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

[ChuckFinley]

3 hours ago, js214 said:

Awesome news.Chuck , you can breathe now 

 

2 hours ago, DinarThug said:

 

And Take Off That Stunningly Impressive Glitter Studded Maliki ‘Hex’ Girdle ...

 

     

 

 

Sorry Chuckster - I Had To Do It !  

 

  

Breathing much better,  had to step off the grid here. Went to New Orleans to grab a little Voodoo dressed in that Stunningly Impressive Glitter to HEX THE HE$$ out of the Son of Satin. Still cannot figure out how he got 66 votes.

[ChuckFinley]

2 hours ago, Synopsis said:

 The simple majority of one half of the 329 Parliamentarian seats is 165 seats. Haider al-Abadi has 111 votes. Muqtada al-Sadr has 27 votes so may side with side with Haider al-Abadi giving him 138 votes. If Ammar al-Hakim with 11 votes sides with Haider al-Abadi, Haider al-Abadi will have 149 votes.

 

Nouri al-Maliki with 64 votes is an Iranian stooge as likely is Hadi al-Ameri with 49 votes for a total of 113 votes. Iyad Allawi with 32 votes and Osama Najafi with 18 votes have 50 votes total and are Vice Presidents along with Nouri al-Maliki so could want to block Haider al-Abadi in favor of Nouri al-Maliki for a total of 163 votes. However, if either of these Vice Presidents cast their block vote for Haider al-Abadi, Haider al-Abadi would clearly be the next Prime Minister.

 

The potential split now shown here with Haider al-Abadi totaling 149 votes (16 needed) and Nouri al-Maliki totaling 163 votes (2 needed) is a total of 312 votes with 17 votes outstanding. This could be a contest of who would gain the remaining outstanding votes if one (or more) of the current Vice Presidents does not side with Haider al-Abadi.

 

However, the progress on corruption removal could remove some of these votes and a followup election further support system" rel="">support Haider al-Abadi by Haider al-Abadi, Muqtada al-Sadr, and/or Ammar al-Hakim gaining more seats while the others lose seats and the majority of currently unnamed votes go to Haider al-Abadi.

 

We'll see how everybody starts stacking up!!!

 

In The Mean Time.....................................

 

Go Haider al-Abadi AND...........................

 

Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY!!!)!!!

   

Nice job Synopsis, I still concerned about how this plays out too. Feel good that he was able to get the 111, but concerned that Maliki even got 66 votes.

1 hour ago, idplzr said:

Sorry, I don’t trust the dirty Maliki bastards. Not feeling good about this. 

Know what you mean. It is just the peer demographics of how Iraq is populated and how people of that region think makes this a crap shoot. 

1 hour ago, js214 said:

After he reads synopsis's review he may need a Industrial strength version.I evidently thought it was already a done deal and spoke in Jest.. May need to borrow the Hex one myself 

I feel better after he take the oath of office again.

30 minutes ago, TOMINVEGAS said:

Wow. I can’t believe Maliki got so many. Are the people over there really that stupid? .... yes I said “stupid”..... This doesn’t look good to me with what Synopsis is saying.....

First thing I was think too, really. 

[ChuckFinley]

Nice to see some positives. 

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Pitcher,  i believe we all hope this done quickly and with the right person. 

[jcfrag]

29 minutes ago, ChuckFinley said:

 

Breathing much better,  had to step off the grid here. Went to New Orleans to grab a little Voodoo dressed in that Stunningly Impressive Glitter to HEX THE HE$$ out of the Son of Satin. Still cannot figure out how he got 66 votes.

Iranian transplants most likely. No one from Iraq would vote on that little corrupt broken down skeleton of an arsehole.... 😁

[ChuckFinley]

Had to be, the Iranian influence is strong.

[DWS112]

PM Abadi leading Iraq election, Sadr strong: sources

May 13, 2018

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's list appears to be leading in Iraq's parliamentary election followed by influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's alliance, an election commission source and a security official told Reuters.

