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Iraq’s Sadr tells judiciary to dissolve parliament in a week
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BAGHDAD, 12 August 2022, (TON): Powerful Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr called on the country’s judiciary to dissolve parliament by end of next week, threatening unspecific consequences if it does not do what he says.
The populist leader has helped inflame tensions in Iraq over the last two weeks by commanding thousands of followers to storm and occupy parliament, preventing the formation of a government nearly 10 months after elections.
His political opponents, mostly fellow Shiites backed by Iran, have refused to accede to Sadr’s demands, raising fears of fresh unrest and violence in a conflict-weary Iraq.
Sadr said in a statement “the judiciary must dissolve parliament by the end of next week… if not, the revolutionaries will take another stance.”
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