Can protesters produce a political movement for elections?
Iraqi activists and leaders of protests are working to form a political movement to participate in parliamentary elections.
![IRAQ-PROTESTS/ Iraqi demonstrators carry a poster depicting the Prime Minister of Iraq, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, to express their rejection of him, during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Wissam al-Okaili - RC21BF9IG5VT](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/03/RTS349U3.jpg/RTS349U3.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=oHzv3AKs)
Iraqi protesters are seeking to form a political movement to participate in parliamentary elections to be held in 2022. After holding sit-ins, blocking roads and rallying citizens against other political parties, protesters believe that forming a political movement is the next step.
Iraqi activists and protesters say that a popular movement would create real opposition in the Iraqi parliament. Change would be affected not only by taking to the streets but by forming a movement without a religious, sectarian or national agenda.