 

The sources cited unofficial initial results.

 

Iraqis voted on Saturday in the first election since the defeat of Islamic State militants inside the country. Final results are expected on Monday.

Turnout was low at around 45 percent, according to the election commission.

 

Abadi, a rare ally of both the United States and Iran, was mainly concerned with fending off Shi'ite groups other than Sadr's alliance, which are seeking to pull the country closer to Tehran.

 

Unofficial results compiled by Reuters reporters in southern provinces also indicated that Sadr, a firebrand cleric who led a violent uprising against U.S. troops from 2003-2011, appeared to be making a strong showing.

 

If the Sadr list finished second, that would mark a surprise comeback by the cleric. He is popular among the poor but has been sidelined by influential Iranian-backed figures.

Edited May 13, 2018 by DWS112

[ChuckFinley]

We are just going to have to wait until the dust settles. 

[yota691]

Newspaper: Abadi and Sadr lead the preliminary results

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 08:57 (Baghdad time)

 Follow-up of Mawazine News

The coalition of victory led by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi in preliminary results unconfirmed to the general vote held in Iraq, followed by the list «Surun» led by Moqtada al-Sadr. While the first elections were considered at the level of ensuring that no major security breaches were recorded, they were the lowest level of participation.

According to the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper, "Preliminary results showed the progress of the Abadi coalition on the level of the various electoral lists. It was remarkable that it achieved significant results in the provinces of Nineveh, Salah al-Din and Anbar, while the list of others led by al-Sadr in the southern cities, , And the alliance led by Hadi al-Amiri.

Washington praised the Iraqi elections and called for the formation of an "inclusive government".

The new generation's list of other political blocs, such as the change and the justice movement of Barham Salih in Erbil and Kirkuk, was recorded as a surprise, while the two main parties maintained their position in the lead.

The electoral process in Iraq was considered the safest compared to previous years, according to the Iraqi Interior Ministry, while the Baghdad Operations Command said that the security plan to protect the polling stations was successful, and did not record any security breaches in Baghdad.

The political and media circles were preoccupied with monitoring the low voter turnout in different Iraqi cities. The voting rate was 44 percent, compared with the 2014 elections, which reached 60 percent. He explained the low participation rates with many problems in the voting procedures, and the failure of electronic auditing, in addition to the general frustration of the repetition of the traditional political forces themselves. However, the outskirts of cities and their suburbs witnessed high participation rates compared to the centers of cities where participation declined.

In turn, the governorates of the Kurdistan region witnessed for the first time a decline in participation rates, while the camps for displaced people in the region complained of the inability of a large number of them to cast their votes because of technical errors in the lists of voters.

[yota691]

Iraq .. Results of the parliamentary elections tomorrow .. And Abadi progress slightly

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 08:34 (Baghdad time)

Follow-up of Mawazine News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis on Saturday voted in the first election since the defeat of an al-Qaeda organization, while Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sought to defeat powerful political groups that would make Iraq win closer to its allies.

Iraqis have expressed pride in voting for the fourth time since the fall of Saddam Hussein, but they also said they had little hope that elections would stabilize a country plagued by conflict, economic hardship and corruption.

The Electoral Commission said that "the voter turnout reached 44.52% after the classification of 92% of the vote, and the turnout in the 2014 elections about 60%, and is scheduled to announce the results officially on Monday."

The oil-rich province of Kirkuk saw tensions as the governor demanded a recount of the votes manually and a curfew was declared to prevent any ethnic or sectarian clashes between the Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen communities.

Clashes erupted between two Kurdish parties in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah amid accusations of vote rigging, residents and officials said. Voters will rule on Abadi, who has achieved the delicate task of maintaining ties with Iran and the United States, Iraq's two main allies who otherwise are fiercely hostile.

Any party that wins the election will have to face the consequences of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, a move Iraqis fear will turn their country into a battleground between Washington and Tehran.

