on the Care of Special Needs No. 38 of 2013.
15.The next elected government is committed to adopt the policies and programs contained in the strategy of education, and commitment to reformulate the curricula and educational curricula in accordance with the educational development and to ensure the consolidation of the culture of coexistence and civic values and national identity, and pay attention to culture, media, arts, sports and civil work to build the state and the development of society and facilities.
16. All political forces and governments are obliged to provide legislative and societal protection to all Iraqi minorities of their religious, national and sectarian diversity, and not to practice exclusion, marginalization or aggression against them, and to ensure their compensation and return to their areas of residence, and respect their privacy.

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Hours ago protesters in Wasit province in southern #Iraq are stepping on Qassim Sulaimani photo. #IraqProtests #العراق

 

 

 

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Abdul Mahdi's office responds to Sadr's call for early elections: government will provide special grades

BAGHDAD, Oct. 28, 2019 (AFP) - Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's office on Monday responded to a call by Sadr's leader Muqtada al-Sadr to hold a government dissolution and hold early elections. Own, to Parliament.

Abdul Mahdi's office, commented on the total decisions issued by the House of Representatives in today's meeting .

Saad Al-Hadithi, spokesman for the Prime Minister's Information Office, said in a press statement that "the cabinet has already finished voting on the nominees of the Federal Service Council after reviewing the curricula vitae and administrative and professional background of the candidates and sent them to the House of Representatives and voted on them today." .

He added, "The Federal Council is very necessary to identify and analyze all the belongings and controls of each transitory job in the country, which is an important outlet for the closure of much of the course of corruption in the career sector. Secondary. "

Al-Hadithi said, "Most of the names that I voted for are graduates with specializations and competencies commensurate with the act of administration, economy, medicine, agriculture, engineering and other specializations. The basic criterion by which the names are chosen is competence, competence, biographies and possibilities. "Nominations were not made through the gates of political blocs, but through a direct channel for anyone who wishes to nominate and apply for this post."

The House of Representatives voted in a session on Monday on the President of the Federal Service Council and his deputy and members, namely: (Mahmoud Mohammed Tamimi, Chairman of the Service Council, and Lamia Khalidi as Vice President) .

The Parliament also voted on the members of the Service Council: (Sabah Nouri al-Mahyawi, Asma Shaker, Ilham Latif Shukr, Francis Aziz Oraha, Ahmed Mohsen, Ahmed Hisham, Mohammed Abdul Hussein Sahib, Joan Ahmed, Aref Musleh).

Hadithi added that the Council of Ministers voted on a large number of general managers in its last session, and with regard to the higher special grades will send lists of names to the House of Representatives during the next few days, explaining that "the names are approved in the Council of Ministers and ruled out deliberation with politicians; The principle does not abolish the idea of choosing and agreeing on the mechanism adopted and resolving the file. "

On the tweet of Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr to invite Abdul-Mahdi to come to parliament, and the announcement of early elections, Al-Hadithi said that Mr. Sadr pointed to the point of amendment of the election law and the Council of the Commission, while Abdul-Mahdi pointed out that this change, but with regard to early elections, the parliament as long as It is currently in accordance with the Constitution (that in the case of the parliament can not hold early elections only if the dissolution of the parliament itself), which is the prerogative of the parliament and not the prerogative of the prime minister.

"We have a lot of bills that need quick legislation by parliament," he said. Any law is prescribed. "

However, Al-Hadithi said, "There are measures taken to combat corruption and public mobility, which helped to speed up the process. Only to end the crisis. "

He pointed out that, "the prime minister has the right to request the dismissal of any minister who does not take into account the rates of achievement in the government program, which when he goes to change does not go arbitrarily," revealing "Abdul-Mahdi to provide new names instead of ministers (unnamed) in the few days to parliament "He pointed out that" these names were chosen according to personal conviction and standards far from politics. "

Al-Hadithi added that "the reform packages and decisions issued by Abdul-Mahdi achieve 90% of the demands of the demonstrators, as we are working on three tracks, the first of which is to ensure peaceful demonstrations. "It is the responsibility of the government not to let the country go into chaos. The right to express an opinion is guaranteed;

"We respect the opinion of the unions, but it is the responsibility of the government to secure the interests of the people and the state.

