President of the Republic: 1991 uprising the March was a turning point towards liberation from injustice and tyranny

Baghdad-INA
President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, confirmed today, Saturday, that the March 1991 uprising was a turning point towards liberation from injustice and tyranny.

The President of the Republic said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "On the thirty-fourth anniversary of the popular uprising in the city of Sulaymaniyah on March 7, 1991, and the cities of Kurdistan and the popular uprising in the south of the country, we recall the great sacrifices of our proud people, who struggled against the injustice, tyranny and oppression practiced by the defunct regime, as these sacrifices resulted in the liberation of the cities of the region and vast areas in the south from the grip of the regime."

He added that "the first spark of the uprising began in the city of Ranya, the gateway to the uprising in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, which constituted a turning point towards liberating the rest of the cities from injustice and tyranny and establishing a democratic, pluralistic parliamentary system," hoping that "this occasion will be a starting point for strengthening national unity between our people and political forces, providing a free and dignified life for all citizens, and a tribute to the souls of the martyrs of the 1991 uprising, and to the souls of the martyrs of Iraq."