The coordinating body between the provinces is considering holding elections and confirms: America is a friend and Iran is a neighbor

[IQD=freedom]

55 minutes ago, blueskyline said:

"The United States has settled its position on the election results in Iraq.

Where White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said that her country has not changed its policy towards Iraq after the victory achieved by the succeeding teams led by Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr and the opening headed by Hadi al-Ameri in the Iraqi elections." ................This is not changing for anybody . A New Government will be seated. We could do this the easy way . But it appears they want to do it the hard way . Thats fine too .

Hmm how long does the hard way take? Hopefully "soon"

[magawatt]

What a wonderful suggestion.

Think they could  do out in a week?

Sadr votes for Abaddi  Bada Bing!

Abaddi is PM . Parliment  is seated and votes in  the current cabinet...Bada Boom!

[3n1]

20 minutes ago, magawatt said:

What a wonderful suggestion.

Think they could  do out in a week?

Sadr votes for Abaddi  Bada Bing!

Abaddi is PM . Parliment  is seated and votes in  the current cabinet...Bada Boom!

 

interesting times for sure, sadr can't be PM but won the popular vote , voting iraqis are sick of the do nothings in the goi , hopefully sadr will tone down his radical edge and form a inclusive gov. to serve the people and strengthen the country ... we wait

[ChuckFinley]

29 minutes ago, 3n1 said:

 

interesting times for sure, sadr can't be PM but won the popular vote , voting iraqis are sick of the do nothings in the goi , hopefully sadr will tone down his radical edge and form a inclusive gov. to serve the people and strengthen the country ... we wait

I am hoping that whoever he teams with has enough votes to push things through and remember who they work for. If so a lot can get done.

[DWS112]

The Electoral Commission postpones the announcement of the final results of the candidates winning seats in the House of Representatives (1 Hour)

According to an informed source, on Friday, that the Independent High Electoral Commission postponed the announcement of the final results of the elections for one hour from the scheduled date of announcement. 

The source said in a brief statement to "Al-Gharab Press," that "the Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission, decided to postpone the announcement of the final results of the candidates winning membership of the House of Representatives until after eleven o'clock tonight."

 

The final results were due to be announced at 10 pm tonight.

[Floridian]

16 minutes ago, DWS112 said:

The Electoral Commission postpones the announcement of the final results of the candidates winning seats in the House of Representatives (1 Hour)

According to an informed source, on Friday, that the Independent High Electoral Commission postponed the announcement of the final results of the elections for one hour from the scheduled date of announcement. 

The source said in a brief statement to "Al-Gharab Press," that "the Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission, decided to postpone the announcement of the final results of the candidates winning membership of the House of Representatives until after eleven o'clock tonight."

 

The final results were due to be announced at 10 pm tonight.

 

I guess we'll know when we wake up tomorrow morning.

[DWS112]

2 minutes ago, Floridian said:

 

I guess we'll know when we wake up tomorrow morning.

 

Floridian - Its past midnight now in Baghdad. Results should be anytime now.

[Laid Back]

Fraud and corruption in the Iraqi elections

 

Shatha Khalil
On 12/5/2018, the Iraqis went to the polls to choose their representatives in the House of Representatives in the first elections in the country after the defeat of the terrorist organization “ISIS” from all Iraqi territories.
The Electoral Commission announced that the percentage of voters in the elections was about 44%, indicating that the number of voters in the general elections amounted to 9, 952, and 264.
Many of the candidate national political blocs and the Iraqi citizen had fears and suspicions of fraud and manipulation of the results, and this is what happened.
The United Nations team issued warnings to the Iraqi Electoral Commission on April 30, 2018, 12 days before the vote, but it did not abide by it , including the following warnings:
– The failure of the electoral management system (EMS)
– The failure of the electoral statistics system (ESS)
– The failure of the electoral data archiving system (EDAS)
All these designs are from( Miro )company , a fictitious company contracted by the Electoral Commission in millions of dollars.
– UNHCR refused to use the expertise of the UN team to supervise and monitor the elections.
After hearing the evaluation issued by the United Nations , it was found that it is not satisfied with the performance of the Electoral Commission in Iraq, there is almost unanimous on the failure of its work, and on the Iraqi elections as a whole, and will issue a decision on it soon
It is indicating that Electoral Commission is involved in a deal with a company not officially approved and despite the warning to the Commission, but insisted on covering the failure and attempt covering the failure to complete the “election deal.”

