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Change: We warn of security chaos in the region and hold the Electoral Commission and Baghdad responsible

 

 Since 2018-05-15 at 13:31 (Baghdad time)

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Baghdad - Mawazine News

MP of the bloc of change, Kawa Mohammed, on Tuesday, from the occurrence of security chaos in the Kurdistan region because of the fraud and attack of armed forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan on the headquarters of the movement in Sulaymaniyah, while holding the Independent High Electoral Commission and the federal government responsible for it.

"After the initial results of the parliamentary elections in the provinces of Kurdistan region, it became clear that the organization was rigged and manipulated by programming the electronic ballot boxes, and the forgery was done by the Democratic Party," Mohammed said in a statement received by Mawazine News. Kurdistan and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan against the movement of change and other political entities in the region because they consider change as the main and serious threat to their personal and partisan interests, especially after the failure of the authority in the region at all levels and the dangerous repercussions that resulted from the referendum resolution and the events of 16 October 2017).

He said, "Therefore, the Kurdish masses suspended their hope of the movement of change to change their economic and political reality through the elections and peacefully, but after the emergence of the preliminary results of the elections and the scandal revealed blatant forgery and the attack by armed forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan on the headquarters of the Movement Change in Sulaymaniyah, the situation in the region has become very severe. "

He pointed out that "the citizens of the region now have no hope of a change to their political and economic reality," adding that "In addition to that we in the movement of change and other Kurdish parties demand manual counting of electoral papers, but so far the Electoral Commission rejects this, and this The rejection of illegal and non-aggressive, increases the discontentment and resentment of the Kurdish masses and threatens the civil peace in the region. "

He warned Mohammed, all of the "occurrence of security outbursts," accusing the Electoral Commission and the federal government "responsible for it."

He called on the United Nations and friendly countries to "intervene immediately to solve this problem and to show the reality of the voices of every political entity as it is to prevent the explosion of the situation in the region and to serve to consolidate democracy and the integrity of the elections."

The PUK demanded, earlier today, Prime Minister Haider Abadi, to intervene immediately to protect the staff of the Electoral Commission in Kirkuk and the lifting of the siege on them by some of the protesters that besieged them.

The National Union blamed the federal government for what might happen to them because of the threats they had suffered, stressing immediate and urgent action on their safety.

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For the third day .. Protesters on the results of the elections in Kirkuk continue their sit-in

 

 Since 2018-05-15 at 13:35 (Baghdad time)

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Protesters continued to protest the election results in Kirkuk on Tuesday for a third day in a row.

A reporter, "Mawazin News," that "protesters on the results of the parliamentary elections in the province of Kirkuk, continued their sit-in for the third day."

The reporter added that "the protesters called for the process of counting and sorting manual rather than electronic."

Dozens of citizens demonstrated after the initial results of the parliamentary elections in the province of Kirkuk, and accused the parties of forgery.

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Not sure if the following are true, but I could see this happening.

 

 

Sadrists call for swift gov't formation to prevent corrupts fleeing Iraq

May 14 2018 12:09 PM
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Supporters of prominent Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr have called upon him to swiftly form a government in a bid to prevent corrupt officials from fleeing the country. 

 

With most votes counted, Al-Sadr-led Saeroon (On the Move) coalition is taking the lead. 

 

They urged the well-renowned cleric on social media to thwart possible attempts by former PM Nuri al-Maliki and other politicians who lost the elections to flee the country. 

 

Al-Maliki and other politicians were held responsible for corruption that went rampant in the country as well as other scandals. 

 

Official results will be declared later on Monday. 

 

Iraq's Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) said the voter turnout at the Saturday election was 44.5 percent. 

 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/27333/Sadrists-call-for-swift-gov-t-formation-to-prevent-corrupts-fleeing-Iraq#section_235

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So by all accounts it looks like Maliki's thugs went from 92 seats in Parliament down to 25. The people have spoken. With any luck (and pressure from Sadr and Abadi) ol Maliki won't be involved in the next government, leading to his prosecution. Go Iraq.

