FILE PHOTO: Leader of the Conquest Coalition and the Iran-backed Shi’ite militia Badr Organisation Hadi al-Amiri speaks during a news conference with Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (not pictured), in Najaf, Iraq June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
October 29, 2019
CAIRO (Reuters) – Iraq’s shi’ite political leader Hadi al-Amiri said on Tuesday that he would work with Populist Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on achieving the interests of the people and saving the country, state media reported.
Earlier Tuesday, Sadr had invited his biggest political rival, Amiri to work with him on ousting the country’s prime minister as thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets for a fifth day.
In a statement on Tuesday Sadr, who leads parliament’s largest bloc, asked Amiri, leader of the second-largest, to help him introduce a vote of no confidence on Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
(Reporting by Samar Hassan and Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Chris Reese)