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi disclosed about the failure of Independent Electoral Commission, on the issue of voter registration systems in the legislative elections 2018, which took place throughout the country, Abadi explained that the Commission informed the government that it had not to chosen a company to examine the voting system a week before the elections.

Abadi depends to solve the problems and violations occurred in Kirkuk province on the repletion of manual counting and sorting as on 13 May 2018, Arab and Turkmen representatives in Kirkuk province demanded the adoption of manual counting and sorting and referring the staff of the Commission office in the province , those who were involved , to the judiciary .
The Kurdish al-Taghier Movement considered the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan and Kirkuk was fraud “blatantly by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and with the support of the Kurdistan Democratic Party expressing its r ejection of the unrealistic results of the elections demanding at the same time to re-counting and sorting results manually.
The Movement of al-Taghier confirmed the rejection of six Kurdish parties to the results of the elections in the region called for the resorting and counting manually to be fair for the Kurdish people, and the parties boycotted the election results will go to the far limits to get their rights and does not rule out resort to civil disobedience or mass demonstrations in the region.
The coalition of “al-Wataniyat” led by Iyad Allawi, called for the cancellation of the election results and re-conduct it later to provide “appropriate conditions” and to keep the current government to conduct business.
Al-Wataniya Coalition attributed the reluctance of the Iraqi people to participate in the elections widely, for the spread of violence, fraud, deception, vote buying and exploitation of the conditions of the displaced and immigrants.
The coalition added that “the foggy measures taken by the Commission, and the lack of transparency in the elections by electronic voting after the citizen used to different procedures in all previous elections, and such a reluctance will produce a legislature to be imposed on the citizen away from his desire, as well as a weak government does not receive the confidence required for its success.”

Fraud and the specter of corruption chase the Iraqis :
According to observers and analysts, there is no difference between the counting of votes electronically or manually, the specter of fraud and corruption chasing the election, through the purchase of devices in the millions of dollars which are not as efficient as required at imaginary prices, or by the appointment of more than one thousand employees in anticipation of the failure of these devices, and because of the distrust to the Electoral Commission , many expect it has been done by someone if the results are not consistent with what the parties and political blocs that control this commission want.
Political and media circles reported that some parties imported memory joints (connecting piece) that corresponded to those accepted by the electronic counting machines to be used in the elections and the possibility of using ” employees who are conniving ” to pass the new joints(connecting piece) to counting machines after providing it with the results for the benefit of parties.

The specialists emphasize that such abuses are possible on a wider scale in areas not reached by local and international supervisory bodies.
The electoral fraud has not ended at this point, but includes the possibility of penetrating the carrier’s center, which will transfer the results via satellite from the substations and the provinces to the general headquarters of the Commission in Baghdad.

Experts in this area say that parts of the Internet transport system are not encrypted, allowing the hackers to break it and manipulate the votes and results.
It is worth to be noted that the devices, which are non-conforming to the specifications, cost Iraq about half a billion dollars because of the wide range of concerns related to it. The Commission did not announce such a decision before the date of general election to prevent controversy or affect the participation rates of Iraqis already low due to the despair of change in the current political process.

Economic Studies Unit
Rawabet Center for Research and Strategic Studies

 

 

[DWS112]

Urgent .. UNHCR announces the final results of the number of seats for the lists and names of the winner and the alliance of the first Sadr

 47 minutes ago

The Independent Electoral Commission announced on Saturday the results of the final elections in the name of alliances, lists, coalitions, and the names of winners in respect of public and private voting and abroad.

 

The head of the electoral administration in the Electoral Commission for elections Riad Badran in a press conference held at dawn today, the alliance, "Asron" got 17 seats in Baghdad, followed by the Fatah alliance with 9 seats, and the coalition of the rule of law with 9 seats, and the National Coalition 8, The Iraqi National Coalition 4, the Iraqi Coalition 4, the Baghdad Coalition 4, the Tamdan Party one seat, the Civil Alliance one seat, the Civil Party one seat, the Irada movement won one seat, the Coalition of Competencies to change on one seat.

 

Al-Fateh alliance in Karbala governorate won 3 seats, the coalition won 3 seats, Al-Nasr coalition won two seats, the state of law coalition has two seats, and the national wisdom stream has one seat.

 

In the province of Dohuk in the Kurdistan Region achieved the Kurdistan Democratic Party on 10 seats, while the Kurdistan Islamic Union took one seat.

In Al-Muthanna province, the coalition won two seats, the alliance "Al-Fateh two seats, the stream of national wisdom on a seat, and the coalition of the rule of law on a seat.

 

Continued..

 

 

[ChuckFinley]

Lets put this baby to bed and move on. 