Abadi, who took power four years ago after the takeover of a third of Iraq's land, received US military support for the Iraqi army to defeat the organization.

But after the military campaign is over, Abadi faces political threats from his main rivals, his predecessors Nuri al-Maliki and Hadi al-Amiri, both closer to Iran than he is. But the United States, which invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy it until 2011, again sent troops to help fight a militant organization. 2014, have a profound impact as well.

Abadi, who studied in Britain, did not have a strong political machine when he took office, but strengthened his position after winning a hard-line organization.

Despite his proximity to the Sunni minority during his premiership, Abadi has bypassed the Kurds after foiling their efforts for independence, but failed to improve the economy, eliminate corruption and can not rely solely on the votes of his Shiite community. Even if he wins the victory list, On a coalition government that should be formed within 90 days of elections.

Many Iraqis feel that war heroes and politicians failed them when they failed to reform state institutions and provide the necessary health and education services.

"We do not need tanks or planes but only an electoral card so we can reform the political process that has been aborted by those who rule Iraq," said a 50-year-old worker named Khalid al-Shami at a voting center in Baghdad.

Maliki is seeking to return to the political arena again and presents himself after being marginalized in the wake of an invasion calling for Iraq, and critics say Maliki's sectarian policies created an atmosphere that enabled the organization to gain sympathy among some Sunnis as it invaded Iraq in 2014.

Senior government posts have been divided informally among the main groups in the country since the fall of Saddam, and the prime minister was appointed according to this division of the Shiites, while the post of speaker of the parliament was allocated to the Sunnis. The presidency, an honorary position in the Iraqi regime, was reserved for the Kurds. Positions.

More than 7,000 candidates in 18 provinces are running this year to win seats in the 329-seat parliament, with more than 24 million Iraqis eligible to vote in elections, the fourth since Saddam's fall.

[yota691]

Abadi orders the security forces in Kirkuk and Kurdistan and calls on the Commission to take quick action

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 08:25 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

The Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Haider al-Abadi, on Sunday, orders the security forces in Kirkuk and the provinces of Kurdistan, calling on the Commission to take quick action to examine the funds and devices challenged.

"The head of the Council of Ministers General Commander of the Armed Forces Haider Abadi ordered the security forces in Kirkuk and the provinces of the province to control security and neutrality in dealing with the file of elections."

He called on the Electoral Commission to "take quick action to examine the funds and devices contested and announce the results to public opinion in order to ensure the safety of the elections."

A PUK force on Saturday stormed the movement's headquarters in Sulaymaniyah on the back of the results and the parties exchanged accusations of fraud.

And left demonstrations in Kirkuk, a rejection of the count and electronic sorting under the pretext of fraud and called for counting and sorting by hand. Ended 29 / a 43

[yota691]

The Kurdistan Democratic Party criticizes the results of the elections in Sulaymaniyah .. And confirms: not identical to reality

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 09:01 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on Sunday criticized the results of the parliamentary elections held yesterday. Pointing out that it does not match reality.

Party member Sheikh Atta Jafar told Mawazine News that "the results of the initial vote that appeared in Sulaymaniyah are unrealistic and not identical to reality."

"There are many areas in the province where the Democratic Party has considerable influence and a large number of supporters in Halabja, Sayyid Sadiq and Huraman, but the preliminary results showed otherwise," Jaafar said.

The member of the party, that "significant violations accompanied the voting process in Sulaymaniyah and we declare our rejection of these results and consider them unreal," and called for "the necessary investigation because the results do not reflect the electoral reality."

The Independent Electoral Commission announced yesterday that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

The Iraqis voted on Saturday, 12 May 2018, to choose a new parliament, and these elections are the first after the defeat of the organization "Daash." Ended 29 / a 43

 

[yota691]

Political blocs in Kirkuk, the Commission is given 24 hours to start counting and sorting by hand

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 09:49 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The parties and the political blocs of Arab and Turkmen in Kirkuk, Sunday, the Electoral Commission 24 hours to start counting and counting the results of the parliamentary elections held yesterday in the province.

