Iraq’s powerful Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday told supporters to end a sit-in at the gates of Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi presented a new cabinet lineup aimed at fighting corruption.
The announcement came after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi presented a proposed lineup for new cabinet ministers to parliament — a measure which Sadr had demanded.
In a televised speech, Sadr described Abadi’s proposed cabinet lineup as “courageous” and called on his supporters to withdraw from around the district that houses government offices and the parliament where they have been camping out for about two weeks.
