The Iraqi parliament on Sunday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi amid protests against corruption and poor living conditions.<\/p>\n
In an emergency meeting, lawmakers voted to accept the resignation submitted by the premier a day earlier.<\/p>\n
Sunday’s session was attended by 241 MPs of the 329-member parliament.<\/p>\n
Referring to Article 76 of the country’s constitution, Speaker Mohammad al-Halbusi on Sunday said President Barham Salih\u00a0will now ask the largest political bloc in parliament to nominate the next prime minister.<\/p>\n
Legal experts say Abdul Mahdi’s government will take on a caretaker role for 30 days or until the largest bloc in the parliament agrees on a new candidate to replace him.<\/p>\n
But with the question as to who forms the largest political bloc in parliament remaining unanswered, that decision may take longer to reach.<\/p>\n
Iraq has been rocked by mass protests since early October against poor living conditions and corruption. Protesters\u2019 demands later spiraled into calls for dissolving Abdel-Mahdi’s government.<\/p>\n
According to Iraq’s High Commission for Human Rights, at least 406 Iraqis have been killed and 15,000 have been injured since protests began Oct. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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