The parties said in a joint statement received / Mawazin News / a copy of it, "After the intervention of the three presidencies and in response to complaints filed by the political blocs and electoral lists in the province of Kirkuk on the results of the elections and the Commission sent to the Commission to arrive in Kirkuk tomorrow, To make a decision to start counting and sorting manually to reveal the real results of the elections. "   

A local official in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, said on Saturday evening that the Electoral Commission will send on Sunday a fact-finding committee on allegations of fraud in the parliamentary elections.

"The Commission decided to send the fact-finding committee to Kirkuk on Sunday noon," a member of the provincial council of Kirkuk Ali Mahdi wrote on his Facebook page after a meeting with the governorate.

On Saturday night, the Iraqi army imposed a curfew in the city of Kirkuk until further notice, fearing the escalation of the situation, against the backdrop of accusing the Arabs and Turkmen of the existence of fraud in the elections following leaks indicating the progress of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the elections.

On Sunday evening, Turkmen and Arabs protested in a number of areas of the province, demanding a manual screening of votes.

The acting governor of Kirkuk, Rakan al-Jubouri, and the head of the Turkmen Front, Arshad Salehi, called for a recount of the votes of voters in the governorate by hand because of a "defect" in the electronic count.

 

Kirkuk is a disputed province between the federal government and the northern region, home to a mix of Kurds, Turkomans and Arabs, with 12 parliamentary seats and a Kota seat for Christians.

And the parliamentary elections that took place today, is the first taking place in the country, after the defeat of the organization "calling" terrorist end of last year, and the second since the US withdrawal from Iraq in 2011.H

[yota691]

Legal expert clarifies the mechanism of dealing with requests for re-election and return to manual sorting

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 11:34 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The legal expert Tariq Harb, Sunday, the mechanism of dealing with the Electoral Commission with the demands of the political blocs on the return to counting and manual counting of the results of the parliamentary elections that took place on Saturday.

The war in an interview with / Mawazin News /, that "the person who calls for counting and sorting the hand to resort first to challenge the results before the Commission, if the Commission responded to the request for the recount and counting in the hands of a specific district or center will be this matter, and if refused to submit To appeal before the Electoral Tribunal in the Court of Excellence within three days. "

He added that "whoever called for the re-election to submit it to the Council of the Commission and that he was approved, and if not agreed to challenge the decision of the Commission before the judiciary and agreed to be will be re-election," noting that this decision in the resolutions of the Board of Commission No. 11 2007 "

[yota691]

Five investigative committees coming from Baghdad to reach the cities of the province to investigate the results of the elections

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 10:52 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

Five investigative committees arrived Sunday from Baghdad to the Kurdistan region to investigate the results of the elections held yesterday.

A reporter / Mawazin News /, "The five investigative committees arrived in the cities of the Kurdistan region coming from Baghdad, to investigate the results of the parliamentary elections that took place yesterday."

And demanded the blocks and political parties in the Kurdistan region to investigate the results of the legislative elections, after accusations of fraud and violation of the voting machines.

The Independent Electoral Commission announced yesterday that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

The Iraqis voted on Saturday, 12 May 2018, to choose a new parliament, and these elections are the first after the defeat of the organization "Daash." Ended 29 / a 43

[yota691]

The Electoral Commission determines the date of announcement of the results and reveals the percentage of counting and sorting

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 10:46 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The results of the legislative elections are expected to be announced within two days after a vote that saw the lowest participation in 13 years, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq said on Sunday.

Some 11 million Iraqis out of the 24 million eligible to vote voted on Saturday to choose their representatives in parliament in the country's first election after defeating the terrorist organization, and saw the lowest turnout.