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6 minutes ago, King Bean said:

So by all accounts it looks like Maliki's thugs went from 92 seats in Parliament down to 25. The people have spoken. With any luck (and pressure from Sadr and Abadi) ol Maliki won't be involved in the next government, leading to his prosecution. Go Iraq.

 

What a dilemma! Tens of billions of new money flowing into Iraq to be pilfered or have a stroke and seek asylum in Iran....decisions, decisions, decisions.   :bagofmoney: 

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17 minutes ago, King Bean said:

So by all accounts it looks like Maliki's thugs went from 92 seats in Parliament down to 25. The people have spoken. With any luck (and pressure from Sadr and Abadi) ol Maliki won't be involved in the next government, leading to his prosecution. Go Iraq.

Maliki's going to do everything in his power to keep some sort of immunity. This is where the pavement hits the dirt.  We will see how much power Iran still has in Iraq.

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Saadi reveals the transfer of "ballot boxes" and "voting machines" from Kirkuk to Baghdad by aircraft

Saadi reveals the transfer of "ballot boxes" and "voting machines" from Kirkuk to Baghdad by aircraft
 



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The commander of the law enforcement plan in Kirkuk province Major General Maan al-Saadi said on Tuesday that the transfer of ballot boxes and electronic devices related to the elections in the province to the capital Baghdad using aircraft.

Since the election day, 12/5/2018, Kirkuk has been witnessing demonstrations by Ansar and the majority of the political parties of the Arab and Turkmen components in protest against what they called the rigging of the election results in the province in favor of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

"All the ballot boxes related to Badouk will be transferred, as well as the Ramat and the flash cards (ballot boxes) of the governorate, and all of them will go to the capital Baghdad today with representatives of all the parties that participated in the elections for Kirkuk and the commission committee," Saadi told Ashqaf News.

"They will be transferred to the main audit center of the Electoral Commission in the capital," he said.

"The funds and the Rams are now under the control of the security forces in addition to the Office of the Electoral Commission in the province," Saadi said.

The Electoral Commission formed a legal committee to investigate the results of some polling stations in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.

The Arabs and Turkmen demand that the ballot boxes be transferred to the National Center in Baghdad for manual counting and sorting rather than relying on the electronic system.

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1 hour ago, DinarDavo said:

What a dilemma! Tens of billions of new money flowing into Iraq to be pilfered or have a stroke and seek asylum in Iran....decisions, decisions, decisions. 

 

I vote.....new NECKTIE. :lol:

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Interesting that the two Kurdish political parties are fighting over corruption in the voting, and then

blaming the GOI for it.

 

P.S.  Maliki-  here's a clue:  Losing your immunity is WAY worse than losing the keys to the Rolls Royce.

 

 

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Result is blow to US, but Iran will also lose out after Iraq’s protest against rule by proxy

 

Simon Tisdall

Tue 15 May 2018 05.00 BST Last modified on Tue 15 May 2018 05.03 BST

 
 

 

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Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, right, casts his vote at a polling station in Najaf
Photograph: Haidar Hamdani/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/iraq-shock-election-result-may-be-turning-point-for-iran

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French report:  Election results will change after the addition of 1.7 million votes for the special ballot and voters abroad

May 15, 2018

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Policy  2018/05/15 09:46  2346  Editor: hr

Baghdad today – follow-up

The results of the Iraqi elections may change suddenly for some parties after the addition of the votes of the special and external voters, which are about 1.7 million votes.

The report said that “the Iraqis have formed a political surprise by the receipt of lists against the current political structure, to advance the legislative elections,” according to partial results showed, a big difference from the Prime Minister Haider Abadi, which has the support of a large international,

“These official partial results, which appeared on Sunday night, do not include the vote of security forces, expatriates and displaced people, who can change the data after counting their votes.

According to Agence France-Presse, “these two lists, the first followed by the leadership of Moqtada al-Sadr, and includes the Communists, and the second opening, which includes factions of the popular crowd close to Iran, in the past, a speech hostile to Washington, despite their fighting alongside US forces against the organization calling.

“The alliance of Sadr and the Communist Party on the basis of fighting corruption, ranked first in six provinces out of 18, and second in four more after the elections that took place on Saturday.”

