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

[ChuckFinley]

I would have preferred that he just drop dead.  

[yota691]

Here are some the loser's....

The absence of prominent figures for the first time in the next parliament

Sunday 20 May

 

The Electoral Commission announced the results of the parliamentary elections in which more than 10 million people participated, and the coalition of the electoral rollers with 54 seats, followed by the Fatah Alliance 47 seats and then the victory coalition with 42 seats.

[nannab]

  Jubouri 

 

Thank ya Yota 

[colts469]

Bye Felicia 

[Butifldrm]

The ten candidates with the most votes

By the associated press Today at 09:52

The ten candidates with the most votes

Associated press – Erbil

Scooped a number of candidates for election to the Council of representatives of Iraq, which took place on 12 May, the majority of the heads of electoral lists, the largest number of votes of their lists, and in this field comes first Nouri al-Maliki, Haidar Abadi in sixth place.

And among those who reaped higher numbers of candidates sounds like a Word, including: Chief change in Suleymaniyah, Yusuf Mohamed, head of PUK list in Kirkuk, Taha riboar.

Ten candidates are winners of the highest numbers of votes:

Nouri al-Maliki (State Law – Baghdad): 102128 votes.

Khalid Al-Obeidi (a coalition victory – Nineveh): 72690 votes.

Yusuf Mohamed (change-Sulaymaniyah): 70933 votes.

Riboar Taha (PUK-Kirkuk): 63721 votes.

Hadi Ameri (coalition of conquest – Baghdad): 63568 votes.

Haidar Abadi (coalition victory – Baghdad): 59710 sounds.

Miran Mohamed (PUK-Sulaymaniyah): 55985 votes.

Magda Abdullatif (Alliance walkers – Baghdad): 55184 votes.

Rabun (new-generation mobility – Erbil): 44470 votes.

Mohamed Rican (Anbar our identity – Anbar) 41432 votes.

 

The Alliance publishes "walkers" supported by Sadr, the final results of the Iraqi elections announced Friday night/Saturday.

Walkers list occupied 54 seats in Parliament, followed by the opening of the popular crowd list b 47 seats, and a coalition victory, headed by the Prime Minister, Haidar Abadi, 42 parliamentary seats.

Either the State of law coalition headed by Nouri al-Maliki, scooped 26 seats, and the Democratic Party of Kurdistan of Iraq's new Parliament with 25 seats.

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[Butifldrm]

Sheikh Mohammed: The Commission closed its doors to political entities that intend to prove the irony of the results

 

 

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20/05/2018

Baghdad

 

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Eaaram Sheikh Mohammed, on Sunday, that the Electoral Commission closed its doors to political entities that may prove a paradox in the election results.

 

Sheikh Mohammed stressed in a press statement that "the trend of Press" a copy of it, the need to cross the opposition to the legal way to resolve what is presented in order to challenge the election results in the next few days, provided they are based on evidence.

 

He explained that "the political entities require the Commission electronic copy of the ballot papers sent from the stations to the server and compared with the stations, which are suspected for the purpose of comparison and reveal any case of tampering with the results and in the event of discovery of any manipulation can be submitted to the court .

 

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[ChuckFinley]

Anything tied to Maliki is just wrong.  

[10 YEARS LATER]

Maliki & " Walkers " - REALLY ! 

 

" Fear the Walking Dead " ( cue intro )

[yota691]

Masoum congratulates the announcement of the results of the elections of the House of Representatives

21/5/2018 12:00 am  Praised UNHCR's efforts and determination to make it a success Baghdad / Al-Sabah  The President of the Republic, Fuad Masoum, congratulated the Iraqi people on all its components by announcing the results for the fourth session of the Council of Representatives. He praised the efforts and determination of officials and staff of the Independent High Electoral Commission and national and international monitoring bodies.  He also congratulated the "elected representatives on their victory in these elections, which are held for the first time after the victory of Iraq on terrorism," and wished "success and success for all coalitions, forces and candidates who fought this great democratic practice regardless of their results."  The President of the Republic praised «the support of the international community and UN experts for the successful completion of this historic mission», at the same time «call the Electoral Commission to carefully consider all complaints and appeals by the parties concerned and to decide with transparency and high responsibility and national concern and on the basis of full adherence to the principles The Constitution and the prevailing laws. "

[TexasMike1958]

did I read that right????  Maliki got the most votes????  If this is true, and he becomes PM again,....this investment is toast in my opinion

 

Edited May 21, 2018 by TexasMike1958

[jmartin1145]

6 minutes ago, TexasMike1958 said:

did I read that right????  Maliki got the most votes????

