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Liberation demonstrators mourning in memory of government promises (25 February)
On: Sun 26/02/2012 8:59
Baghdad / range
Tens of citizens in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on Saturday to demand reform in the anniversary of the wave of protests that swept the country, comes at a time and sent to a parliamentary committee dedicated to strong criticism of the dominant political parties in parliament
She delayed fulfillment of government obligations that have already been launched last year to provide services and repairs.
and go demonstrators, numbering about fifty in front of the Mutanabi Street and walked towards the Tahrir Square, as reported by AFP.
and imposed the Iraqi security forces that carried different weapons, including sticks and control tools riot, strict security measures in the vicinity of Tahrir Square in the heart of Baghdad, when the roads leading to it.
mechanisms and spread the army and police in the vicinity of the region. Cordoned off the elements of the army of demonstrators in Tahrir Square and stay at one entrance to the place where they were conducting a thorough of the participants in the demonstration.
and carry some of the demonstrators containers, small plastic and lift one of them pointing a small reading "Oil for the people, not thieves," and raise another banner reading "Maliki's government has failed , "in reference to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
said Siham al-Zubaidi, known for herself as an activist in the civil society organizations "year has passed since the events the Great, and during this period there has been no demand from the demands of safety, electricity and create jobs."
and added that "it is organize a demonstration, the ordinary people and a group of people hungry (...) in a rich country. "
She "Sntazahr every Friday until we enter the Green Zone and Nshalhm outside", in reference to Iraqi officials who meet the region's fortified.
, killing 16 people and injured about 130 others were injured in clashes between demonstrators and police throughout Iraq during the demonstrations that came out on February 25 last year.
and prompted demonstrations Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced its impact on the pattern of reform requires accountability of ministers to their performance.
and said a blessing and a single (47 years), an unemployed for work that "the number of demonstrators in Tahrir Square today is not as they were a year ago because there are people who have sold their conscience and left the demonstrations after Achtrthm government money."
He said as the demonstrators were the others were leaving the arena after he started falling rain "We want to hold the corrupt and thieves."
He "The security forces that we have here is not to protect us but to protect the Green Zone and the" calling "the Iraqi people that wakes up from slumber and begins the poor to claim their rights."
Never in Iraq today demonstrations only in Baghdad and the other limited in Najaf, south of the capital, where there were about fifty people in the city center to demand more services.
Commission on Human Rights in the House of Representatives considered the return of starting these demonstrations on the occasion of the first year of protests by the (25) of February is normal, but warned of the exploitation of some political parties have influence on some of the benefits waiting for Iraq, especially the issue of Arab summit, while the criticism to the political blocs dominating the scene Kalaracah and a coalition of state law to block the implementation of the promises that have been launched in the last year.
A member of the Committee on the inch, "The return of the demonstrations is normal it is constitutionally guaranteed, and without these pressures can not the Iraqi citizens to participate in finding solutions to the problems plaguing the country. "
He went inch by telephone (range) yesterday, "there are fears of exploitation of some political blocs of the demonstrations in order to stop the political process and work to block the government's performance by selecting the appropriate time, Kalaqturab of Summit Arabic in Baghdad, which require the presence of stability in the country. "and promises made by the government a year ago to improve services and work to reform the political process, said a member of the Commission on Human Rights," The problems between large blocs Kalaracah and state law has cast a shadow on the government performance and contributed to disable the delivery of services to citizens, so the two blocs in parliament, the largest bear full responsibility for the unfulfilled promises made by the government in the last year. "
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