Abadi: I was removed from power by outside interference and I call on Iran to reconsider its policies in Iraq
Abadi: I was removed from power by outside interference and I call on Iran to reconsider its policies in Iraq
2019/11/20 16:56 590
Baghdad Today
Former prime minister Haider al-Abadi revealed on Wednesday that his removal from power was carried out by outside interference, while calling on Iran to reconsider its policies in Iraq.
Abadi said in remarks to the station “Arab event”: “I was removed from the rule of external intervention and the use of militias,” according to the station.
He added, “Our stand against the government of Abdul-Mahdi comes because of the killing of demonstrators,” pointing out that “the repression that is happening now in the country has not happened since 2003.”
Abadi stressed his adherence to “the need to question the government,” calling for “early elections.”
On the intelligence leaks revealed by the newspaper “New York Times” US, said Abadi, “what came in the newspaper reveals the magnitude of Iranian interference,” calling on Iran to “reconsider its policies towards Iraq and non-interference in its affairs.”
The New York Times on Monday (November 18), in cooperation with the Intercept, leaked documents that it said were related to Iran’s “interference” in the political work in Iraq, and governed by a number of politicians, while noting that Tehran “recruited” Iraqi politicians to serve.
The head of the victory coalition, Haider al-Abadi, on Sunday (November 17) present a road map to resolve the crisis in Iraq, consisting of 10 points, the first of which is to withdraw confidence from the current government headed by Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, and the formation of another temporary with limited ministries, starting From mid-December to June 30, 2020, he considered that any initiative that does not have time limits for “the transformation procedure, is a procrastination and procrastination.”
Since October 25, demonstrations in Basra and the capital Baghdad and a number of central and southern provinces, including clashes with security forces, have killed more than 300 people on both sides and injured thousands.
The latest demonstrations in the country, an extension of the demonstration, which began in early October, to demand constitutional and ministerial reforms, provide jobs, cancel the quota, and disclose the cause of the killing of demonstrators.
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