Coalition supporters, who have demonstrated weekly against corruption since 2015, gathered pictures of Sadr and firemen in central Baghdad to celebrate “the victory over the corrupt and the new stage of the Iraqi people, and chant: Free Free Baghdad! Iran by land!”

The Fath Alliance, which includes the popular mobilization factions that played a crucial role in supporting the security forces to defeat an oppressive organization, first dissolved in four provinces, and second in eight.

“For Abbadi, supported by the international coalition, he has succeeded behind the conquest and all the provinces except Nineveh, and the largest cities of Mosul, which Abadi announced in July.”

Earlier, several political officials pointed out that “Abadi will be ranked first with about 60 seats in parliament.”

“However, these numbers can change, as the counting of votes does not include the votes of about 700 thousand elements of the Iraqi security forces, in addition to the votes of about one million expatriates Iraqi.”

She pointed out that “the biggest loss in the elections was the share of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who leads a coalition of state law, and maintains strong relations with Iran.” “According to partial results, this coalition came in fourth place.”

Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi addressed the Iraqi people yesterday, calling on citizens and political blocs to “respect the results of the elections and abide by the proper legal means of violations,” expressing full readiness “to work and cooperate in forming an Iraqi government free from corruption and quotas and not subject to foreign agendas. “He said.

Some observers believe, according to the French report, that “the word Abadi came in response to the spokesman of a coalition of state law, Abbas al-Yasiri, who, in remarks, yesterday, the government of Abadi, the responsibility of chaos during the elections,” adding that “weak government and weak security led to chaos Which took place in the elections. ”

Abadi said during the speech broadcast by Al-Iraqiya semi-official television: “Since the first day of our receipt of this government in 2014, we have prioritized the liberation of the land of Iraq and the prevention of expansion to the rest of the provinces and our work to achieve security and stability and end sectarianism among Iraqis, People of one people “.

He pointed out that his government “sought with all effort and sincerity to be a strong state, and its prestige respected in the regional and international environment, and that the government is free of corruption and abhorrent quotas, which we have given the most important and the largest of them.”

In his speech, Abadi said that under the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq, “the full responsibility of the country’s leadership and protection and defend its unity, interests and sovereignty until the formation of the new government.”

On the other hand, the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, yesterday, the parties winning the election to start talks on forming a new government.

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement issued yesterday that “the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, received the special envoy of the US President to the international coalition against Da’id, Brett McGurk, and Douglas Seelman, US ambassador to Iraq, and a diplomatic delegation accompanying them.

The statement said Barzani “invited the Iraqi and Kurdish parties winning to start talks on forming a new government with political and architectural projects and visions for the present and future of Iraq.”

https://baghdadtoday.news/ar/

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Some really good articles and comments about the election in Iraq. Thanks everyone for posting them. I am actually really enjoying reading them.

 

Just goe's to show that Yota is not the only good news hound here at DV.  :) 

 

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1 hour ago, pokerplayer said:

Some really good articles and comments about the election in Iraq. Thanks everyone for posting them. I am actually really enjoying reading them.

 

Just goe's to show that Yota is not the only good news hound here at DV.  :) 

 

  pp

 

Yota is not the only newshound, but he's the best.

No one can match the volume of articles he posts.  😊

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The Washington Post describes the Iraqi elections as "the most important event" in the Middle East

Tuesday, 15 May 2018 03:38 PM

"واشنطن بوست" تصف الانتخابات العراقية ب"الحدث الأكثر أهمية " فى الشرق الأوسطIraq Elections
 

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The Washington Post, the Iraqi parliamentary elections held last Saturday, it was the most important development this year, amid the turmoil that ripple the Middle East.

In an editorial on its website Tuesday, the newspaper described the Iraqi elections as “competitive, fair” and largely free of violence, pointing out that this is a major achievement for Iraq, which has been waging a war against the terrorist “terrorist” organization for months.

The newspaper said the “favorite” and “surprising” candidate in the early results was a coalition led by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whom the paper described as “an old enemy of the United States” – but at the same time a “rival” for Iran’s domestic customers.