[js214]

6 minutes ago, ChuckFinley said:

Lets put this baby to bed and move on. 

Agreed.Much longer and they'll toss it out with the bathwater

[ChuckFinley]

2 minutes ago, js214 said:

Agreed.Much longer and they'll toss it out with the bathwater

[blueskyline]

IHEC says Al Sadr's Sairun Alliance won 71 seats

May 19 2018 02:12 AM

Breaking

 

 

 

Iraq's Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) says Sairun Alliance which is supported by prominent Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sdar has won 71 seats in the Iraqi parliamentary elections.

 

More soon..

 

 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/27496/IHEC-says-Al-Sadr-s-Sairun-Alliance-won-71-seats#section_235

 

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[blueskyline]

Saairon Alliance will appoint Iraq's new PM: Moussawi

May 14 2018 03:17 PM

Monadel al-Moussawi

 

 

MP of Al-Ahrar Bloc, Monadel al-Moussawi said on Monday that Saairun Alliance will appoint the new Iraqi Prime Minister after it won the most seats in the upcoming parliament.

"Saairun Alliance has won the most number of seats in the Iraqi Parliament, so it will appoint the new Prime Minister", Moussawi said.

He added that Saairun will not allow for any regional or international interference regarding the formation of the new government.

Saairun Alliance won 54 parliament seats, followed by the Fatah coalition with 47 seats and Victory Alliance with 43 seats.

On May 12, Iraqi people made their way to the poll stations to cast their ballots in the country's first parliamentary elections since the defeat of ISIS terrorist group in December 2017.

Iraqi cities witnessed a low voter turnout.      

According to observers who spoke to The Baghdad Post, this election is considered to be the worst in the Iraqi history in terms of the low voter turnout. They cited rising militancy and rampant violence under Haider Abadi government.      

 

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[ChuckFinley]

Well, let seat this government and get down to business.  

[Floridian]

3 hours ago, DWS112 said:

 

Floridian - Its past midnight now in Baghdad. Results should be anytime now.

 

Oh!  Good!  😁

[yota691]

The final results of the parliamentary elections in Iraq 2018 at the level of lists and seats

 

Editor Nihad Qais - Saturday 19 May

 

 

 

 

Baghdad -  The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IHEC) announced on Saturday night the final results of the 2018 parliamentary elections at the level of lists and seats.  The head of the electoral constituency in the Commission Riad Badran told a press conference held after midnight on Saturday that the parliamentary elections were conducted with international monitoring. With 103 stations.     According to the Commission, Majida Al-Tamimi got the first place from the list of Saaroun and Raed Fahmi for second place from the list which won the highest votes.  On the list of opening, Hadi al-Amiri ranked first on his list, which came in second place after going in terms of the number of seats and votes.  Nuri al-Maliki won the first place in the coalition of state law, followed by Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani, Ahmed Salim, Hisham Abdul Malik, Ali Jabbar and Alia Nassif. Sixth on the coalition.  Haidar al-Abadi won the first place in the Al-Nasr coalition, followed by Alaa Sukkar Samhan second, Hussain Ali Fangan third, Taha Tel Mahi fourth, Haidar Abdul Kadhim fifth, " "Iyad Allawi," the first of his national coalition and "Abdul Hussein Abdul Redha," the first movement of will and "Talal Zobaie," the first coalition of the decision and "Yunus Qasim Abdul" the first coalition of Baghdad and "super Sheikh Ali," the first Tamdan and " Mohammed Yasser "the first of the civil party.  The result of each political coalition in each of the provinces of Iraq from the seats in the Iraqi parliament in its next session and according to the results of the elections as follows:  Baghdad: pass 17 seats and the law nine seats and victory 8 seats and wisdom four seats and the decision four seats and the good two seats  Sulaymaniyah: National Union 8 seats and change 4 The new generation seats and the Islamic masses seat  Salahuddin: the castle of the fans 3 and Fatah and national victory and the decision of two seats each of them  Wasit: 3 seats, two seats, two seats, the seat of law, and two seats. The seat and the competencies of the seat of the  Muthanna: two seats and the opening, two seats, victory and wisdom and the law, each seat  of Dhi Qar : 6 seats and the opening 5 and the law 3 and victory 3 and the wisdom two seats  Babylon: conquest 4 seats and Saron 4, victory 3 and wisdom 3 and law 3 And the competencies of the seat of  Anbar: Anbar Our identity 6 seats and the national 3 and the decision and pass and victory two seats each  Erbil: the Kurdistan Democratic 8 and the National Union two seats and the new generation two seats and democracy The seat of  Dohuk: the Kurdistan Democratic ten seats and the Islamic Kurdistan one seat  Qadisiyah: The opening of 3 seats and the rest of 3 and victory two seats, wisdom and law and the will of each seat  Basra: Fatah 6 seats and the rest of the victory and victory 5 each and the law 4 and wisdom seats and the will of the seat of  Nineveh: victory 7 seats and the Kurdistan Democratic 6 and patriot 4 and Nineveh identity and opening and resolution 3 each of them  Diyala: conquest and resolution and national 3 seats each and the rest of 2 and victory seat and wisdom seat  Najaf : The opening three victory three wise seat law seat  Karbala: conquest 3 seats and moving 3 victory seats and law seats and wisdom seat of  Maysan: moving five seats and open seats, wisdom and victory law seat for each of them  Kirkuk: The National Union of six Arab coalition seats three and the front of the Rkmenah three

