![TOPSHOT - This picture taken on December 25, 2019 shows a view of a concrete barrier part of a barricade along Rasheed street in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, with a graffiti mural depicting a gun before a flower and text in Arabic reading "peaceful". / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YWK45H3YMOWTDK62NQWKQPNDWU.jpg?smart=true&auth=f0f89b417893a8847bcde9204a37f47968e458505b2ab354fa6c05170249de20&width=400&height=225)
Faiq Al Sheikh Ali claims Iraqis on the streets support his candidacy. AFP
Faiq Al Sheikh Ali claims Iraqis on the streets support his candidacy. AFP
Iraqi PM candidate claims backing of MPs, clerics and the people
Faiq Sheikh Ali says he is the only person 'that can end protest movement'