Federal: members of the parliamentary opposition exercise full constitutional guarantees

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Crisis-Strife-Arguments-Endless Bickering-on & on & on . . . Hmm, sounds like I’m describing my 1st go around at married life.

 

Anyway, definitely these folks are the architects of their own disaster.

[King Bean]

So they're allowing a MANUAL recount of 8 MILLION votes, including those done electronically ??? Pull up a chair, folks. We're gonna be here a looooooooong time. What a bunch of backward idiots. With any luck, Maliki and crew will lose even more seats. Then they will vote to disallow the recount. 

       

                                                                                                                         

Edited June 7, 2018 by King Bean

[ChuckFinley]

Better keep a good eye on these cheats. 

[DoD]

So if I'm reading this correctly it appears the crooked losers have convinced the crooked judges to stall the release of the democratic elections for another 2 weeks. The UN, Trump or somebody better send some adult supervision to Iraq before they start burning tires an buildings...There seems to be more corrupt people running the country than honest ones...

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1 hour ago, King Bean said:

So they're allowing a MANUAL recount of 8 MILLION votes, including those done electronically ??? Pull up a chair, folks. We're gonna be here a looooooooong time. What a bunch of backward idiots. With any luck, Maliki and crew will lose even more seats. Then they will vote to disallow the recount. 

       

                                                                                                                         

 

This is utter insanity-we have just taken a hard turn into the Surreal- they try to rig the elections from both ends. The Global Community must be disgusted by this infantile display. Sure doesn’t do a thing to bolster and inspire confidence in investors does it.

[Goggles]

1 hour ago, King Bean said:

So they're allowing a MANUAL recount of 8 MILLION votes, including those done electronically ??? Pull up a chair, folks. We're gonna be here a looooooooong time. What a bunch of backward idiots. With any luck, Maliki and crew will lose even more seats. Then they will vote to disallow the recount. 

       

                                                                                                                         

Manual count allows for corruption. It is why a manual election was not wanted.  This is a waste of time.

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35 minutes ago, DoD said:

So if I'm reading this correctly it appears the crooked losers have convinced the crooked judges to stall the release of the democratic elections for another 2 weeks. The UN, Trump or somebody better send some adult supervision to Iraq before they start burning tires an buildings...There seems to be more corrupt people running the country than honest ones...

 

No doubt they made an “ offer to the Judges they couldn’t refuse “ - if the outcome of the BS recount goes to the corrupted - the streets will erupt in fire 🔥 and fury. The Corrupt high Jacked the process and the results. I could see some corrupt politicians getting double tapped over this if the recount goes in their favor. 

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12 minutes ago, Goggles said:

Manual count allows for corruption. It is why a manual election was not wanted.  This is a waste of time.

 

Curious to know if Sadr/Abadi & crew would counter this ruling in court with an argument against this sort of chicanery ? 

[yota691]

A spokesman for Mr. Sadr: All views on the elections will be dissolved by the decision of the Federal Court

Editorial Date: 2018/6/8 12:43 • 286 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The political spokesman for the leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, said that "all views (on the elections) will melt once the final decision of the Federal Court."

"We have to distinguish between the administrative opinions taken by the Supreme Judicial Council, and between the judicial decisions awaiting the Federal Court to be issued, which will be binding and an argument for everyone," said the MP for the Liberal bloc Jaafar al-Moussawi in a statement received by the Euphrates News Agency. 
Moussawi added that "these views were not in line with the views of some should melt those views as soon as the Federal Court issued the final and final."
The House of Representatives voted in the extraordinary session held last Wednesday under the chairmanship of Salim al-Jubouri, the Speaker of the Council and the presence of 173 deputies, the proposal of the Third Amendment to the Law of the elections of the House of Representatives No. 45 for 2013, "in order to achieve transparency in the election results and maintain the democratic system of Iraq and protect the electoral process to ensure confidence The integrity of the elections and fairness and to prove the lack of validity of the acceleration of electronic results and caused by the lack of real results and the process of manual counting and sorting throughout Iraq.
The Supreme Judicial Council announced on Thursday important decisions to implement the third amendment law to the election law, which included "inviting all members of the Supreme Judicial Council to meet next Sunday to name the judges who will be assigned to carry out the work of the Board of Commissioners and supervise the process of recounting the results of the elections, Are responsible for managing the offices of the Electoral Commission in the provinces. " 
For its part, announced the Electoral Commission, it will challenge the decision of the Parliament to amend the election law "to contain a number of irregularities in paragraphs that do not comply with the Constitution and contrary to the law of the Commission No. 11 of 2007 amended." 
The Commission stressed its "absolute cooperation with the Supreme Judicial Council in facilitating the task of his work according to the judicial procedures guaranteed by the law."