According to the Associated Press, "the turnout was 44 percent, while the turnout was not less than 60 percent in the elections since 2005."

"More than 90 percent of voters' votes have so far been counted," she said.

Election officials said the low turnout was due to tight security, indifference and irregularities associated with the new e-voting system.

But the political researcher, Manaf al-Moussawi, attributed the reluctance of Iraqi voters to participate in the parliamentary elections to several factors, notably the poor administrative performance of the previous Iraqi governments.

More than 7,000 candidates in 18 provinces ran for election this year to win seats in the 329-seat parliament.

 

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Yota, seems like they are staying on top of it. 

[yota691]

The results of the elections in Baghdad and victory first

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 12:17 (Baghdad time)

Private - Mawazine News

Mawazine News obtained an initial copy of the results of the parliamentary elections held yesterday for the capital Baghdad.

The document showed the success of the victory led by Prime Minister Haider Abadi with 19 seats, followed by the Fatah alliance with 17 seats and occupied the list of others led by Muqtada al-Sadr, the third place with 13 seats.

The document pointed out that the national list headed by Iyad Allawi on 7 seats and the coalition of the rule of law led by Nuri al-Maliki on 6 seats, followed by wisdom four seats and the alliance of decision two seats and the civil party one seat.

The Independent Electoral Commission announced yesterday that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

The Iraqis voted on Saturday, 12 May 2018, to choose a new parliament, and this is the first elections after the defeat of the organization "Daash".

[yota691]

Sulaymaniyah appeals to UNHCR on election results

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 12:01 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The Governor of Sulaymaniyah Hafal Abu Bakr on Sunday appealed to the Electoral Commission, asking for legal treatment and resolving doubts and complaints raised about the preliminary results of the informal elections.

"The preliminary results announced in the province of Sulaymaniyah raised the doubts of the political blocs and entities in the province," he said. "Instead of bringing the elections to the security and safety of the citizens, but it caused a kind of chaos and uncertainty between citizens and blocs Political in the Kurdistan region. "

He added that "the objections and demands have been delivered to the President and members of the Independent High Electoral Commission, and pledged to find a legal exit for them," calling for them to "speed up a radical and legal solution to this issue."

And demanded the blocks and political parties in the Kurdistan region to investigate the results of the legislative elections, after accusations of fraud and violation of the voting machines.

The Independent Electoral Commission announced yesterday that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

The Iraqis voted on Saturday, 12 May 2018, to choose a new parliament, and this is the first elections after the defeat of the organization "Daash".

 

[yota691]

After accusations of rigging the elections in Kirkuk .. Council warns of a crisis

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 11:47 (Baghdad time)

Special Mawazine News

The provincial council of Kirkuk warned on Sunday of a crisis in the province following the chaos that occurred after the results appeared to be preliminary to the parliamentary elections held yesterday.

Council member Burhan al-Asi told Mawazine News that "the elections that took place yesterday were marred by a lot of forgery." He pointed out that "the Arab regions in the province are known to those who vote, but the results showed something contrary."

He added that "the local government can not take any action in this regard, the fact that the dependence on the control of the United Nations."

The member of the Council, "the demonstrations that came out yesterday, against the results of the elections expressed their position," calling on the federal government to "have a view in this regard, to avoid a crisis in the province."

The Independent Electoral Commission announced yesterday that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

The Iraqis voted on Saturday, 12 May 2018, to choose a new parliament, and these elections are the first after the defeat of the organization "Daash." Ended 29 / a 43

[yota691]

/ Mawazine News / published preliminary results leaked to the number of seats of 7 Kurdish parties

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 13:01 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

Published / Mawazin News / Sunday, preliminary results leaked to the number of seats of 7 Kurdish parties during the parliamentary elections that took place yesterday.

"According to preliminary results leaked to the parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan region and the disputed areas, the Kurdistan Democratic Party won 27 seats and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan won 17 seats," informed sources told Mawazin News.

