Summary
Iraqi MPs disrupted a parliament session Tuesday, blocking Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi from presenting a new cabinet lineup aimed at fighting corruption as tens of thousands of protesters took over part of central Baghdad to demand a vote.
Abadi, who has offered two new lineups in the past month, did not get the chance to announce his latest proposal for ministerial candidates which speaker Salim al-Jabouri said he had come to parliament to present.
On Tuesday, protesters braving unseasonably hot weather waved Iraqi flags and chanted pro-Sadr slogans as they crossed a bridge over the Tigris River to reach the gates of the Green Zone.
Protesting deputies gathered in the parliament cafeteria chanted "illegal" as the session came to order, a Reuters witness said.
The protesting lawmakers argue that Jabouri's session is unconstitutional.
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