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Sadr Office: The Commission and the Federal Court only are authorized to deal with electoral violations

By Rudao two hours ago

Al-Sadr Office: The Commission and the Federation are only authorized to deal with electoral violations

ROWADO - Erbil 

Dia Asadi, who is the director of the political bureau of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, said on Friday that the Independent Electoral Commission and the Federal Court only authorized to deal with the violations. 

"We reject and strongly condemn any fraud or violations in the electoral process," the office said in a statement read by the Rwandao media network. "The High Commission and the Federal Court are the bodies authorized by law to deal with these violations." 

Noting that "those who lost in the elections do not have the right to hijack parliament or manipulation of its decisions, otherwise their work is a (conflict of interest)."

The Iraqi Council of Representatives has voted on Wednesday to oblige the Electoral Commission to re-count and hand-hand nationwide the assignment of nine judges instead of the current members of the Commission, the work ends after the ratification of the final results of the elections, after the criticisms of many political blocs for counting and voting in the elections Parliamentary elections.

http://www.rudaw.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/080620189

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Spokesman for Sadr: Federal Court decisions are expected to be issued in the case of elections

 

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Sadr's spokesman, Jaafar al-Moussawi, said Thursday that the decisions of the Federal Court expected to be issued are the details of the election issue.

"We have to distinguish between the administrative orders taken by the Supreme Judicial Council and the judicial decisions awaiting the Federal Court," Moussawi said in a statement received by al-Ghad Press.

"It will be binding and an argument for everyone," he said, noting that "it was not in line with the views of some, should dissolve those views as soon as the issuance of the decision of the Federal Court Bat and final."

[King Bean]

1 hour ago, yota691 said:

"It will be binding...and the decision of the Federal Court [will be] final."

 

Waiting. And waiting. And waiting some more. Maybe they're out for a donut and cigarette break?? 

           

 

[Butifldrm]

Iraqi Judges Take Over Election Body After Fraud Allegations

June 07, 2018 10:34 AM

• Associated Press

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BAGHDAD — 

Iraq's top judicial authority on Thursday took over the Independent Elections Commission as stipulated by a law passed in response to complaints of widespread fraud in last month's national elections, according to a statement.

On Wednesday, lawmakers approved amendments to the election law that include annulling results from balloting abroad and camps for displaced people in four Sunni-dominated provinces, and call for a manual recount of all ballots.

Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar said the group of top jurists, who are appointed by parliament, will meet on Sunday to select judges who will run the commission and supervise the manual recount requested by the law. Bayrkdar said the council will act in a "fair and impartial way."

Hours later, the elections commission in a statement defended its procedures as "professional and transparent" and expressed readiness to fully cooperate with judicial authorities. But commission said it will challenge the amendments in court, arguing they are unconstitutional and against the law.

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, mainly Sunnis, were driven from their homes during the war against the Islamic State group, with many unable to return because their homes and neighborhoods were destroyed. It's not known how many of them voted in the election, or what impact the cancellation of their ballots could have on the results.

The divide between the Sunnis and Iraq's Shiite majority, which rose to power following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, was a key factor behind the violence that followed the invasion and the eventual rise of the Islamic State group. But those tensions appear to have eased following the war with IS, and many Shiite politicians openly campaigned in Sunni areas.

Last month's elections — the fourth held in the last 15 years — saw low turnout, reflecting widespread anger at the country's dysfunctional political class.

Supporters of the populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose forces once battled U.S. troops, emerged with the most seats, followed by a coalition of mostly Shiite paramilitary forces and another led by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. The dispute over the election could prolong the process of forming a new government.

A government commission set up to investigate the election found "unprecedented" violations by the Independent Elections Committee, according to al-Abadi. The elections commission has not responded to the report, and officials could not be reached for comment on Thursday.

https://www.voanews.com/a/iraqi-judges-take-over-election-body-after-fraud-allegations/4428570.html

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1 hour ago, King Bean said:

 

Waiting. And waiting. And waiting some more. Maybe they're out for a donut and cigarette break?? 

