Shafaq News / The spokesperson for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Iraq denied the use of live ammunition to break up a demonstration held by martyrs and political prisoners’ families on the peripheries of Baghdad.

"The security forces are committed to protecting the constitutional right to peaceful demonstration, and the prime minister will not hesitate to investigate into any attack against demonstrators”. Yahya Rasool, the military spokesman said in a statement.

Adding that, "On Sunday, our security forces prevented some buses that did not adhere to the instructions of the Supreme Committee for Health and National Safety regarding the Covid-19, without using weapons ".

For its part, the Parliamentary Committee for Martyrs, Victims and Political Prisoners announced on Sunday that the Iraqi government prevented the entry of demonstrators the capital to exercise their franchise.

It is reported that a "big" demonstration was being prepared by a Rafha detainees in the past few days in front of the heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday in protest against the decision of the Cabinet after the cancellation of their double salaries.

It’s noteworthy that, As a result of accumulated and overlapping complications, Mustafa al-Kadhimi froze the salaries and allowances provided to Rafha detainees and other groups under the country’s ‘transitional justice laws.’  To maintain political stability, clarifying that this step was taken “to rationalize expenditures, not to cancel them”