Consensus is the result of a series of meetings to keep Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi in office. FMTNews
Public anger erupted into calls for the entire ruling system to be overturned.
The agreement is the product of a series of meetings, including gatherings led by Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ foreign operations arm, the Qods Force. A source present at some of those meetings told AFP Soleimani had met with populist cleric Moqtada Sadr, who had vocally backed the protests, and Mohammed Ridha Sistani, the son of Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani.Public anger erupted into demonstrations on Oct 1 against corruption and a lack of jobs, escalating into calls for the entire ruling system to be overturned.
“Most of the heads of major blocs agreed in a meeting to keep Adel Abdel Mahdi and maintain power in exchange for reforms on corruption and constitutional amendments,” said the source, a high-ranking member of a party that was represented at the gathering.
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