           

 

 

I hear the Camel 🐪 Dung cigarettes are a very flavorful and aromatic blend of the finest quality. Grass fed & palm oil seems to bring out the best Camel 🐪 Poop 💩:  a full bodied mix. 

The donuts 🍩? Well yes, again the Camel poop is rolled into donut shapes and deep fried in Camel Pee Pee.  Yummy ! We don’t have a fine quality life like this do we ? 

[yota691]

Tomorrow .. The naming of judges supervising the counting and manual counting

09/6/2018 12:00 am    Commission: We will challenge the Third Amendment Law to the Election Law  Baghdad / Al-Sabah  The Supreme Judicial Council will meet on Sunday to name the judges who will be assigned to carry out the work of the Board of Commissioners and supervise the process of manual counting and counting of votes. The Judicial Council confirmed that no participant is allowed to attend the elections or the Electoral Commission. That he will use his legal and constitutional right to challenge the Third Amendment Law to the Election Law, passed by the House of Representatives last Wednesday.  Higher judiciary  A spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Abdul Sattar Birqdar said in a statement received by «morning»: that «the implementation of the Third Amendment to the Election Law of 2018 issued on 6/6/2018 the President of the Supreme Judicial Council invited all members of the Council to meet on Sunday morning 10/6 / 2018 to nominate judges who will be delegated to carry out the work of the Board of Commissioners and supervise the process of manual re-counting and counting of the results of the elections and the nomination of judges who will be in charge of the administration of the offices of the Electoral Commission  Provinces ».  The head of the Supreme Judicial Council also decided to "form a committee from the head of the public prosecution and the head of the judicial supervision and a judicial supervisor to immediately move to the Electoral Commission building to prepare for the task of the judiciary under the Third Amendment Law of the election law and take all necessary measures to maintain the ballot boxes, Organs and priorities of the voting process ».  He pointed out that «the issuance of the law to amend the election law depends on the work of the judicial body for the competent elections to consider the appeals filed on the results of counting and electronic sorting until the process of counting and sorting and manual submission of new appeals».  He added that "given the sensitivity of the task entrusted to the judiciary under the said law and in order to give a message of reassurance to the public opinion and to all the competitors and not to allow any party with various names to intervene or try to influence the work of the judiciary on the subject of elections, the Council of Justice not to allow any participant in the elections or any person To be connected to the Judicial Council or the Electoral Commission or to contact any judge concerned with this subject, starting with the President of the Judicial Council and the rest of the judges concerned.  He went on to say: "The phones of all the judges concerned have been closed, fearing everyone to appreciate the difficult circumstances that accompany the work of the judiciary on this matter." The Supreme Judicial Council confirms to everyone that the judiciary, as usual, will perform the task honestly and impartially and that it stands at a distance of everyone , And the Supreme Judicial Council calls upon everyone to be careful in stating the views expressed regarding the work of the judiciary in relation to this task because any abuse constitutes a crime punishable by law under the provisions of Article 226 of the Penal Code, which punishes anyone who offends the judicial institution .  Election Commission  The Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said in a statement received by Al-Sabah: "At a time when the Council of Commissioners is keen to implement the constitution and the laws in force in which it is committed, the Council will use its constitutional and legal right to challenge the Third Amendment Law (45) for the year 2013 as amended because it contains a number of irregularities in paragraphs that do not comply with the Constitution and contrary to the law of the Commission No. (11) for the year 2007 Amended.  The Council stressed «its absolute cooperation with the Supreme Judicial Council in facilitating the task of its work in accordance with the judicial procedures guaranteed by the law, as the Council shows that it is not against the return of manual counting and sorting if it provides the legal side and this is what the Supreme Judicial Council in his statement»,  "The Council reiterates the confidence of the Board of Commissioners in the safety of its work in terms of technical and legal aspects of the administration of the electoral process, especially in the many actions taken against the defaulters in the performance of their duties, including filing files to eliminate the background of the alleged violations within stations  Voting. "  The statement pointed out that «the Council of Commissioners performed his official duty in a professional and transparent and did not allow any party to intervene and influence the core decisions, especially the management of the electoral process, which proved the facts of integrity and efficiency despite the challenges».  In the context, denied the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Electoral Commission Maen Haithawi, the news of his attempt to travel outside Iraq, while he said he will sue anyone who broadcast news and information aimed at confusing the Iraqi street, said Haitawi in a statement received «morning» copy: Which some websites and the media reported about the attempts to travel abroad out of the country, "accusing the parties not known to" stand behind the broadcast of those  Rumors.  