 

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EU concerned by ‘excessive use of violence’ following Iraqi demonstrations

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https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/273f59c6-9a22-4e1f-980d-45f2c9c8535d

 

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An injured protester is rushed to a hospital during a demonstration in central Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 25, 2019. (Photo: Associated Press/Khalid Mohammed)

 

 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A delegation of the European Union to Iraq in a statement on Monday expressed their concerns regarding the violence amid sweeping protests across Iraq, requesting the government to hold the perpetrators of violations ‘accountable.’

In the statement, the EU delegation to Iraq voiced its concerns about “the violence used during the latest wave of protests in Iraq.”

“Despite the many calls for restraint, the last days have seen further deplorable loss of many lives and a great number of injured protestors, as well as the destruction of public and private property,” the statement added.

Fresh protests began on Friday, quickly turning violent as they continued on Monday for the fourth day, resulting in the death of 74 individuals. Another bout of demonstrations earlier in the month went on for about a week, reportedly resulting in at least 140 deaths.

In the statement, the EU recognized the government’s efforts in dealing with the protesters in a peaceful manner while mentioning that excessive use violence also occurred. 
“The unacceptable involvement of armed entities in the events undermines the right to peaceful assembly and the expression of legitimate demands, and weakens the efforts of the security forces to keep protests safe.”

The Iraqi High Commission of Human Rights on Monday affirmed that 74 people had been killed, most of whom had been shot with direct gunfire as a result of “confrontations between protesters and security guards of political party headquarters as they attempted to enter” the buildings. 

The commission also noted that up to 90 private and public buildings had been burned “by some individuals who want to divert the demonstrations from their peaceful path.”

The EU also called upon political parties, lawmakers, and elected officials to mediate a peaceful dialogue between the government and the people, “and to start a constructive dialogue on the way forward in the interest of all Iraqi citizens.”

“As elected representatives of the Iraqi people, Members of Parliament should take responsibility in this regard.”

The delegation also described the investigation regarding the Iraqi demonstrations in early October as a “step towards transparency and accountability,”  but also emphasized the necessity of addressing some of the findings of the investigation committee. “The EU expects the perpetrators of all violations to be held accountable.”

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Senior Iraqi leader Sadr calls for early elections as students join protests

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School students chant slogans as they take part in a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, near the Governorate building in Basra, Iraq, October 28, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Essam al-Sudani)

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) — Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday called for early elections as university and college students in several provinces joined protests marred by violence since they resumed on Friday.

Sadr’s statement comes just two days after the Sairoon parliamentary alliance—which he leads—announced it would be moving to the legislature’s opposition amid flaring public unrest. It also urged other factions to follow suit to force the passage of reforms demanded by anti-corruption protesters across the country.

Sairoon is at the head of one of the two largest blocs in parliament and came first in last year’s election with 54 seats out of a total of 329. After months of political deadlock, along with its competitor—a coalition led by Iranian-backed entities—it agreed to a compromise candidate, Adil Abdul Mahdi, to form a government.

“Brother Adil Abdul Mahdi must appear before parliament to announce early elections under the supervision of the United Nations,” Sadr said in a tweet.

“During this period, all necessary measures will be taken to change the electoral commission and its law, and present it to the people,” he continued, added that existing parties should not partake in the vote “without the consent of the public.”

Iraq’s High Commission for Human Rights on Monday said that five demonstrators had been killed in the capital of Baghdad that day, bringing the total of deaths due to demonstrations across the country to upwards of 80 people since Friday. There had also reportedly been close to 300 injured individuals on Monday.

