(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has threatened to resign if the nation stays embroiled in the political stalemate that has prevented the nation from forming a new cabinet since the legislative elections last October.
Talking on Tuesday, Kadhimi asserted he could “vacate his post” in protest at the political uncertainty, asserting, "Enough of the duplicity of state and non-state [actors]."
After Muqtada al-Sadr, a well-known Shia cleric in the nation, announced on Monday that he was quitting politics and closing the headquarters of his movement, violence broke out in the capital city of Baghdad.
On Monday, Sadr's followers broke through the government palace's gates and tore down the obstacles outside. Even though the Iraqi Army declared a national curfew, fighting continued overnight.
After three years of comparatively calm in Baghdad, the two days of disturbance resulted in at least 30 fatalities and 700 injuries.
According to Kadhimi, a committee of investigation has been established to look into the provenance of the weapons used in recent conflicts.
But on Tuesday, after Sadr urged his supporters to put an end to the violence in an hour, Iraqi demonstrators withdrew from the capital's high-security Green Zone.
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