The sources added that "six seats were the movement of change, while the coalition of justice and democracy, led by Barham Saleh, 3 seats," pointing out that "the movement of the new generation 3 seats."

He pointed out that "the Kurdistan Islamic Union 3 seats, and the Kurdistan Islamic Group in one seat," noting that "these results can be high and low."

The Independent Electoral Commission announced yesterday that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

The Iraqis voted on Saturday, 12 May 2018, to choose a new parliament, and these elections are the first after the defeat of the organization "Daash." Ended 29 / a 43

[yota691]

Human rights reveal violations during the parliamentary elections

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 12:51 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on Sunday revealed violations during the parliamentary elections held yesterday and called for compliance with the timing of the announcement of the results.

"The staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights participated in the monitoring and follow-up of the series of election procedures and for more than a month there has been continuous monitoring by the UNHCR offices in the provinces to monitor any violation of the political rights of the voter or Candidate or violation of public rights during the stage of electoral propaganda and then the stages of private and public voting, where 600 employees were deployed in all Iraqi provinces, including the provinces of the Kurdistan region in the ongoing monitoring of the electoral process and monitor any violation occurred in the elections.

He added that "while we congratulate the conduct of the elections, we express our regret at the reluctance of many of our people to participate in these elections, and we also regret the violations in the electoral process, some of which were related to the technical failure of the polling stations and others related to the mismanagement of the absence To the names of voters or their distribution in the polling stations as well as violations of violations by some political entities or candidates, "noting that" all of these violations will be included in the reports of the Office of Human Rights to be submitted to the concerned authorities as well as in the annual reports. "

He continued: "We hope the Independent Electoral Commission to commit to announce the preliminary and final results according to the times announced earlier and not to delay them to ensure the transparency of the electoral process and the right of candidates and voters."

[yota691]

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announces a rise in the number of seats to 30 in the elections

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 12:28 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

Kurdistan Democratic Party (NDP) MP Najeeb Najib said on Sunday that her party won 30 parliamentary seats according to the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections held yesterday, noting that the Kurdish parties received a shock from the results.

"The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) will get five seats added to its seats in the previous session, which means that it will be able to get 30 seats in this session," Najib said in an interview with Mawazin News.

"The Kurdish parties were shocked by the results of the elections and objected to them because of their nominations and expectations before the elections," she said, noting that "the existence of conflicts between rival parties for power caused the situation in Sulaymaniyah on Saturday."

This threatened some Kurdish blocs, resorting to the Iraqi judiciary and lodge complaints against the results of the parliamentary elections that took place yesterday, because of fraud as it claims.

It is noteworthy that the Iraqis voted on Saturday, May 12, 2018, to choose a new parliament, where these elections are the first after the defeat of the organization "Da'sh.

[ChuckFinley]

Lot at stake here - thanks Yota. 

[yota691]

National Coalition calls for the abolition of elections and the formation of a caretaker government

 

 Since 2018-05-13 at 13:09 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The National Coalition led by Iyad Allawi, on Sunday, to cancel the parliamentary elections that took place on Saturday and the formation of a caretaker government.

A statement of the coalition received / Mawazine News / a copy of it, "It calls for the re-election while keeping the current government to conduct business, until the provision of conditions for the holding of elections reflect the aspirations of our people."

He added that "this request came because of the reluctance of the Iraqi people to participate in the election in large numbers, and the spread of violence and fraud and misleading and buy votes and exploitation of the conditions of displaced and displaced, in addition to the foggy measures taken by the Electoral Commission in electronic voting after the citizen used to different procedures in All the previous elections, and the result of such a reluctance of the legislature imposed on the citizen away from his desire, as well as a weak government does not have the confidence required for its success.

It is noteworthy that the Iraqis voted on Saturday, May 12, 2018, to choose a new parliament, where these elections are the first after the defeat of the organization "Dahesh.

The participation rate, as announced by the Electoral Commission 44%