SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Hashid al-Shaabi supporters continued protests on Wednesday against “fraud” at recent parliamentary elections in which their movement performed poorly.
Several hundred Hashid al-Shaabi supporters gathered on a Baghdad street leading to an entrance to the heavily fortified Green Zone.
Green Zone houses the U.S. embassy, other diplomatic missions and government offices.
Al-Fateh Alliance, the political arm of the multi-party Hashid, won around 15 seats in the October 10 election, according to preliminary results.
“No to fraud, no to America,” supporters chanted.
Hashid supporters have organized sporadic protests across the country in recent days.
They burnt tyres and blocked roads south and north of Baghdad on Sunday.
The big winner in the election, with more than 70 spots in the 329-seat parliament, was Sadrist movement of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
Hashid leaders have rejected the results as a “scam” and said they would appeal, ahead of a final tally expected in the next few weeks.
On Saturday, several Shia parties toughened their tone, accusing the electoral commission of not correcting “major violations” in the vote counting, and blaming it for “the failure of the electoral process”, warning of negative repercussions on democracy.
