Springboard "million-man march" called by Moqtada al-Sadr in central Baghdad

By Shunem Abdullah Khoshnaw

12 hours ago

Roudao - Erbil

We reached the cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, on Friday, to Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, to participate in the million-man demonstration, called by the order to "expel corrupt and conduct of government reforms."

And it launched in Baghdad this morning, million-man demonstration, which called her chest, while demonstrators chanted angry slogans demanding an urgent reforms.

The spokesman for the cleric, Salah al-Obeidi, said that "coalition forces and the Iraqi citizen initiative to submit the resignations of a number of their ministers encouraging step toward a technocrat government," pointing out that "the resignation of the ministers of the Sadrist movement is a foregone conclusion."

He said a spokesman for the Sadrist movement that "If the prime minister Haidar al-Abbadi was not able to change and reform may not find him a place in the government," pointing out that "al-Sadr preferred to give a chance to Ebadi in effect repairs before demanding change it being assumed full of problems of government were not his responsibility ".

He said al - Obeidi that " the political blocs fear the formation of a government of technocrats in accordance with the mental state of law , " noting that " al- Sadr is keen to take over the ministers are not receiving coverage by the political blocs."

The al - Sadr called on Monday last, to go out a demonstration Magdy Rady, against corruption and "terrorism" in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on Friday, warning of a severe economic and security crisis, two days after arriving in the city yet, coming from the province of Najaf and meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al - Abadi and Parliament Speaker Salim al - Jubouri and other politicians.

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