The United States reminds Sadr, the Shi’ite cleric, of leading a bloody insurgency against US forces more than a decade ago and still calls for the departure of US troops from Iraq, at a time when even some Shi’ite leaders close to Iran said they wanted the troops to stay. In order to continue training Iraqi forces, Sadr changed his political position, forming an alliance with “secular groups” including the Iraqi Communist Party, launching a “anti-sectarian” campaign and setting up an anti-corruption agenda aimed at local Iranian agents.

She said it was still too early to determine what role Sadr might play in forming a new government.

Negotiations are expected to last weeks and possibly months, and it is not clear who will lead the new government or what its position on cooperation with the United States is, the newspaper said.

Tehran would do its utmost to promote its interests, and Trump should do the same.

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29 minutes ago, Floridian said:

 

Gosh, I forgot about Dinar Thug.  He's also FABULOUS!  😀

We're very lucky to have them both.

 

Good point as he is a great news hound as well. Have not seen him for awhile ? He doing ok these days ?

 

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24 minutes ago, pokerplayer said:

 

Good point as he is a great news hound as well. Have not seen him for awhile ? He doing ok these days ?

 

  pp

 

20 minutes ago, Floridian said:

 

I don't know.  I hope so!

 

He posted something last week in the rumors section. He probably is taking a much needed break. ♡

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Iraq election results: Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on course to beat Iran-backed PM

POWERFUL nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was leading in Iraq's parliamentary election with more than half the votes counted, the electoral commission said, a surprise comeback for a Shi'ite leader who had been sidelined by Iran-backed rivals.

Shi'ite militia chief Hadi al-Amiri's bloc, which is backed by Tehran, was in second place, according to the count of more than 95 percent of the votes cast in 10 of Iraq's 18 provinces.

The preliminary results are a setback for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi who, despite entering the election as the apparent frontrunner, appeared to be running third.

Unlike Abadi, a rare ally of both the United States and Iran, Sadr is an enemy of both countries that have wielded influence in Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein and ushered the Shi'ite majority to power.

Sadr has led two uprisings against U.S. forces in Iraq and is one of the few Shi'ite leaders to distance himself from Iran.

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr

 

Sadr's apparent victory does not mean his bloc could necessarily form the next government as whoever wins the most seats must negotiate a coalition government, expected to be formed within 90 days of the official results.

Security and commission sources had earlier said Abadi was leading the election, which was held on Saturday and is the first since the defeat of Islamic State in the country.

Turnout was 44.52 per cent with 92 per cent of votes counted, the Independent High Electoral Commission said - that was significantly lower than in previous elections. Full results are due to be officially announced later today.

Sadr and Amiri both came in first in four of the 10 provinces where votes were counted, but the cleric's bloc won significantly more votes in the capital, Baghdad, which has the highest number of seats.

The commission did not announce how many seats each bloc had gained and said it would do so after announcing the results from the remaining provinces.

A document provided to Reuters by a candidate in Baghdad that was also circulating among journalists and analysts showed results from all 18 provinces.

Reuters could not independently verify the document's authenticity but the results in it for the 10 provinces announced by the electoral commission matched those of the commission.

Reuters calculations based on the document showed Sadr had won the nationwide popular vote with more than 1.3 million votes and gained 54 of parliament’s 329 seats. He was followed by Amiri with more than 1.2 million votes, translating into 47 seats, and Abadi with more than 1 million votes and 42 seats.

Sadr will not become prime minister as he did not run in the election but his apparent victory puts him in a position to pick someone for the job. Winning the largest number of seats does not automatically guarantee that, however. The other winning blocs would have to agree on the nomination.

In a 2010 election, Vice President Ayad Allawi's group won the largest number of seats, albeit with a narrow margin, but he was blocked from becoming prime minister for which he blamed Tehran.

The same fate could befall Sadr. Iran has publicly stated it would not allow his bloc to govern.

"We will not allow liberals and communists to govern in Iraq," Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in February.

For the rest of the article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/959389/iraq-election-results-news-Moqtada-al-Sadr-latest-update

 

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36 minutes ago, bigwave said:

Iran has publicly stated it would not allow his bloc to govern.

"We will not allow liberals and communists to govern in Iraq," Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in February.

 

Geez.... the nerve. 

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