Muqtada al-Sadr urges government to stop supporting militias officially

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Head of the Sadr Trend, Muqtada al-Sadr, called upon the Government to stop supporting the militias and not to politicize the judiciary authority.

Sadr said answering a the statement of the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, in Basra in which he warned from returning militias saying that ”The time of outlaws gangs has been gone and we should provide protection for Iraqis since everyone should subject to law and constitution.”

”If the Government do not want the militias to back, it should quit supporting them officially and should not establish new militias to support the sectarian and its affiliated government,” he added.