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Legislative Council. Crown Prince
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movement began in early 1938 when a group of businessmen began calling for political reforms, including better public services and greater public participation in government. In late
February an activist was publicly flogged after being accused of graffiti and anti-government propaganda. Despite
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was authorised to suggest to the sheikh that a council be created. Although the proposal was initially rejected, agitation from businessmen increased after they found out about the
British advice. The sheikh also faced pressure from within his family, with his cousin Crown Prince
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and some members of the council on 15 October, at which it was agreed that the sheikh would have sole responsibility for negotiating and signing foreign agreements, but that they needed approval by the council to become law.
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reassurances that the accomplices he had named were not under threat of any action, several people fled to Iraq. An underground movement subsequently developed and published its proposals for reform in the Iraqi
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newspaper on 3 April. After the proposals received support from other Iraqi newspapers, the sheikh wrote a letter to the Iraqi press telling them to cease interfering in
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reportedly providing de Gaury with a copy of an agreement between the sheikh and prominent families in which he had promised to form a council if he was elected sheikh.
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