Hazim al-Araji told AKnews that the referendum will be conducted on Monday by all offices of the Sadrist Current in Iraq including the Kurdistan region, adding that the objective of the referendum is to deliver the citizens' demands to the Iraqi government.
Araji went on to attribute many of the shortcomings in public services to the damage caused by previous governments but added that "that some ministers in the current government don't have the ability to manage their ministries".
In reference to the public demonstration scheduled to take place on Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday, the Sadrist MP said the proposed referendum would be a more effective way for the Iraqi public to voice their demands.
"Al-Sadr supports the demands of the demonstrators, but doesn't support the demonstration," he said.
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