 

I know Bud. Wheres clown when you need him?

[10 YEARS LATER]

10 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

I would have preferred that he just drop dead.  

 

Nothing is simple or straight forward in Iraq. It's as awkward, convoluted & made as difficult as possible.

 

Maliki getting the most votes. . . ?  YEAH  . . . and I got an autographed  8x10 Glossy of the F*^king Easter Bunny.  

[yota691]

Change calls on Sadr to declare his position on the systematic rigging of the election results

 

 From 2018-05-21 at 09:19 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

MP on the bloc of change Hoshyar Abdullah, Monday, the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr, declaring his position on manipulation and rigging systematic in the results of the parliamentary elections that took place on Saturday (12 May 2018), while stressed that every national must raise his voice to condemn the theft of voters.

"We hope that Sadr will intervene and announce his position and condemn the systematic falsification of the results of the elections in several provinces, whether in the Kurdistan region or in the Kurdistan region," Abdullah said in a statement received by Mawazine News. Kirkuk, Anbar, Mosul or elsewhere. "

He stressed that "there are several evidence of the involvement of the Electoral Commission in the violations that accompanied the polling and counting and counting, and therefore each national person to raise his voice to condemn the theft of the votes of voters and the confiscation of their will," stressing that " The vanguard of those who reject this manipulation and forgery, especially because it is known for its national tendencies, its defense of the oppressed and its support for the right. "

He pointed out that "the issue went beyond the stage of uncertainty to the stage of certainty of fraud, and therefore no longer a partisan or political issue only, but became a social issue, and people today believe that their will is stolen, and therefore the defense of people's rights is not a partisan or ideological defense as much as Is to defend their right to self-determination and to choose who represents them. "

"At the same time, we note to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi that in his time the worst elections have taken place since 2003 and to this day. If this scandal is tolerated, we will enter a new era in which there is a lack of trust among the people and parties who are responsible for the administration of the country and the preservation of democracy in it. "He said.

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

The Electoral Commission for elections in Iraq, at dawn on Saturday (19 May 2018), the victory of the bloc, "Sawson" led by Muqtada al-Sadr in the parliamentary elections, and get 54 seats, came in second place the block of conquest led by Hadi al-Ameri, winning 47 seats, Followed by the victory bloc led by Prime Minister Haider Abadi, winning 42 seats.

The head of the parliamentary bloc of change Yusuf Mohammed, revealed on Sunday, that his bloc is considering boycotting the political process because of the theft of votes by the Electoral Commission, calling for the judiciary to hold the corrupt Commission.

It is noteworthy that the blocs and political parties Arab and Turkmen and Kurdish announced the rejection of the results of the parliamentary elections that took place on Saturday (12 May 2018), while accusing the Commission of complicity with political parties to rig elections and manipulation of the votes of voters.

[yota691]

Urgent: Electoral Commission announces the cancellation of the results of stations in five provinces

 

 

 Twilight News    
 45 minutes ago

The Independent Electoral Commission announced on Monday the cancellation of more than 100 polling stations for the legislative elections held recently in five provinces.

"According to the Commission's Law No. (11) of 2007, the amendment between the legal methods of objection by the parties affected by the election results by submitting electoral complaints on the polling day in accordance with the legal and technical procedures set by the Commission, The Board of Commissioners is the exclusive authority to settle complaints. "

He added that "the Board of Commissioners considered the complaints that amounted to 1436 (public and private vote and abroad) and classified by specialized committees in the Board of Commissioners where it was found that there were (33 complaints) red and after the audit resulted in the cancellation of 103 stations distributed to the following provinces (Anbar, Nineveh, Salah Religion, Baghdad, Arbil) ".

"As for the appeals, the Commission receives the appeals in the offices of the provinces and the offices of Baghdad / Karkh and Rusafa, as the law of the Commission has the right to the affected parties to challenge the decisions of the Board of Commissioners before the Electoral Commission in the Federal Court of Cassation and its decisions binding on UNHCR.

The Independent Electoral Commission has announced the final results of the legislative elections for the private and public vote, and abroad, as the coalition, "Saron" supported by the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr to the first place, and then followed by the alliance, "conquest" led by Hadi Amiri, and the coalition, "victory" The cabinet of Haider al-Abadi, then the coalition of the rule of law led by Nuri al-Maliki, the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani, and the National Coalition led by Ayadlawi as the most prominent winners.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, Jan Kubic, called on Thursday the Independent High Electoral Commission to conduct an immediate and full investigation into all complaints related to the electoral process.

