Al-Sistani says Iraqi politicians must hurry up with electoral reforms

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Al-Sistani says Iraqi politicians must hurry up with electoral reforms
November 22, 2019, 10:30 am

Al-Sistani says Iraqi politicians must hurry up with electoral reforms

Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (AFP)

Iraq’s top Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Friday called on politicians to hurry up in reforming electoral laws and said the changes would be the only way to resolve weeks of deadly unrest.

“We affirm the importance of speeding up the passing of the electoral law and the electoral commission law because this represents the country moving past the big crisis,” his representative said during a sermon in the holy city of Kerbala.

Sistani, who rarely weighs in on politics except in times of crisis, holds massive influence over public opinion in Shia majority Iraq.

source:Reuters

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