The position of «Suron»  In the responses of the political blocs and electoral lists on the laws of the House of Representatives, said the General Secretariat of the Alliance, which is headed by Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr in a statement: «Based on the third amendment to the election law No. 45 of 2013, approved by the Iraqi parliament on 6 June 2018 on the amendment of the election law in force , The alliance of Suron and based on his belief in the democratic process and the importance of establishing them on the basis of a valid constitution, stresses the need to maintain constitutional timings, to prevent the entry of the country in a constitutional vacuum after the end of the current mandate of the House of Representatives on June 30, Me who can deal with him », the statement stressed« the importance of maintaining the votes that are in the Municipality are all not surrender, and we wish that these measures do not lead to enter the political process in further complications and shenanigans ».  For his part, said Jaafar al-Moussawi, a political spokesman for the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr said in a statement received by «morning»: «We have to distinguish between the administrative opinions taken by the Supreme Judicial Council, and between the judicial decisions awaiting the Federal Court to be issued, And an argument for everyone », added Moussawi, that« these views are not in line with the views of some must dissolve those views as soon as the issuance of the Federal Court of Justice and the final ».  Blocks and alliances are pro  In turn, the coalition of state law led by Vice President Nuri al-Maliki, in a statement: "The coalition of state law expresses support for what was approved by the House of Representatives in its meeting on Wednesday on the legislative elections," and called for "full compliance with the laws, To protect the process of counting manual security and technical so as not to fall again in the process of extortion and forgery », said the head of the parliamentary bloc of the stream of wisdom Habib terminal:« Amend the law of parliamentary elections, is a logical and positive », explaining that« deputies of the wisdom stream participated in the meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday on Operation A The birth of counting in  Manual ».  The National Coalition, led by Vice President Iyad Allawi, suggested that there would be major changes in the results of the parliamentary elections, after the adoption of counting and manual counting throughout the country. The head of the coalition in Anbar province, Hamed al-Mutlaq, said that «the ratification of the amendment of the election law, For all corrupt and forgery and manipulators of those results », and announced the coalition of the decision led by Vice President Osama Najafi support for the recommendations issued by the government regarding the recent legislative elections, and a statement by the coalition," After the conclusions and recommendations of the Ministerial Committee In order to ensure confidence in the democratic process, the Iraqi Decision Coalition declares its support and support for the recommendations associated with the approval of the Council of Ministers for the defense of justice and rejection of the Iraqi constitution. Fraud, as well as to strengthen confidence in the new House of Representatives and the new government ».  Six Kurdish parties announced their support for the parliament's decision to re-categorize the results of the legislative elections. This came in a joint statement by the parties on Thursday evening, which includes the Movement for Change and Alliance for Democracy and Justice, the Islamic Union, the Islamic Group, the Kurdistan Communist Party, ), Said the statement: «We the six parties, we declare our support for the historic step and the task approved by the Iraqi Council of Representatives in response to the demands of voters and public opinion and political parties on the fraud and electronic piracy of the voices of citizens and manipulation of "We highly appreciate the position of the Council of Ministers, which took the necessary measures in time for cooperation and coordination with the Iraqi Council of Representatives and condemned the project of corrupt and forgers in the results of the elections in Iraq and the Kurdistan region."  Political forces rejecting  The Coalition of Iraqi Forces, the amendment of the electoral law coup on democracy, expressing confidence in the Iraqi judiciary and the Federal Court, said the coalition in a statement received «morning»: «The amendment of the election law issued by the House of Representatives is a coup against democracy and a desperate attempt to exploit the legislative authority A bridge to win the losers », according to the expression statement, and expressed the Alliance« his confidence in the Iraqi judiciary and the Federal Court, which had honorable positions in the protection of the democratic process and political in Iraq ».  In turn, the MP from the Kurdistan Democratic Party Ashwaq dry: It «we do not mind we have to go to the process of counting and sorting the hand of the results of the elections for all the centers of the province for the purpose of confirming the validity of the results announced by the Electoral Commission», adding that «the Democratic will be with any decision applied to All without mood and selectivity between party and another or between components ».  The PUK said in a press conference held in Arbil: "The decision of the Iraqi parliament to count the manual counting is illegal, and we will appeal to the decision." In turn, the MP of the party bloc Ribawar Taha, presented a challenge to the court Federal Parliament session of the vote on the first and second readings of the law to amend the election law of the House of Representatives, while stressing that «the Council violated the Constitution and did not abide by its rules of procedure».

