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Demonstrations against corruption extends to the southern and central Iraq
AUGUST 4, 2015
Baghdad «Quds Al-Arabi» agencies: expanded yesterday popular demonstrations in Iraq in terms of size and demands, and got increasingly support from parties and influential figures, including top Shi'ite cleric, Mahmoud al-Hassani Sarkhi who warned of some politicians to exploit her.
And it includes demonstrations became most provinces of the south and center, and after that the demands were limited to the dismissal of the Minister of Electricity and reform its system, the ceiling has risen to include solving the unemployment crisis and ill-treatment services in general in the country.
Hundreds of Iraqi employees of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals in central Baghdad, demanding the payment of overdue salaries for months, while threatening to resort to a sit-open, and close by the head of Baghdad that had not paid their salaries.
Employees gathered in front of the Finance Ministry building in central Baghdad, hours and blocked the highway that connects the east and south of the capital, the Ministry of Finance, demanding overdue salaries.
Said Mohammed Yasser, one of the protesters said that «most of the staff of industry and minerals companies, who operate self-financing system, have not been paid for nearly three months, and when they inquire from the ministry, inform us that the Ministry of Finance refuses paydays.»
He said Yasser «Today we are here to protest and demand the Ministry of Finance to launch our salaries, or we will resort to the use of other means, that will disrupt traffic in the capital, Baghdad, we have families and need to pay to help our families».
Baghdad had witnessed two days before a mass demonstration in Tahrir Square, close to the Green Zone, demanding accountability and Minister of Electricity and Qasim al-Fahdawi »corrupt» in his ministry. The demonstrators raised slogans including «not a Shiite Sunni do not fall bunch thieves», and »O green area Nsagtkm electricity».
The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, had warned last Sunday in a statement, that the wave of popular protests taking place in various provinces, due to declining services are «alarm» of the State message, and the face of officials in his government to act quickly to the needs of citizens.
Through Tuesday, the religious authority of the Iraqi al-Hassani Sarkhi its support for the demonstrations calling that include object to the tragic situation of the displaced.
A statement to the Office of reference and stated that he supports the demands of the demonstrators after widening demonstrations condemning the deterioration of services in Iraq, and considered that the legitimate and moral duty to stand with them and he have interest in them and interact with them and feeling and tenderness to their suffering and tragedies.
The Sarkhi in his statement titled (electricity or children, women and bloodshed?) That with the parents in the need to provide electricity to the maximum capacity at all times and throughout the day, and that this is the duty of the authority or excuse her in default by never.
But Sarkhi called for not adhering crusted and demonstrations include the demands of the most important, saying «that you came out and Tzahrkm for electricity means that you have not graduated to eating and drinking, hunger and thirst that is, they are available and not suffer them!» Adding «do not make the people laugh on us, history mocks and ridicules us because our adherence to the scales and gestures and left most of the pulp and the basis of religion, morality and lives and blood and symptoms and money. »
He directed his speech to the demonstrators «Every honest with you in your demands, a simpler your rights have been stolen by thieves corrupt and stole everything of you and your country,» adding «But do Tazahratkm will end only when it provides you charge additional or more of electricity an hour, and asked« What will you do and what is your response if you know and Tiguentm that some of the saved to move the demonstrations was not for you, but in order to put pressure on competitors in the government and power Vtsagtha Vtkon is the alternative it would receive the party or the militia or the state on their goal in power shall bear rule current power instead, and you you shall return empty-handed, there is no additional information about something. »
He stressed that the reference to the first exit for the brothers, parents, children, women and elderly and symptoms of displaced IDPs who lived in the open.
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AUGUST 4, 2015
Baghdad «Quds Al-Arabi» agencies: expanded yesterday popular demonstrations in Iraq in terms of size and demands, and got increasingly support from parties and influential figures, including top Shi'ite cleric, Mahmoud al-Hassani Sarkhi who warned of some politicians to exploit her.
And it includes demonstrations became most provinces of the south and center, and after that the demands were limited to the dismissal of the Minister of Electricity and reform its system, the ceiling has risen to include solving the unemployment crisis and ill-treatment services in general in the country.
Hundreds of Iraqi employees of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals in central Baghdad, demanding the payment of overdue salaries for months, while threatening to resort to a sit-open, and close by the head of Baghdad that had not paid their salaries.
Employees gathered in front of the Finance Ministry building in central Baghdad, hours and blocked the highway that connects the east and south of the capital, the Ministry of Finance, demanding overdue salaries.
Said Mohammed Yasser, one of the protesters said that «most of the staff of industry and minerals companies, who operate self-financing system, have not been paid for nearly three months, and when they inquire from the ministry, inform us that the Ministry of Finance refuses paydays.»
He said Yasser «Today we are here to protest and demand the Ministry of Finance to launch our salaries, or we will resort to the use of other means, that will disrupt traffic in the capital, Baghdad, we have families and need to pay to help our families».
Baghdad had witnessed two days before a mass demonstration in Tahrir Square, close to the Green Zone, demanding accountability and Minister of Electricity and Qasim al-Fahdawi »corrupt» in his ministry. The demonstrators raised slogans including «not a Shiite Sunni do not fall bunch thieves», and »O green area Nsagtkm electricity».
The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, had warned last Sunday in a statement, that the wave of popular protests taking place in various provinces, due to declining services are «alarm» of the State message, and the face of officials in his government to act quickly to the needs of citizens.
Through Tuesday, the religious authority of the Iraqi al-Hassani Sarkhi its support for the demonstrations calling that include object to the tragic situation of the displaced.
A statement to the Office of reference and stated that he supports the demands of the demonstrators after widening demonstrations condemning the deterioration of services in Iraq, and considered that the legitimate and moral duty to stand with them and he have interest in them and interact with them and feeling and tenderness to their suffering and tragedies.
The Sarkhi in his statement titled (electricity or children, women and bloodshed?) That with the parents in the need to provide electricity to the maximum capacity at all times and throughout the day, and that this is the duty of the authority or excuse her in default by never.
But Sarkhi called for not adhering crusted and demonstrations include the demands of the most important, saying «that you came out and Tzahrkm for electricity means that you have not graduated to eating and drinking, hunger and thirst that is, they are available and not suffer them!» Adding «do not make the people laugh on us, history mocks and ridicules us because our adherence to the scales and gestures and left most of the pulp and the basis of religion, morality and lives and blood and symptoms and money. »
He directed his speech to the demonstrators «Every honest with you in your demands, a simpler your rights have been stolen by thieves corrupt and stole everything of you and your country,» adding «But do Tazahratkm will end only when it provides you charge additional or more of electricity an hour, and asked« What will you do and what is your response if you know and Tiguentm that some of the saved to move the demonstrations was not for you, but in order to put pressure on competitors in the government and power Vtsagtha Vtkon is the alternative it would receive the party or the militia or the state on their goal in power shall bear rule current power instead, and you you shall return empty-handed, there is no additional information about something. »
He stressed that the reference to the first exit for the brothers, parents, children, women and elderly and symptoms of displaced IDPs who lived in the open.
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