The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and Arab League have called for an end to the escalation in the Iraq during protests against the nomination of Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani for the post of Prime Minister. The ongoing escalation is extremely concerning.
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1.Voices of reason and wisdom are critical to prevent further violence, the UNAMI said, encouraging all sides to “de-escalate in the interest of all Iraqis”.
2.The Arab League also appealed to all Iraqi political forces to work quickly to stop the escalation and start a real and sincere dialogue.
3.The Secretary-General stresses that getting things out of control will not be in the interest of Iraq or in the interest of any party.
4.Hundreds of followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr broke into the parliament building after the Coordination Framework, an umbrella group of Shia parliamentary parties, nominated al-Sudani for the post of Prime Minister.
5.Earlier in the day, al-Sadr’s followers entered the Iraqi parliament building again and started a protest in the building.
6.The Coordination Framework became the largest alliance in the Iraqi parliament after al-Sadr ordered his followers in the Sadrist Movement, the biggest winner in the elections held on 10 October 2021, with 73 seats, to withdraw from the parliament.
7.The President, if elected, will appoint the Prime Minister nominated by the largest alliance in the parliament, the Coordination Framework, to form a new government that would rule the country for the coming four years.