[yota691]

The judiciary announces the appointment of the judges assigned to carry out the functions of the Board of Commissioners of the Electoral Commission

 

 Since 2018-06-10 at 12:42 (Baghdad time)

 Baghdad - Mawazine News

The Supreme Judicial Council announced Sunday the appointment of judges to serve as the commissioners of the Electoral Commission.

The Council's spokesman, Judge Abdul Sattar Birqdar, said in a statement received by Mawazine News that "the latter held its meeting to discuss the issuance of the Third Amendment Law of the Elections Law, the House of Representatives No. (45) of 2013 effective from the date of voting under Article (7) from him" .

"The session witnessed the nomination of judges candidates for the mandate to fulfill the powers of the Board of Commissioners in the Independent High Electoral Commission in accordance with the provisions of Article (4) of the Third Amendment Law of the election law and judges candidates to occupy the task of directors of UNHCR offices in the provinces."

He explained that "the Council held its meeting under the chairmanship of Judge Faik Zaidan and the presence of all its members and hosted by the Director of the Department of Operations and the Director General of the Administrative Department and Director of complaints in the Electoral Commission for the elections," pointing out that "the hosting of some of the officials of the Electoral Commission for elections came To find out the nature of the work of the Commission and a summary of complaints raised regarding the elections of the House of Representatives for the year 2018. 

[yota691]

National Union challenges the amendment of the electoral law

 

 Since 2018-06-10 at 15:38 (Baghdad time)

 BAGHDAD - Mawazin News 
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc in the House of Representatives on Sunday, filed a legal complaint to the Federal Court on the decision to amend the election law in the House of Representatives. 
MP Reparwa Taha, a member of the Union bloc in a statement received / Mawazin News, a copy of it, "the bloc filed a legal complaint to the Federal Court on the decision of the House of Representatives not to count the votes of the ballot." 
"The content of the complaint, the amendment of the election law in the House of Representatives." 
The member of the Electoral Commission for elections, Mu'tadim al-Moussawi, on Sunday, the submission of the Commission appealed the third amendment to the law of the House of Representatives elections. 
The Iraqis voted 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%. Finished

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Everything going your way . . . no worries, no need to " challenge " the legality or constitutionality of a Law (s). NOT going your ? YELL, SCREAM & SHOUT to the heavens it's just all plain wrong and we must doing the right by changing the laws that makes " Everything going your way " so much more reasonable.

 

It's like playing a game where there's always someone who says the rules are only guidelines and should be adjusted accordingly: ( because ) when " things just aren't going his way; he can " amend " the rules - -[ he always winds up winning.] 

 

Of course back in the day, us kids would usually just punch him up some. Amazing what a bloody nose and Black eye can to do for " attitude adjustment."

[DWS112]

Source: Federal Court will issue a clarification on the results of the elections  June 11, 2018

 

A political source revealed on Monday the intention of the Federal Court to issue an explanation on the election results and the accompanying burning of ballot boxes. 
The source said the «Journal News»: "The Federal Court will look at the results of the elections and will be issued in the coming days a decisive decision on them, either be the cancellation of the results and the re-election or re-counting and manual counting in all funds to be burned boxes are canceled." 
The media office of Prime Minister Haider Abadi, earlier in the day, the lack of eligibility of any institution to cancel the results of the parliamentary elections except the Federal Court

[yota691]

Abadi office: the decision to re-election responsibility of the Federal Court only

 

 Since 2018-06-11 at 16:21 (Baghdad time)

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the spokesman of the Iraqi prime minister, Haider al - Abadi, told Reuters on Monday that the Federal Supreme Court is the only entity that has the right to take a decision on the need to re - parliamentary elections, which took place in May. 
"This is a matter for the Federal Court, not the executive authority or any other body," Saad al-Hadithi said when asked about the prime minister's suspension of the speaker's call for another election. 
Parliament passed a manual counting of votes after several parties said the vote was a sham. On Sunday, a polling station with half of the funds in the capital was set on fire. 
The Electoral Commission in Iraq, announced on Sunday that after the burning of ballot boxes on the side of Rusafa, that any action on the abolition of the elections or not has become in the court of the Federal Court.
The Iraqis voted 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 High Electoral Commission announced that the participation rate in the elections was 44%.

