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		</div><p>Iraq’s president has called for the drafting of a new election law and said he would approve early elections once it is enacted, bowing to anti-government protesters.</p>
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<p>But President Barham Salih insisted that the sweeping changes they are demanding be carried out in a constitutional way.</p>
<p>Iraq has seen two waves of mass protests this month, with at least 250 protesters killed in clashes with security forces in Baghdad and across the Shiite-majority south.</p>
<p>The protesters have demanded the resignation of the government and the overhaul of the political system put in place after the 2003 US-led invasion.</p>
<figure id="attachment_143289" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-143289" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-143289" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CDE0A852-ADEB-4994-9B30-5C243E73369A.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="417" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-143289" class="wp-caption-text">An elderly woman walks towards Tahrir Square during anti-government protests in Baghdad</figcaption></figure>
<p>In a prime-time address, the president expressed support for the protesters and their demands.</p>
<p>He said Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi is prepared to resign once political leaders agree on a replacement.</p>
<p>The process he laid out could take weeks or months, and it was unclear whether it would meet the demands of the protesters.</p>
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<p>The demonstrators meanwhile clashed with security forces on a second bridge leading to Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, with at least one person killed and more than 60 wounded.</p>
<p>Demonstrators have gathered in the Iraqi capital’s Tahrir Square since the protests resumed nearly a week ago and have repeatedly clashed with security forces on the Joumhouriya Bridge.</p>
<p>The clashes have now spread to the nearby Sanak Bridge, which also leads to the Green Zone, where the government has its headquarters.</p>
<p>Security and medical officials confirmed the latest casualties.</p>
<p>Tens of thousands of demonstrators have joined the protests to vent their frustration at the political class.</p>
<p>The protests have been concentrated in Shiite-majority areas and directed at the Shiite-dominated government.</p>
<p>Iraq suffers from high unemployment and poor public services despite being an Opec member with the world’s fourth largest proven oil reserves.</p>
<p>The political system put in place after the 2003 US-led invasion has given rise to an entrenched political class even though the country regularly holds elections.</p>
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<p>Protesters have been joined by supporters of an influential Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, who has called on the government to resign.</p>
<p>The demonstrations have snowballed into the biggest security challenge Iraq has faced since it declared victory over so-called Islamic State nearly two years ago.</p>
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