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Economy and elections

 

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Articles Anas Murshid* The upcoming parliamentary elections are characterized by a large number of great economic promises, as the speeches, slogans and advertisements of some political alliances or candidates focus on improving the economy and solving its complex problems easily and easily, and making it a rosy world free of debt, austerity, inflation, taxes and unemployment. Some of these candidates are betting on using quick solutions to the crises we are experiencing today, but this bet is a loser and their solutions are just an illusion, because reforming the economy requires a long time and a clearly defined program and concept of implementation. Which means more suffering and crises.  And when the candidate wins the parliamentary elections and the new government is formed, he will find that he needs to take steps and economic measures that do not agree with the desire of the street who elected him. He turns a blind eye to using real reform to speak, look and appear on television to discuss reality with illogical words and far from the promises he made to the parliament. He will take into consideration his party's policy to legislate and implement prosthetic solutions that will satisfy politicians only.  But there is another group, and they are the owners of realistic programs, and it is the real economist who will be in danger. The American economic writer Todd J. Buckels describes this danger in the introduction to the first chapter of the book “New Ideas from Departed Economists,” by saying, “It is not easy to be a thinker.” Economically, corporate executives attack them for not accurately calculating costs and profits, philanthropists accuse them of being scrutinizing in costs and profits, and politicians view economic thinkers as self-sabotaging who do not allow politicians to promise the masses prosperity without offering any sacrifice.  A number of satirical writers have devoted their time to attacking them; The likes of George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Carlyle.  Indeed, the season of attack on economic thinkers has begun since Carlyle called economics the dismal science. Unfortunately, Iraq is almost devoid of real economic thought, because it will fail, as it is far from courtesy and does not fit the whims of the street and does not achieve any gains for politicians, because real and frank economic opinion will face ostracism, humiliation, and even defamation, and perhaps even murder.  The magic mixture for your success as an economist in Iraq:  to speak in a way that pleases the street and attracts the attention of the media and intellectual cafes, and to be a source of information for politicians who use your flattering ideas in their sessions and even in their legislation.  * Business development and public policy advisor

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Commission: We received 120,000 wrong biometric cards..and reveal the truth of the encrypted data

•  Time: 08/21/2021 22:41:34
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The Director of Procedures and Training at the Independent High Electoral Commission, Daoud Salman, revealed that 120 thousand biometric cards were received wrongly by the manufacturer.

 

Salman said; The program “Alastra” broadcast by Al-Furat satellite channel this evening, Saturday, said: “The commission is ready and fully prepared to hold the elections on the specified date, and that everyone who has the biometric and electronic application has the right to vote in the elections.”
He added, "The number of voters reached about 17 million who hold the biometric card, and that the use of the biometric card will greatly reduce fraud."
Salman pointed out: "There were errors in the tables provided by the manufacturer to the UNHCR in the card number, and we received 120,000 cards and they were modified and the tables were returned to be printed again."
He announced: "The cards will be distributed next week," adding, "All biometric card data is encrypted and no company or anyone can view it, and the encrypted data is only opened at the election center."
With regard to the withdrawal of a number of political blocs from running in the elections, Salman explained: "The Commission has not yet received any official request to withdraw."

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The Commission: We have completed printing the ballot paper, and there is no intention to postpone the elections

Monday 23 August 2021 115

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif 

 

The Electoral Commission denied any intention to postpone the elections, while it completed printing the ballot paper and the voter's register. At the same time, it revealed the creation of job grades to install its contractors.

The official in charge of training procedures in the Operations Department of the Commission, Daoud Salman Khudair, told Al-Sabah: "The Board of Commissioners confirms that the elections will be held on schedule, and there is no intention to postpone them."

He added that "all procedures are in the process of being completed according to the operational timetable prepared by the Operations Department of the Commission for the purpose of holding the elections on time."

Khudair pointed out that "the printing of the ballot paper and the voter register has been completed, the polling stations and polling stations have been published for voters, public and private, and the displaced, and the procedure for ratifying the conduct of public and private polling and the program for counting votes, complaints and appeals."

While the Commission stated in its weekly statement: “It has conducted many correspondences with the relevant authorities, through official letters addressed by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Jalil Adnan Khalaf to the Prime Minister, the latest of which was the book in which the urgent need to install operational contract employees who have technical expertise was confirmed. And they are attested to the good conduct and behavior of the permanent owners, as these correspondences resulted in the Cabinet’s approval to create job grades, for the purpose of confirming contractors with the Electoral Commission, whose service exceeded (5) years or more, based on Article (61/b) of the Budget Law federation".

