SULAIMANI (ESTA) — An umbrella organization of Iran-backed Shia parties on Tuesday called for an end to the protests against election results in Iraq.
Coordination Framework released a message to their supporters on Tuesday, calling on them to end the protests against the results of the October parliamentary election, which they see as “fraudulent”.
It also called on the protesters to withdraw from Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, saying they “retain the right to demonstrate in the coming days”.
The Coordination Framework includes State of Law Alliance, al-Fatih Alliance, Ata Movement, National Forces Alliance, Haquq Movement and Fadhila party.
The call to end protests came one day after Iraq’s federal court approved the final results of the parliamentary election and rejected a bid by Fatel alliance to annul the results.
The alliance said the electronic voting system had failed to recognize the finger print identification of many votes.
Coordination Framework’s leaders announced their commitment to the court’s ruling on Monday.
Sunni and Kurdish parties also welcomed the decision.
The Sadrist Movement, led by Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, won nearly a fifth of the seats – 73 out of the assembly’s total 329.
The Taqqadum Party, which draws support from minority Sunni Muslims, won 37 seats, according to the final results.
Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law Alliance won 33 seats, the results showed. A distant second with 17 seats was the al-Fateh Alliance, the political arm of Hashid al-Shaabi.
Under Iraq’s constitution, President Barham Salih should now call the new parliament into session within 15 days.
Since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled minority Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraqi governments have been dominated by parties from the Shia majority, in coalitions that have included Kurdish parties.
