Masoum issued a statement on the recent demonstrations in Basra

Masoum issued a statement on the recent demonstrations in Basra



Thursday 12 July

Alsumaria News / Baghdad The
President of the Republic Fuad Masum , on Thursday, a statement on the recent demonstrations in Basra , while calling for calm and abide by law and restraint and not to damage the government property and the headquarters of oil companies, calling on the local government in the province and the federal government to work hard and immediately to respond to the legitimate demands of demonstrators .

"A number of Basra districts witnessed demonstrations and protest rallies of citizens, mostly unemployed and those with low income, demanding jobs and providing services as they call for improving their economic and service conditions, as well as rejecting manifestations of corruption," Masoum said in a statement received by Alsumaria News. And the frustration in various areas, has evolved that the protests to witness later that a few demonstrators storming the headquarters of oil institutions in the fieldQurna and damage to buildings and property belonging to government departments and offices of foreign oil companies, resulting in confrontations that led to the injury and injury among unarmed citizens.

"We call upon all the people of our people, especially protestors, to bring calm, abide by the law, exercise restraint and not to damage the buildings, government properties and the headquarters of the oil companies," Masoum said. "We condemn any attacks on foreign and Iraqi employees. , We call on the local government in the province and the federal government to work hard and immediately to respond to the legitimate demands of demonstrators, and take serious and practical steps to improve services, especially electricity, water, health and public services and address the difficulties Which citizens suffer from in various areas of the province. "

"We are praying to God"We call upon the security forces in Basra to protect the security of citizens and to ensure the right of demonstrators to peacefully express their demands and feelings. We stress the prevention of demonstrations and the protection of public and private property. We also call on demonstrators to move away from vital government institutions and oil fields, He expressed the hope that "everyone will strive together for serious and persevering work to exercise restraint and to provide the right atmosphere for peaceful, constructive and constitutional solutions that protect the supreme national interests while meeting citizens' rights and improving their daily living conditions."

He welcomed Masum, "the federal government to take urgent decisions to contain this crisis and to form a ministerial committee to follow up the situation in the province, and we directly support the Ministry of Oil to implement its declaration commitment to provide 10,000 degrees and functional to the oil sector for the people of the province as soon as possible, we renew tirelessly to The need to resolve all problems and to end all forms of tension on the basis of the Constitution and the prevailing laws, "stressing the" need to return the lives of citizens in the province of Basra to normal status urgently and permanently. "

In the past few days, many demonstrations took place in different areas of Wasit and Basra. In one of these demonstrations in Basra, a young man was killed and three wounded. This triggered a wave of public anger, as local governments confirmed that the demonstrations were not armed. In an effort to calm the situation, In the incident.

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