UPDATE: Chaotic Parliament confirms five new ministers
After protesting legislators shouted and threw empty water bottles at the prime minister, the Parliament approved part of a Cabinet overhaul.
Followers of Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather ahead of a scheduled parliament session to press for a vote on a new government, at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. (KARIM KADIM/Associated Press)
Update includes:
- Details of dramatic Parliament session
- MPs throwing objects at the Speaker and Prime Minister
- Sadr backs initial new ministers
- Warns that his protestors are ready at the gate of the Green Zone
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Parliament on Tuesday approved five new ministers in a contentious and incomplete effort by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to reshuffle his Cabinet and deliver on promises to reform the government.
Prior to the vote, a slew of MPs launched a cacophonous protest and even threw empty water bottles and toilet paper toward Abadi and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri, according to several legislators who witnessed the melee.
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