Earlier that day, Baghdad Operations Command released a statement calling on education faculty members and parents to disallow students from joining the protests. It also imposed a curfew.

In defiance of the authorities in Baghdad and several other major cities in central and southern Iraq, thousands of students took to the streets to echo demands for improvement in the governance of the country, which has been plagued with crippling corruption 16 years after the fall of the former Iraqi regime.

Iraqi security forces are alleged to have fired tear gas canisters at university students, videos posted on social media purported to show.

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Monday، 28 October 2019 11:50 PM

Iraq Army Declares Curfew in Baghdad as Sadr Calls for Early Polls

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/44518/Iraq-Army-Declares-Curfew-in-Baghdad-as-Sadr-Calls-for-Early-Polls

The Iraqi army on Monday announced it would impose an overnight curfew in the capital as students and schoolchildren joined spreading protests to demand an overhaul of the government.

Swathes of Iraq have been engulfed by demonstrations over unemployment and corruption this month that have evolved into demands for regime change.

The rallies have gathered despite temporary curfews, threats of arrest and violence that has left nearly 240 people dead, including five protesters in Baghdad on Monday.

The military said cars and foot traffic would be barred in the capital for six hours starting at midnight.

The move sparked concern security forces want to clear out main gathering places like the capital's Tahrir Square, occupied by demonstrators for four consecutive nights.

Security forces there have relied heavily on tear gas to keep protesters from storming the Green Zone, which hosts government offices and foreign offices.

“No, we will stay. They have now declared a curfew and severe punishments for anyone not going to work, this is how they fight us. We will stay here until the last day, even if there are a thousand martyrs,” one protester said.

Protesters had been allowed to set up tents in Tahrir and taken over multi-storey buildings there since Thursday in a marked departure from the response to protests during the first week of this month.

They were joined in the past 24 hours by a huge contingent of students, who joined despite stern warnings by the higher education minister and the prime minister's office that they should "stay away."

"No school, no classes, until the regime collapses!" boycotting students shouted on Monday in Diwaniyah, 180 kilometers (120 miles) south of the capital.

Diwaniyah's union of universities and schools announced a 10-day strike on Monday "until the regime falls", with thousands of uniformed pupils and even professors flooding the streets.

Security forces on Monday fired tear gas at the students in the capital. Soldiers were seen beating high school students with batons in two Baghdad districts. A Defense Ministry statement condemned the incident and said the soldiers did not represent the Iraqi army as a whole. It did not say if they would be punished.

Young protesters still gathered on Monday morning in the southern cities of Nasiriyah, Hillah and Basra.

In Kut, most government offices were shut for lack of staff.

'No nation, no class!'

In Baghdad, demonstrators gathered on campuses and in Tahrir Square.

"Qusay al-Suhail (the higher education minister) said not to come down into the streets. But we say: no nation, no class!" one student protester said, according to AFP.

"All we want is for the government to immediately submit its resignation. Either it resigns, or it gets ousted."

About 60 percent of Iraq's 40-million-strong population is under the age of 25.

But youth unemployment stands at 25 percent and one in five people live below the poverty line, despite the vast oil wealth of OPEC's second-largest crude producer.

Anger at inequality and accusations that government corruption was fueling it sparked protests in Baghdad on October 1 that have since attracted growing numbers of young people.

On Monday, a small group of students brought kits to Tahrir Square to treat people affected by tear gas along with cans of Pepsi -- believed to alleviate discomfort when splashed on the face.

"It's my first day at the protests. I told my mom I'm going to class, but I came here instead!" a girl with curly hair told AFP.

In the province of Diyala, which had so far been calm, two members of the provincial council resigned in solidarity with the rallies.

Even in the city of Najaf, dozens of young clerics-to-be took to the streets.

The protests are unprecedented in recent Iraqi history for their ire at the entire political class, with some even criticizing traditionally revered religious leaders.

