FILE PHOTO: An Iraqi university student carries a sign depicting the newly appointed Prime Minister of Iraq, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, to express her rejection of him, during anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/File Photo
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's acting prime minister said on Monday he was standing down from most of his duties and called for early elections, one day after the man who had been designated to become premier withdrew his candidacy.
The decision by caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi deepened a power vacuum and further complicated Iraq's faltering efforts to deal with mass unrest, a reawakening Islamic State and a spreading coronavirus infection.
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