In an unannounced meeting, Al-Kazemi meets with the leaders of the coordination framework and “makes a commitment”
In an unannounced meeting, Al-Kazemi meets with the leaders of the coordination framework and “makes a commitment”
2022-08-24 14:56
Shafaq News/ An informed political source revealed that, on Tuesday evening, the caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi held an unannounced meeting in the government palace with the leaders of the coordination framework to discuss the repercussions of the progress of the Sadrist movement’s supporters towards the building of the Supreme Judicial Council, in addition to discussing files on political affairs.
The source told Shafaq News Agency, “The meeting was attended by leaders in the coordination framework, in which the repercussions of pressure on the judicial institution by the demonstrators of the Sadrist movement were discussed, along with the government’s response to that, as well as strengthening the security effort in the Green Zone and protecting diplomatic bodies and embassies.” .
He added that the meeting discussed “the options available for the next stage and the continuation of the dialogue.”
The source indicated that “Al-Kazemi affirmed his commitment to maintaining the security and protection of state institutions, not allowing any new violations and preventing the entry of any convoys or private cars into Baghdad.”
Dozens of Sadrists’ supporters went to the Supreme Judicial Council and began erecting the sit-in in front of the council building, in a new development of escalation that affected the judiciary after the legislative authority in light of a stifling political crisis the country is going through.
In the afternoon of the third, “Sadr Minister” Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi advised the demonstrators in front of the Supreme Judicial Council building to withdraw in order to “preserve the reputation of the revolutionaries, and not to harm the people”, with the protesters continuing to sit in front of the parliament building.
The head of the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq, Faiq Zaidan, had confirmed, during his meeting with the commander of the special squad in charge of protecting the Green Zone in central Baghdad, Lieutenant-General Hamid Al-Zuhairi, earlier today, “respect for the right to peaceful demonstration guaranteed under the constitution, but on the condition that the buildings of state institutions are not attacked.” , and its affiliates.
As a result, the judiciary in Iraq decided, on Tuesday, to suspend its work in the country, before its appeal resumed this evening, following a sit-in by supporters of the Sadrist movement in front of the Supreme Judicial Council demanding the dissolution of the Iraqi Council of Representatives.
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