"We want the parliament to be dissolved, a temporary government, an amended constitution and early elections under United Nations supervision," a demonstrator in Baghdad told AFP.

"That's what the people want. We don't want another solution."

Parliamentary paralysis

On Monday, Iraq's parliament voted to dissolve the provincial councils, cancel the extra privileges of top officials and summon embattled Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi for questioning.

Abdul Mahdi has proposed a laundry list of reforms, including hiring drives, increased pensions and promises to root out corruption.

Iraqi President Barham Salih has also held discussions with the UN on electoral reform and amendments to the 2005 constitution, but they have not appeased protesters.

In solidarity with demonstrators, four lawmakers resigned late on Sunday, and the largest parliamentary bloc has been holding an open-ended sit-in since Saturday night.

Sairoon, the bloc tied to cleric Moqtada Sadr, said it was dropping its support for Abdul Mahdi and called for early elections.
 

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Monday، 28 October 2019 01:11 AM

Four Iraqi MPs resign in response to mass protests

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/44507/Four-Iraqi-MPs-resign-in-response-to-mass-protests

Four Iraqi parliamentarians resigned on Sunday in anger at the government’s perceived failure to respond to mass protests, piling more pressure on embattled Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi.

Rallies demanding an overhaul of the ruling regime have rocked Iraq this month, defying live rounds, tear gas and other violence that have left more than 200 dead.

Parliament’s only two Communist lawmakers, Raed Fahmy and Haifa al-Amin, quit the body “in support of the peaceful, popular movement,” they said in a statement.

“We are resigning because of the protests and the way they were repressed,” Fahmy told AFP.

“In 27 days, parliament has done nothing: it could not hold the prime minister nor the interior minister accountable” for reported violations by security forces, he said.

Their statement called on the government to resign and for early elections under a new voting system.

Two other lawmakers, Taha al-Difai and Muzahem al-Tamimi, also resigned on Sunday.

Both belong to the list of former premier Haider al-Abadi.

 

The 329-seat parliament has been in crisis since the protests began on October 1.

Multiple sessions - including one on Saturday - have been cancelled after failing to reach quorum.

 

The assembly met once in mid-October to appoint two ministers, a cabinet change which appears to have fallen short of protesters’ demands for wholesale change.

 

The Iraqi Communist Party had allied with firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the 2018 elections to form Saeroon, which boasted the largest bloc in parliament.

 

Al-Sadr, too, has called on the government to resign and for early elections supervised by the United Nations.

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Abdul Mahdi's office comments on Sadr's call and parliament's decisions

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http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=84364

 

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The Office of the Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, commented on the call of the leader of the Sadr movement, Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr on the announcement of the dissolution of parliament, while talking about a number of decisions issued by the House of Representatives today.