[yota691]

Sadr's alliance led by Moqtada al-Sadr leads the Iraqi election results

Saturday, 19 May 2018 12:39 p

Iraqi elections

Abdel Wahab El Gendy wrote

 

Announced the Iraqi Electoral Commission, the final results of the legislative elections in the country, noting that the complaint group submitted to the Committee 1416 complaints.

Sadr's coalition led by Moqtada al-Sadr won 17 seats in the 71-seat parliament in Baghdad, the Fatah alliance won eight seats and the law coalition also won 9 seats in the Iraqi parliament.

The Al-Nasr coalition won 8 seats in parliament, Al-Watania won 8 seats, Al-Hikma won four seats and the Al-Qahra coalition won 4 seats.

Earlier, some media outlets withdrew from the press conference announced by the election commission on Friday to protest the delay and delay in starting its date.

 

[blueskyline]

16 minutes ago, blueskyline said:

Saairon Alliance will appoint Iraq's new PM: Moussawi

May 14 2018 03:17 PM

Monadel al-Moussawi

 

 

MP of Al-Ahrar Bloc, Monadel al-Moussawi said on Monday that Saairun Alliance will appoint the new Iraqi Prime Minister after it won the most seats in the upcoming parliament.

"Saairun Alliance has won the most number of seats in the Iraqi Parliament, so it will appoint the new Prime Minister", Moussawi said.

He added that Saairun will not allow for any regional or international interference regarding the formation of the new government.

Saairun Alliance won 54 parliament seats, followed by the Fatah coalition with 47 seats and Victory Alliance with 43 seats.

On May 12, Iraqi people made their way to the poll stations to cast their ballots in the country's first parliamentary elections since the defeat of ISIS terrorist group in December 2017.

Iraqi cities witnessed a low voter turnout.      

According to observers who spoke to The Baghdad Post, this election is considered to be the worst in the Iraqi history in terms of the low voter turnout. They cited rising militancy and rampant violence under Haider Abadi government.      

 

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This article was dated MAY 14th 2018 ....... Lets see if this is negotiable yet still . If not ? Its still not Maliki  . And Speaking of Maliki . Its well after 2:30 am . His People are probably doing their darndest to catch a Red Eye to Iran right now ...

 

[yota691]

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan: We got 18 parliamentary seats

 Since 2018-05-18 at 10:15 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced on Friday that it had won 18 parliamentary seats during the parliamentary elections held last Saturday.

"According to the preliminary results of the elections announced by the Commission, the National Union in all Iraqi provinces has 17-18 seats," Union spokesman Saadi Bireh said in an interview.

Bira denied his party's involvement in rigging the election results in Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah.

Turkomans and Arabs protest the results of the vote in Kirkuk and confirmed that the results were "manipulated" in favor of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).

The Iraqis voted last Saturday (12 May 2018) to elect a new parliament. These elections are the first after the defeat of the terrorist organization Da'ash. The Independent Electoral Commission announced that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

 

[yota691]

Deputy: UNHCR will not accept the count and total manual counting

 

 Since 2018-05-18 at 12:50 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

MP Faiq al-Sheikh Ali said on Friday that the emergency session of the parliament scheduled for tomorrow will not produce important decisions or effective impact on the elections, pointing out that the Commission refuses to count the total results.

"I do not think that a quorum will be held for the emergency parliament session on Saturday, and if the meeting is achieved, it will not produce important decisions that will have a real impact on the elections," Ali said in a tweet on Twitter.

