Diwaniyah protesters denounce Maliki 's speech and his call to "take positions"


2016-03-18 22:23:05 | (Voice of Iraq) - Diwaniyah

Thousands of demonstrators denounced the central province of Diwaniyah on Friday, a statement head of a coalition of state law , Nuri al - Maliki, on the demonstrations, while expressing dissatisfaction with his call for politicians to step down in the event of the failure to take the position of the protesters.

He said civil rights activist, and one of the participants in the demonstration, Joseph Mackie Ramahi, in an interview with (long - Presse), " The city of Diwaniya today witnessed a peaceful demonstration in front of the government headquarters, to protest against the statements made ​​by the coalition of state law , Nuri al - Maliki, on the demonstrations and the recent sit - ins movement."

He explained Ramahi, that "thousands of demonstrators from the people of the province denounced Maliki 's statement about his call to politicians to take a clear position on the protesters or government to step down and leave the office."

The capital Baghdad and 10 Iraqi provinces are (Babil, Karbala, Najaf and Diwaniya, Muthanna , Dhi Qar, Wasit, Maysan, Basra and Diyala) is witnessing massive demonstrations since August 2015 to condemn the poor services and corruption in government institutions and the judiciary, resulting in many of the reforms announced by Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi, while protesters say that these reforms "marginal and unimportant and did not check" their goals.

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