It is noteworthy that some of the parties and political parties in the Kurdistan region and Iraq rejected the results of the elections, which was announced recently accusing the Commission of negligence, negligence in the manipulation, and rigging in the process that accompanied public and private vote.

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[yota691]

West Iraq Rescue Council: Long-term electoral fraud

© Sputnik. Sarah Noreddine

 

11:40 21.05.2018(Updated 11:45 21.05.2018)

The Anbar Salvation Council, the province that makes up only one-third of Iraq's territory in the west, has uncovered fraudulent polling stations and parliamentary election papers and bought votes for at least $ 100 per vote.

The head of the council, Sheikh Hamid al-Hayes, told the correspondent " Sputnik" in Iraq, on Monday, May 21, saying:

 

The parliamentary elections in the province of Anbar were rigged, including thousands of votes that were rigged by voting for those who worked in the electoral team instead of the lost card for voters during the displacement and displacement by the "Daash" organization.

Al-Hayes, the parliamentary elections held on its special day for the security services on May 10, and the general on Saturday, which falls on the 12th of this month, were "invalid".

He pointed out that the election papers for the displaced in the camps were voted by the forgers on Friday night on Saturday, ie before the general election began, and in numbers equal to the number of displaced persons present.

"My perception is that they collected the cards and the devices and moved them into the houses and voted in areas such as Habbaniyah and Khalidiya. In addition, polling stations were opened in Ramadi, the governorate center, at 3:30 pm local time.

 

 

As for the price of votes purchased before the parliamentary elections, the president of the Anbar Salvation Council said that "one vote is worth $ 100 and more," referring to polling stations that were sold in full.

The Iraqi parliamentary elections took place on May 12, the electronic voting system, which is applied for the first time in the country.

"Al-Fath" came second with 47 seats, "Al-Nasr" came third with 42 seats, and the National Wisdom Movement won only about 20 seats.

[Mammaw]

It has to be rigged anytime M gets the most votes, with all his corruption and past dealings. The people can't be that blind. IMO

 

[ChuckFinley]

18 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

 

Nothing is simple or straight forward in Iraq. It's as awkward, convoluted & made as difficult as possible.

 

Maliki getting the most votes. . . ?  YEAH  . . . and I got an autographed  8x10 Glossy of the F*^king Easter Bunny.  

Most votes got me too, 

[Butifldrm]

the Electoral Commission reveals the results of the audit

 

 Twilight News    

 

 3 hours ago

 

 

A member of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), Moussawi, announced on Monday that the final results of the elections will be completed for publication in three daily newspapers.

Moussaoui told Ashqaf News that "the results are expected to be published tomorrow in three daily newspapers for three days in Arabic and Kurdish, and the entity or party affected to submit the appeal either to the National Office or any electoral office in all Iraqi provinces, during that period or three days later The blocks have about 6 days. "

"This mechanism is based on article VIII in paragraph 5 of the Commission's law for 2007," he said.

"The law also clearly indicates in its paragraphs that the judiciary is obliged to consider the appeal and decide it within a period not exceeding ten days, starting from the next day that the appeal is filed."

He stressed that "decisions of the judiciary will be binding and binding, and can not be challenged in any form in accordance with the law."

The Independent Electoral Commission has announced the final results of the legislative elections for the private and public vote, and abroad, as the coalition, "Saron" supported by the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr to the first place, and then followed by the alliance, "conquest" led by Hadi Amiri, and the coalition, "victory" The cabinet of Haider al-Abadi, then the coalition of the rule of law led by Nuri al-Maliki, the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani, and the National Coalition led by Iyad Allawi, the most prominent winners.

 

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[yota691]

Candidates for / Mawazine News /: UNHCR did not respond to the appeals of the election results

 

 From 2018-05-21 at 18:32 (Baghdad time)

Special - Mawazin News 
Shakha candidates to the House of Representatives, Monday, the non-response of the Electoral Commission for elections with them during the submission of appeals, pointing out that the Commission was unable to deliver the priorities and electronic copies of candidates and political blocs. 
The candidates for the "Muzazin News", "The lack of responsiveness of the Electoral Commission for elections with them during the submission of appeals." 
"The Commission has failed to deliver the priorities and electronic copies of candidates and political blocs, four days after the announcement of the results," adding that "ignoring the Office of appeals candidates submitted to a legal action." 
The Electoral Commission announced two days ago the results of the final election amid objections and questioning the validity of the voting machines used by the Commission.
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%.

