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Wednesday 12 Aug 2015 - 11:26 Makkah mean time-27-10-1436
Baghdad (IINA) – Iraq's parliament has voted to unanimously approve Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s reform package, Speaker Saleem al-Jabouri said during a session on Tuesday broadcast live on state television.
Abadi had proposed measures to reduce corruption and save money in the face of mounting unrest. They include eliminating a layer of senior government positions, ending sectarian and party quotas for government positions and reopening corruption investigations. Amid a major heat wave that has seen temperatures top 50 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit), protesters have railed for weeks against the poor quality of services, especially power outages that leave just a few hours of government-supplied electricity per day. Thousands of people have turned out in Baghdad and various cities in the Shiite south to vent their anger at the authorities.
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