Iraqi MPs from firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr’s bloc resign: official

Baghdad (AFP) June 12, 2022

Iraqi lawmakers from firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr’s bloc resigned Sunday, the parliamentary speaker said, in a move ostensibly designed to up pressure to end an eight-month political paralysis.

Sadr on Thursday had urged the MPs from his bloc – the biggest in parliament – to ready resignation papers, in a bid, he said, to break the parliamentary logjam and create space for the esta
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