Iraqi PM to resign after deadly anti-government protests
Posted on AllSides November 29th, 2019
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Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has said he will submit his resignation to the country's parliament after a day of intense bloodshed amid mass anti-government demonstrations.
Abdul Mahdi's decision, announced in a statement on Friday, came in response to a call for a change of leadership by Iraq's top shia leader Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
"I will submit to parliament an official memorandum resigning from the current prime ministry so that the parliament can review its choices," he said.
Earlier on Friday, Al-Sistani said that parliament, which elected the year-old...