The Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives calls on the demonstrators preserving the peaceful demonstration , and directs the Parliament’s protection forces not to attack or harm the demonstrators.

 In a statement issued by him, Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah Ahmed, called on the demonstrators who left Tahrir Square today and headed to the Green Zone, the necessity of preserving the peaceful demonstration and preserving state institutions, pointing out that peaceful demonstration and freedom of expression of opinion in a civilized manner is a legitimate right entrusted by the constitution, and his sovereignty directed the forces that protect the parliament building not to harm the demonstrators because they are our people in any circumstance.

Media Office of the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Wednesday 27 July 2022