Following two months of anti-government demonstrations which have continued for close to two months, protesters who spoke with Aljazeera correspondent shared why the protests will not be ending anytime soon.
Protesters took to the streets in Baghdad to demand jobs, basic services and an end to corruption. In the midst of the conundrum, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi quit yet many of the protesters were not convinced that the change they demand is apparent which in this case is a complete overhaul of the entire political system.
Over 400 lives have been lost, while thousands of others injured in clashes with security forces. As a result, university students after seeing some of their colleagues caught in between the crossfires have decided that the protests are a potent tool to pressure politicians to succumb to their request.
The students are not alone, teachers have also joined in the protest despite punitive measures being levelled against faculty members who decide to go on strike.
A cabinet meeting which took place on Saturday, after approving Abdul Mahdi’s resignation announcement, suggested the resignation of other principal members of the Iraqi government and as such, the current administration will act as a caretaker government until a new government is elected.
The national political bloc is expected to nominate a new candidate which will be assigned to form a new government within a one month period according to a legal expert Tareq Harb. This may lead to a political crisis as m
