Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has entered Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, beginning a sit-in to call for government reform. <br /><br /> On February 13, Sadr gave Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi 45 days to tackle corruption and form a technocratic government. <br /><br /> Abadi is struggling to convince leaders from his political bloc to resign from their positions.<br /><br /> Thousands of Sadr’s supporters have been protesting at the gates of the Zone for more than a week. <br /><br /> Speaking ahead of entering the district, he encouraged the demonstrators to rally peacefully and remain outside the walls of the district:<br />“I say to you that I am the representative of the people. I represent you dear beloved protesters, I and only those who are with me, will enter the Green Zone. I will (stage a) sit-in inside the Green Zone and you sit at its gates. You should not move.”<br /><br /> He walked in peacefully and unopposed by the armed forces guarding the Zone, which houses the prime minister’s office, parliament and the US embassy – th
