Al-Sadr: We will work to raise the level of the Iraqi dinar
Baghdad today – The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, stressed working to improve and raise the level of the Iraqi dinar to be in the ranks of global currencies gradually.
Al-Sadr said in a speech after announcing the results of his bloc’s victory, which I followed (Baghdad Today): “This is your day, O people of Iraq, in which reform has won. It is the day of Iraq, determination and steadfastness.”
He added: “Praise be to the one who cherished reform with its largest Iraqi bloc, neither eastern nor western, and there is no place for corruption and corrupt people after today,” noting that “all embassies are welcome provided that they do not interfere in Iraqi affairs or form the government.”
Al-Sadr stressed that “the arms are confined to the hands of the state and prevented from using them outside this scope,” noting that “it is the Iraq of the reference and the wise, and we will be enlightened by their opinions.”
He stated that “it will not be for the government or the parties to control the money and bounties, but it is for the people,” threatening to “remove corruption and the corrupt.”
He continued by saying: “The people’s oil is for the people, and we will improve the dinar to be in the ranks of international currencies gradually and activate the role of clans to support the stability of Iraq,” calling for “the confiscation of arms in the hands of the state, even if it claims to represent the resistance.”
Al-Sadr called for “celebrating the victory without harassing others or causing inconvenience to them.”
The Sadrist bloc won 73 parliamentary seats, according to the results announced by the Electoral Commission on Monday, to occupy the first place.