A demonstration of supporters of the restoration of the monarchy in Iraq was held in Baghdad

The demonstration of supporters of the restoration of the monarchy in Iraq was held in front of the Baghdad hotel Palestine. According to reports here, its participants chanted slogans in support of constitutional monarchical rule as "the best way of the revival of the country."

"Prince Ali is the hope of Iraq!" - It was written on the banners that the monarchists raised. We are talking about the only formally legitimate heir to the Baghdad throne Ash Sharif Ali Ben Al-Hussein.

The cousin of the last Iraqi king Faisal, overthrown in 1958, left his homeland as a child and lives in exile. A few years ago, Prince Ali settled in London, organizing there the “monarchical constitutional movement” (MKD).

The representative of the MKD Faisal Karagoli said at a rally in Baghdad that in the coming days the "heir to the throne" would return to his homeland. Karagoli also spoke out for holding a referendum in the country, where Iraqis could make a choice between the restoration of the monarchy and the preservation of the republican system.

Meanwhile, the members of the Iraqi tribe of Af-Duleimi staged a demonstration in the capital, which demanded that the country officially be called the "Iraqi Democratic Republic", and not the "Iraqi Republic", as it is now.

As one of the sheikhs of the tribe emphasized, heading the column of demonstrators, the change of name would meet the "democratic aspirations of Iraq."

The manifestants demanded that the current official name "Republic of Iraq" on the "Iraqi Democratic Republic"

The demonstration was attended by members of one of the most influential ad-dealemi tribe in the country.

Sheikh Faisal al-Qaud stated that the proposed name "reflects the democratic aspirations of the Iraqi people after the overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime."

In 1995, in the area of ​​compact residence of Ad-Dulemi in the Iraqi province of Anbar, large anti-government speeches occurred brutally suppressed by the authorities.

With the name of the native of this tribe, the brigadier General Muhammad Mazlyum AD-Duleimi, the unsuccessful attempt of the coup had and that had in the same year.

The conspirators led by the general fired at the motorcade of Saddam Hussein near the Presidential Palace in the suburbs of Baghdad - Ramadi. Ad-Duleimi died in a shootout, and his accomplices were executed.