Saad al-Hadithi, a member of the Prime Minister's Media Office, said in a press statement that "the cabinet has already finished voting on the names of the candidates for the Federal Service Council after they reviewed the curricula vitae and administrative and professional background of the candidates and sent to the House of Representatives and voted on them today."
He added that "the Federal Council is very necessary to identify and analyze all the belongings and controls of each transitory job in the country, which is an important outlet for the closure of much of the course of corruption in the career sector, which will take all the issues of the job to work and selection through the relevant controls directly supervised and the role of ministries secondary ".
Al-Hadithi said, "Most of the names I have voted on are graduates with specializations and competencies commensurate with the act of administration, economy, medicine, agriculture, engineering and other specializations. The main criterion by which the names are chosen is competence, competence, biographies and capabilities, and then comes the consideration that the people want a representative present." Not through the gates of political blocs, but through a direct channel for anyone who wishes to nominate and apply for this function. "
The House of Representatives voted in a session, on Monday, on the President of the Federal Service Council and his deputy and members, who are: [Mahmoud Mohammed Tamimi] Chairman of the Service Council and [Lamia al-Khalidi] Vice President.
The Parliament also voted on the members of the Service Council: [Sabah Nuri al-Mahyawi, Asma Shaker, Ilham Latif Shukr, Francis Aziz Oraha,, Ahmed Mohsen, Ahmed Hisham, Mohammed Abdul Hussein Sahib, Joan Ahmed, Aref Musleh].
And increased "the Council of Ministers voted on a large number of general managers at its last session, and with regard to the higher special grades will send lists of names to the House of Representatives during the next few days," explaining that "the names are approved in the Council of Ministers and ruled out deliberation with politicians; but consultation in terms of The principle does not abolish the idea of choosing and agreeing on the mechanism adopted and resolving the file. "
On the tweet of Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr to invite Abdul-Mahdi to come to parliament and the announcement of early elections, Hadithi explained, "Mr. Sadr pointed to the point of amendment of the election law and the Council of the Commission and Abdul-Mahdi pointed out that this change, but with regard to early elections as long as the parliament is currently in accordance with the Constitution "If there is a parliament, early elections can be held only if the parliament itself is dissolved."
"We have a lot of bills that need fast legislation by parliament, and the principle of social parity cannot be achieved without abolishing the privileges of senior state officials and double salaries," he said. "Any law passed by parliament, the government is obliged to implement it and it is not entitled to overlook any Law is prescribed. "
However, Al-Hadithi said, "There are measures taken to combat corruption and public mobility, which helped to speed up the process. To end the crisis. "
He pointed out that "the prime minister has the right to request the dismissal of any minister who does not take into account the rates of achievement in the government program, which when he goes to change does not go arbitrarily," revealing "Abdel Mahdi new names instead of ministers [unnamed] in the few days to parliament" , Indicating that "these names were chosen according to personal conviction and standards far from politics."
Al-Hadithi added, "The reform packages and decisions issued by Abdul-Mahdi achieve 90% of the demands of the demonstrators, as we are working on three tracks, the first of which is to ensure peaceful demonstrations, the second does not allow and address every attempt that encroaches on state property, and finally the serious and rapid response to all the demands of the demonstrators." "It is the responsibility of the government not to let the country go into chaos," he said.
He continued, "We respect the opinion of the unions, but the responsibility of the government to secure the interests of the people and the state, which is proceeding with its procedures and is committed in accordance with the Constitution, and we hope that all rise to a sense of responsibility."

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Baghdadis break curfew and take to the streets by thousands

2019/10/28 15:15:41

 

https://www.shafaaq.com/ar/مجتـمع/صور-فيديو-البغداديون-يكسرون-حظر-التجوال-وينزلون-الى-الشوارع-بآلاف/

 

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Thousands of Baghdadis took to the streets of the Iraqi capital after midnight, apparently defying the publicly announced curfew date.
Correspondents said that the Tahrir Square - the center of the protests - witnessed a crowded crowd of more than the previous days, especially at night time.
At the same pace, most areas of the Iraqi capital have been overcrowded and wheeled, especially after midnight, the deadline for a curfew from Baghdad operations.

Mass protests in Baghdad and other cities in the south, a Shi'ite stronghold, began on economic difficulties early this month and resumed on Friday after a nearly two-week hiatus.

Thousands of Iraqi protesters gathered in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on Sunday in defiance of a security crackdown that killed dozens over the past two days and a raid by security forces overnight to disperse them.

The demonstrators were afraid to repeat the raid on Sunday night, but that did not happen, and only to release tear gas from time to time. After at least 74 people were killed at the weekend, the violence stopped after there were no deaths in Baghdad or elsewhere overnight. About 231 people were killed in October.

Videos posted on social media showed security forces firing tear gas on Monday at students in a Baghdad neighborhood as protests spread to other pockets of the capital. One of the videos showed a group of students running and screaming. Students in five other provinces, mostly in the south, joined the protests.

Baghdad during curfew pic.twitter.com/gVXx3KTZot

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