TOPSHOT - An Iraqi protester waves the national flag during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services, and unemployment, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on October 5, 2019. - Renewed protests took place under live fire in Iraq's capital and the country's south Saturday as the government struggled to agree a response to days of rallies that have left nearly 100 dead. The largely spontaneous gatherings of demonstrators -- whose demands have evolved since they began on Tuesday from employment and better services to fundamental government change -- have swelled despite an internet blackout and overtures by the country's elite. Hours after a curfew in Baghdad was lifted on Saturday morning, dozens of protesters rallied around the oil ministry in the capital, facing live rounds fired in their direction, an AFP photographer said. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Poslije protesta irački premijer i zvanično podnio ostavku

Last updated jan 5, 2021

Irački premijer Adel Abdul-Mahdi zvanično je predao ostavku parlamentu, a očekuje se da poslanici danas glasaju o tome da li će je prihvatiti, prenosi Tanjug.

Premijer je najavio ostavku u petak, dan nakon što su tokom antivladinih protesta snage bezbjednosti ubile više od 40 demonstranata u Bagdadu i na jugu Iraka i ubrzo nakon što je irački šiitski vjerski poglavar Ali al-Sistani upozorio na mogućnost građanskog rata i pozvao pozvao poslanike da povuku podršku vladi.

Tokom jučerašnjeg dana ubijena su još tri demonstranta, a najmanje 58 ih je povrijeđeno, javlja AP.

Najmanje 400 demonstranata poginulo je od 1. oktobra, kada su hiljade Iračana izašle na ulice Bagdada i pretežno šiitskih južnih provincija protestujući protiv korupcije, lošeg funkcionisanja javnih službi i nedostatka radnih mjesta.

Snage bezbjednosti koristile su bojevu municiju, suzavac i dimne bombe za razbijanje demonstracija.