[yota691]

Turkmen Front: We will sue the Electoral Commission and its decision to impose a fine on Tauran "unfair"

 

 Since 2018-05-22 at 12:21 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

The Iraqi Turkmen Front announced on Tuesday that it will sue the Electoral Commission for imposing a fine on the deputy head of the Front, Hassan Tauran, while its decision was "unjust."

The head of the Front, MP Arshad Salhi, said in a statement received by "Mawazin News / copy," that while continuing the sons of the Turkmen component sit-ins peaceful civil for ten days and demand the manual counting of ballot boxes in Kirkuk on the basis of violations and fraud The ballot boxes in many areas of Kirkuk, "saying:" We were surprised by the Electoral Commission for the elections to impose a fine of 50 million Iraqi dinars on the deputy head of the Front, MP Hassan Turan because of the detection of fraud and violations that occurred in Kirkuk. "

Salhi stressed his rejection of "the unjust and irresponsible decision taken by the Commission against Tauran, who was exercising his parliamentary and supervisory role in uncovering the violations of the Commission in rigging and manipulating the results of the ballot in the province of Kirkuk and we will follow the Commission legally.

"The policy of silencing the mouths and freedom of expression is a human right that the Commission wants to forcefully confiscate, and we would also like to show that the fine imposed on Turan, which is the highest fine in the history of the election commission, will not deter us from demanding the rights of our people, .anthy 29 / a 43

[yota691]

UNHCR: Completion of results audit for publication in three daily newspapers

 

 

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A member of the Electoral Commission, Al-Musawi, revealed the completion of the final audit of the election results for publication in three daily newspapers.

Moussawi called on the affected entities to submit the appeal either to the National Office or any electoral office in all Iraqi provinces, within a period of 6 days.

"The law clearly indicates in its paragraphs that the judiciary is obliged to consider the appeal and decide it within a period not exceeding ten days, starting from the day following the appeal.

He stressed that 'decisions of the judiciary will be binding and binding, and can not be challenged in any form in accordance with the law.

[yota691]

Kurdish parties call on the Commission to adopt the counting and manual counting of the provincial parliament elections

 

 Since 2018-05-22 at 14:31 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

Six Kurdish parties on Tuesday demanded that the elections be adopted by the Electoral Commission instead of the electronic in the parliamentary elections scheduled for the end of September.

The parties (Change and Alliance for Democracy and Justice and the New Generation and the Islamic Union and the Islamic Group and the Communist Party) in a joint statement received / Mawazin News / a copy, it "addressed the Electoral Commission for elections and the referendum in the Kurdistan region by adopting a system of counting and sorting in the hands of the next regional elections Held on 31/9/2018 ".

The six parties called on the Commission to "make the parliamentary elections in the region transparent and fair and not tarnished by the mistakes that accompanied the Iraqi legislative elections," noting that "the recent legislative elections in Iraq are the worst in the history of Iraq and Kurdistan."

The parties stressed that it will "walk all legal and civil means and it will not be silent towards any action or position that harm the electoral process and democracy in the Kurdistan region," calling for "a meeting with UNHCR in the region before the election date."

[Butifldrm]

1. IDEAS 
2. IRAQ

Iraq Just Got Its Own Version of Donald Trump

 

A small vehicle drives past a poster of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr in Sadr City, east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 14, 2018.

AHMAD AL-RUBAYE—AFP/GETTY IMAGES

By JAMES MULDOON and YASAMIN ALTTAHIR 

May 21, 2018

IDEAS

James Muldoon is a lecturer in political science at the University of Exeter, U.K., and is the editor of 'Trumping the Mainstream: The Conquest of Democratic Politics by the Populist Right'
Alttahir is an Iraqi-born Middle-East expert based in London. She has worked on projects in Baghdad and Kabul.

He has been described as an impulsive, narcissistic egoist who lives in the shadow of his father. He’s also a populist, a political outsider who has hurtled to political power thanks to a surprise election win. This is not a description of U.S. President Donald Trump, but rather of cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr, whose political coalition recently won Iraq’s parliamentary election.

The election on May 12 was the first since the defeat of the Islamic State militant group and the failed Kurdish bid for independence from Iraq last year. These two successes for Baghdad raised expectations among the country’s political establishment of victory at the polls.