[Butifldrm]

 

Al-Hadithi: The decision to re-election belongs to the Federal Court

3 hours ago

 

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Saad al-Hadithi, a spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said Monday, that the Federal Supreme Court, is the only body having the right to decide on the need to re-election parliamentary elections, which took place on the twelfth of last May .

This came in a commentary on June 11, 2018, on what Prime Minister Haider Abadi said about the call of Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri to hold other elections, Reuters reported.

"This is a matter for the Federal Court, not the executive authority or any other authority," he said.

The House of Representatives decided in an extraordinary session last week, change the law of elections to the House of Representatives and the re-counting and manual counting in all Iraq, as well as the cancellation of elections abroad and displaced .

Mr

http://www.nrttv.com/Ar/News.aspx?id=1302&MapID=2

[Butifldrm]

Maliki's policy reveals his demand, "the foundation": to refrain from correcting the great betrayal

 

 Twilight News    

 

 3 hours ago

 

 

The coalition of state law, led by Vice President Nuri al-Maliki, said on Monday that his main demand is to correct the effects of "treason" in the rigging and burning of funds.

The coalition said in a statement to the twilight news that "it is inevitable to conduct a comprehensive match of what in the funds with what appeared in the results of the electronic counting system, and we reject the formation of a government with fake introductions and blatant manipulation."

He called on the coalition to "address the issue in defense of the political process and the integrity of Iraq from collapse, and can not forget the prosecution of perpetrators of treason, who distorted the image of Iraq and caused this sedition."

The Iraqi parliament decided, earlier, to oblige the Independent High Electoral Commission to re-count and count the whole of Iraq, as the parliament decided to assign nine judges to run the Electoral Commission, and voted on the abolition of Article 38 of the election law, and that the Commission is committed to re-counting and manual sorting across Iraq, Accelerate results.

Article 38 states: The counting and counting process shall be carried out using the electronic results accelerator. Political party agents shall be provided with an electronic copy of the results forms and ballot papers at each polling station.

He announced earlier the full report of the government committee set up by Prime Minister Haider Abadi for the elections, as it confirms the fraud and manipulation of the electoral process, and called for legal action to discuss the directors of the Commission.

The committee called for the cancellation of the results of the elections abroad to prove that there were "serious and deliberate violations and frauds and collusion," in addition to canceling the voting results in the polling centers and stations for the displaced in several governorates.

According to the report, the committee called for "the manual counting and counting by not less than 5 percent for all polling stations in all governorates to conduct an audit and the intersection."

Iraq has been the subject of controversy over suspicions of fraud in the parliamentary elections held on May 12 amid calls for cancellation of the results and the re-election.

 

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/e7b0284a-1949-423e-a946-2863ff743f84

[yota691]

Federal Court: Public companies are linked to the Council of Ministers

12/6/2018 12:00 am  BAGHDAD / Al-Sabah  The Federal Supreme Court confirmed that the Constitution subjected the companies to the public policy of the state, noting that the provincial councils control them under the law.  "The Supreme Federal Court held its session under the chairmanship of Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud and the presence of the judges of the members and considered an appeal unconstitutional text in the third amendment to the law of the provinces not organized in the region No. 21 of 2008, Public companies from the concept of senior positions, which the Council of the province nominate their owners ».  He added that "the court found that the removal of some of the positions is not a new text, and the third amendment added another address is the public companies, and there was no objection before or now." "The Supreme Federal Court said that these companies follow the general policy of the state drawn by the Constitution and exercised by the Council of Ministers, and therefore not in the text challenged by the violation of the Constitution from the administrative side, either from the control, the text does not lose the Council of the province control of companies (7 / VII) of the Law of Governorates not organized in the said region.

