Iraq's Sadr calls on judiciary to dissolve parliament
Populist Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr presses on the Judiciary to dissolve the parliament as a preparation for early elections.
![An Iraqi supporter of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on Aug. 4, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2022-08/GettyImages-1242299163.jpeg?h=d9a0daca&itok=WJHOdkag)
In his last public speech on Aug. 3, Muqtada al-Sadr called for the dissolution of parliament and organizing early elections.
This came after Sadrists stormed into the parliament building following the Coordination Framework attempt to form an anti-Sadrist government.