The final results announced early Saturday gave Al-Sadr’s bloc 54 seats, more than any other group but still falling short of a majority in the 329-seat Parliament. (Now begins the complex process of building a coalition government.) The success of the militant-turned-populist preacher—who ran on an ‘Iraq First’ style campaign—represents a fundamental shift in Iraqi politics and is cause for grave concern among ordinary citizens who have suffered years of dictatorship, sanctions and consecutive wars. The average Iraqi living outside Baghdad still can’t reliably switch on a light or run a shower, let alone find a job with a living wage paid on time or attend a decent school.

Al-Sadr’s electoral victory is indicative of the Iraqi people’s rejection of self-serving Western intervention in the country. While the West has been preoccupied with gaining political influence, a real opportunity has been squandered to foster a culture of democracy and respect for human rights. The Iraqi people are now fed up with a lack of progress on addressing poverty, corruption and the need for essential services.

The parallels between Trump and Al-Sadr are uncanny. Take the circumstances of their election. Like the American president, Al-Sadr has been elected as a populist, nationalist candidate who ran as an anti-establishment champion of the common man. He framed his political opponents as out-of-touch, Western-influenced elites, removed from the everyday struggles of average Iraqis.

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr celebrate the results of the parliamentary election at the Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 13, 2018.

MURTADHA SUDANI—ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES

However, in Iraq, the election had record-high abstentions and a voter turnout of just 44.52 percent, the lowest since the first multiparty elections of 2005. The lower than expected turnout is another sign of people’s frustrations with the government and the democratic process.

Al-Sadr has benefited from this rising wave of discontent with Baghdad’s broken political system. Much like Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp,” Al-Sadr vowed to reduce corruption, fight foreign interference and deliver political and economic reforms for ordinary Iraqis. Ironically, both anti-establishment figures embody the characteristics of the “elite” they claim to oppose. Just as Trump is, in fact, a well-connected billionaire, Al-Sadr descends from one of the most influential political families in Iraq and has been a fixture of Iraqi politics for the past decade.

Al-Sadr has also made questionable alliances, embracing the Iraqi Communist Party and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, angering Iran and the U.S. This reveals an opportunistic mindset similar to that demonstrated by Trump in his foreign policy decisions.

But unlike Trump, Al-Sadr is a confirmed warlord. His Mahdi Army, now revived as the Peace Companies, has been responsible for some of the worst atrocities in recent Iraqi history. Al-Sadr also exists in a far more fragile political system, more vulnerable to instability and collapse. His electoral victory represents a backward slide for democracy in Iraq and the stability of the Middle East.

The past 10 years of Muqtada Al-Sadr’s influence over Sadr City, an administrative district in Baghdad, provide some indication of the possible future direction of Iraqi politics. Most troubling is his willingness to use violence to achieve his goals and his disregard for the democratic process. He opposed the U.S.-backed Interim Governing Council established after Saddam Hussein’s fall and attempted to establish a rival government. He has previously questioned the efficacy of peaceful protest and has urged his followers to terrorize his enemies.

The sincerity of Al-Sadr’s attempt to rebrand himself as a nationalist unifier will only be visible with time. As a conservative religious cleric, he has been largely opposed to women’s participation in politics and his followers have been violently intolerant of the LGBT community. The protection of minorities would be in question, since his Mahdi Army has played a key role in fueling Iraq’s sectarian conflicts. His continued success may embolden Shiite factions to oppress Sunni and Christian minorities.

On the international front, Al-Sadr’s victory mirrors the rise of populist and authoritarian leaders across the globe. His surprise win poses a grave danger to the respect for human rights and democratic culture. And it’s a worrying sign for moderates and progressives hoping for a more secular and pluralist Iraq.

http://time.com/5285705/iraq-muqtada-al-sadr/

[King Bean]

Farewell al Jabouri. Now Sadr can get someone to lead Parliament that has some b@lls. And let's get rid of that pasty faced, do nothing President Masoum while they're at it. Honestly, can't they find a presidential candidate that's not on their last leg, bloated and under 90 years old?  

                                                                                                                                                                                

[King Bean]

On ‎5‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 4:59 PM, ChuckFinley said:

Anything tied to Maliki is just wrong.  

 

....and if Sadr doesn't deal with that cancer immediately, Maliki and his cronies will make a mockery of the next 4 years. I'm surprised he's still in town. Toss that garbage out.