"He added that" the Commission will not accept the counting and counting of the total hand, and it is very difficult to manipulate the results of the elections announced so far. "

 And accused the political blocs of the Commission to manipulate the results of the parliamentary elections that took place last Saturday.

The Iraqis voted last Saturday (12 May 2018) to elect a new parliament. These elections are the first after the defeat of the terrorist organization Da'ash. The Independent Electoral Commission announced that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

[yota691]

The Commission: We do not reject manual counting and counting if it comes in accordance with constitutional contexts

 

 Since 2018-05-18 at 13:25 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The Commission of Commissioners in the Electoral Commission, on Friday, it does not reject the manual counting and counting of the results of parliamentary elections that took place last Saturday, if it came in accordance with the legal and constitutional contexts.

"The Elections Law No. (45) for the year 2013, amended and approved by the Council of Representatives, requires the Commission to conduct electronic counting and sorting by using the acceleration of results. The Commission has committed itself to this, and the Commission's Law No. (11) For the year 2007 amended the legal methods of objection by the parties affected by the election results, either by submitting electoral complaints on polling day in accordance with the legal and technical procedures established by the Commission and the Board of Commissioners is the exclusive authority to resolve complaints.

He added that "the law to draw the right of the affected parties to challenge the decisions of the Board of Commissioners before the judiciary of the elections in the Federal Court of Cassation and its decision binding on the Commission, and the foregoing, the Board of Commissioners can not decide the personal requests of the affected deputies or objecting parties that do not take into account the legal contexts above.

He added that "while the Council confirms that it stands at one distance from all and its keenness to deal seriously and professionally of all electoral complaints submitted in accordance with the legal context, we call all electoral lists and candidates to abide by the law and the Constitution and follow the legal procedures in the objections."

He pointed out that "the Electoral Commission rejects all forms of pressure that do not comply with the law and the Constitution and exercised by some affected by the results."

And accused the political blocs of the Commission to manipulate the results of the parliamentary elections that took place last Saturday.

The Iraqis voted last Saturday (12 May 2018) to elect a new parliament. These elections are the first after the defeat of the terrorist organization Da'ash. The Independent Electoral Commission announced that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

[ChuckFinley]

Well, it sounds like we have the final numbers. 

[yota691]

7 minutes ago, blueskyline said:

Its still not Maliki

It was never gonna be Maliki....It gonna be Abadi or Hakim...IMO...

[yota691]

Allawi's coalition / Mawazine News /: Our relationship to "good" and will not ally against him

 

 Since 2018-05-18 at 17:09 (Baghdad time)

Mawazine News - private

The National Coalition led by Iyad Allawi, on Friday, entered into alliances with the coalition of the rule of law and the stream of wisdom and alliances in the conquest and Baghdad.

"The leader of the coalition, Iyad Allawi, and after the end of the Iraqi parliamentary elections, traveled to Jordan in a treatment trip, so he could not communicate with other political blocs in order to enter into political understandings "He said.

Allawi said that "the news that an alliance between the National Coalition led by Allawi, the coalition of the rule of law led by Nuri al-Maliki, the coalition of Fatah led by Hadi al-Ameri, and the alliance of Baghdad led by Jamal Karbouli, and the stream of wisdom led by Mr. Ammar al-Hakim,

"The national door is open to every political party that adopts the approach and principles of the national coalition that it has advocated since 2003 and until now," she said.

"The National Coalition has always called for a civil state, a state of institutions based on justice, equality and the rule of law," she said.

Allawi said that "the National Coalition did not take off his dress and wear another dress, but remained on his approach from the beginning of the opposition until the moment," pointing out that "every block close to our program and our curriculum welcome."

And pointed to "the existence of a rapprochement between the National Coalition and the alliance of others, and specifically the Sadrist movement," noting that "talks were held before the election several months with the political leadership of the Sadrist movement and with Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr specifically."

The victory of Allawi, to "the existence of similar contacts with the Fatah alliance headed by Hadi Amiri, and that there are good relations with the latter."

Allawi said, "I imagine that the Sadrist movement in particular and the Alliance are generally in general is the closest to the National Coalition," denying at the same time "to hold talks with a coalition of state law, led by Nuri al-Maliki."

The news quoted earlier on Friday, a source familiar with saying that Maliki and Allawi, Amiri, Hakim and Karbali in the midst of the establishment of a political alliance large and solid, his goal to block the road led by Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr and the formation of the next government.

The Iraqis voted last Saturday (12 May 2018) to elect a new parliament, which is the first election after the defeat of the organization "Da'ash" terrorist, while the Independent Electoral Commission announced that the participation rate in the elections amounted to 44%.