In a televised address tonight, Wednesday, Muqtada Al-Sadr told the Iraqi people that "A Sadrist revolution has begun and the Sadrists are a part of the nation and the homeland, and even if among the Sadrists there is somebody whose is corrupted and has been tried (already serviced in office but has failed), the revolution would not accept him.  

Al-Sadr has repeatedly said that people who have served in the past shall not serve again. His remarks angered Nuri al-Maliki, the former Iraqi premier and leader of the Daawa party who wishes to run for the office of the prime minister again. The Sadrists rebuked his candidacy, and after al-Maliki's leaked audio recordings, al-Sadr asked him to leave politics once and for all. 

Following al-Sadr's speech, Nuri al-Maliki, the leader of the rule of law coalition, tweeted that serious dialogue is the hope to resolve the issues and return the situation to the right path and respect for the constitutional institutions.

Meanwhile, Nasr Coalition leader Haider al-Abadi whose also a member to the CF expressed his support for Sadr,  saying his speech is consistent with their demands in several ways, calling on all parties to coordinate to serve the people, reform and support constitutional institutions through the democratic and peace process. 

"I have never claimed that we are not corrupt and we are above doubts," al-Sadr added. The Sadrists have claimed to end endemic corruption that has become a serious challenge facing the country and preventing its development. 

Al-Sadr vowed to bring the corrupt officials to justice through "democratic and peaceful means," after saying that when the courts acquit corrupt officials when delivered to them. 

After more than ten months, the Iraqi parties have failed to form a government mainly because the Sadr movement, in contrast to the Coordination Framework (CF), wants a government dominated by his party, a move that the Coordination Framework parties see as a coup.

In July, the Sadrist MP withdrew from the council of representatives and claimed to have paved the way for other parties to form the government. Their resignation made the CF parties a majority as the CF PMs replaced the Sadrist MPs. When the Coordination Framework named Mohammed Shia' Sudani as its candidate for the prime minister, the Sadrists disapproved of Sudani and stormed the parliament before voting him into office. 

Al-Sadr refuses to negotiate with the coordination framework that now commands the majority in the parliament. He called for dissolving the parliament after his supporters stormed the building in late August. "Talking with the Coordination Framework is useless," a-Sadr explained in his speech. 

"I am ready to die for reform," al-Sadr told his audience. His latest moves and speech indicate that he wants another election and would not negotiate with the other parties.