[Butifldrm]

JUNE 11, 2018 / 3:39 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

After ballot box fire, Iraqi cleric Sadr warns of civil war

Ahmed Aboulenein

5 MIN READ

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged Iraqis on Monday to unite rather than squabble over a possible rerun of the election his bloc won last month, a message apparently meant to defuse political tension after a ballot box storage depot caught fire.

Certain parties are trying to drag Iraq into civil war, Sadr said, adding that he would not participate in one.

Parliament has mandated a manual recount of the election in which a number of parties alleged fraud. A storage site holding half of Baghdad’s ballot boxes went up in flames on Sunday in what Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi denounced as a “plot to harm the nation and its democracy”.

An Iraqi court ordered the arrest of four people accused of setting fire to the storage site, state television reported. Three of them were policemen and one an employee of the Independent High Elections Commission.

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Iraqi authorities said the ballot boxes were saved but the fire has added to fears of violence.

“What Moqtada said about (Iraq) being close to some sort of armed conflict is concerning. The situation is tense and it seems to be on the brink of conflict,” said Renad Mansour, research fellow at Chatham House in London.

Sadr, a Shi’ite cleric who once led violent campaigns against the U.S. occupation that ended in 2011, has emerged as a nationalist opponent of powerful Shi’ite Muslim parties allied with neighboring Iran.

“Stop fighting for seats, posts, gains, influence, power, and rulership,” he wrote in an article published by his office.

“Is it not time to stand as one for building and reconstruction, instead of burning ballot boxes or repeating elections just for one seat or two?”

Sadr has in the past mobilized tens of thousands of followers to protest government policies he opposed.

FILE PHOTO: Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during a news conference with Iraqi politician Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Hikma Current, in Najaf, Iraq May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani/File Photo

The election, which was the first since the defeat of Islamic State militants who seized a third of Iraq in 2014, raised hopes that Iraqis could put aside sectarian divisions to rebuild.

One of Sadr’s top aides said on Sunday the fire was intended either to force a rerun of the election or to conceal fraud.

 

ELECTION REPEAT UNLIKELY

But a repeat of the election is unlikely, analysts say, as none of the top parties have endorsed this step, and many incumbent lawmakers have lost their seats and thus lack legitimacy in the eyes of the public.

The Supreme Federal Court is the only entity that has the right to decide on a repeat, not the government or parliament, Abadi’s spokesman said on Monday.

A spokesman for Hadi al-Amiri, whose Fatih alliance of groups linked to pro-Iran Shi’ite militias came second in the election behind Sadr’s bloc, said he did not favor a repeat.

“The middle of the road solution is a manual recount,” said Karim al-Nuri, referring to the fraud allegations.

Some of Iran’s other supporters, such as former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose bloc performed below expectations in the election, would benefit.

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At the same time, a recount might harm Iran in other ways. Tehran is accused by some parties in two provinces of helping a Kurdish party allied with it commit election fraud.

“Iran would have preferred if Fatih and (Maliki’s) State of Law (list) had done better than Sadr so any kind of redo where a different scenario comes out is better for Iran,” said Mansour.

“It is not an ideal situation for Iran and they might support a redo, but actually a recount might implicate them if the allegations in the north are correct.”

 

VOTING EQUIPMENT

In the election, Iraq used an electronic vote-counting system for the first time. Some Iraqi politicians had argued that the manual recount was necessary to make sure that the electronic system did not hide fraud.

Miru Systems, the Korean company that provided the electronic equipment, said there was nothing wrong with it.

“We have checked our election device provided to Iraq after the fraud allegation erupted, and found out that there have been no malfunction in the device nor its system,” said a spokesman.

Abadi has blamed the Independent High Elections Commission, which introduced the electronic system, for what he said were dangerous violations, and parliament voted to suspend the board of commissioners and replace them with judges.

The commission opposes the recount decision and has appealed against it but the judiciary has already started implementing parliament’s measures, naming a new head for the commission from within its ranks on Monday.

“There is a lack of clarity as to who is in charge, what procedure is the legal procedure. Everyone is doing their own thing. The government institutions meant to monitor this process are neither independent nor powerful,” said Mansour.

Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein with additional reporting by Haejin Choi in Seoul; Editing by Michael Georgy and Mark Heinrich

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The Korean company should keep screaming loud and clearly about the 

their equipment being sound.   Butifldrm