Challenges in Iraq mount a year after anti-gov’t protests erupted

A month later, the protests forced the resignation of then-Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, who was succeeded by Mustafa al-Kadhimi, with the latter pledging to integrate protesters’ demands into his transitional government’s plans.But on the ground, little has been achieved.

Al-Kadhimi has set an early parliamentary vote for June 6, 2021, nearly a year ahead of schedule. “Protesters wanted early elections and a new electoral law. We’re doing that,” Abdelhussein Hindawi, al-Kadhimi’s adviser on elections, told AFP news agency.