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The commission reveals the number of those who withdrew from the elections

•  Time: 08/22/2021 17:23:22
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{Local: Al Furat News} The Independent High Electoral Commission revealed, on Sunday, the number of those who withdrew from the upcoming elections, which are scheduled to be held on October 10, 2021.

 

Commission spokesperson, Jumana Al-Ghalai, indicated via {Euphrates News}: "103 candidates withdrew for the period from 13 to 20 last June."
She added, "Also, 3,249 candidates did not submit a formal request to withdraw from the elections, knowing that the door for withdrawal was officially closed on June 20."
Al-Ghalay confirmed: "The ballot paper is in the final implementation stage."
The Board of Commissioners renewed its national commitment to conduct the upcoming electoral event with integrity, transparency, impartiality and justice on its scheduled date on the tenth of next October.
The Council approved the spread of polling stations and their stations for public and private voting, as well as the completion of the voter register for general voting, which included (23,986,741) voters who will vote in the 8,273 polling stations, with (55,041) polling stations that include About 450 voters per station.
 In addition to the special voting that will take place on 10/8/2021 via the biometric card exclusively in accordance with Electoral Law No. 9 of 2020, which includes the armed forces (1,075,727) voters, as they will vote in the 595 polling stations that include ( 2,584 polling stations, not to mention the 120,126 displaced voters who will cast their ballots in the 86 polling stations, with 309 polling stations.
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Al-Kazemi: We will present a reform document in Iraq soon, and the elections cannot be postponed

•  Time: 08/22/2021 20:13:30
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{Political: Al-Furat News} Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi announced today, Sunday, that a general (reform) document will be presented, the provisions of which will be adopted as basic constants for Iraq.

He said Kazemi in a meeting with newspaper editors on the sidelines of his visit to Kuwait, that the legislative elections in Iraq will be held on time by the tenth of October next , and it can not be postponed. "
He added that" what is important is to cross the country to safety and recover we are in The urgent need is for a healthy Iraq that does not dispense with its Arab and Islamic surroundings.

Al-Kazemi called on Kuwaiti businessmen to seize investment opportunities in Iraq as a "fertile environment", adding that "it is unacceptable that the trade exchange between the two countries is at this timid level."
He believed that enacting legislation that attracts investment and overcoming difficulties for the investor does not affect the sovereignty of Iraq, but rather benefits its economy and the well-being of its citizens.
However, he added that investments were made to develop Iraq and build its future, especially that "the state alone cannot do everything."
Al-Kazemi pledged to address all obstacles facing the foreign investor and provide him with assurances.

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The Electoral Commission will conduct the second simulation tomorrow: We have started the countdown

•  Time: 08/22/2021 22:26:40
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{Local: Al Furat News} The Electoral Commission announced that it will conduct the second simulation of the polling day tomorrow, Monday, in the early parliamentary elections scheduled for October 10.

Commission spokeswoman Jumana Al-Ghalai said: "Tomorrow we will implement the second simulation process in 1,079 stations throughout Iraq, and two stations for special voting."

"We are in the countdown to holding the elections, and we are determined to hold them on schedule," she added.

Al-Ghalai indicated that "the number of polling stations in Iraq is more than 8,200," noting that "more than 50% of the ballot paper has been completed."

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In the presence of the United Nations, the political forces are holding an important meeting regarding the elections this week

 

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Shafaq News/ An informed political source revealed, on Monday, that the Iraqi political forces will hold an important meeting this week with the judiciary and the United Nations regarding early elections.

 

The source told Shafaq News Agency, "The meeting is scheduled to be held during the next two days, including Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and all Iraqi political forces, to take important decisions regarding the early parliamentary elections and the date for them."

 

He added that "the political forces that announced the boycott of the elections, were invited to attend this meeting, which will be attended by the Board of Commissioners of the Electoral Commission and the Supreme Judicial Council in addition to the United Nations."

 

Earlier today, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi warned, during his visit to the Tarmiyah region, north of Baghdad, against exploiting the departments, resources and projects of the state for the benefit of the candidates for the upcoming elections scheduled for next October.

 

The parliamentary elections scheduled for the tenth of October face political obstacles and objections that call for postponing them, secretly or publicly, due to the lack of the appropriate political, security and logistical grounds.

 

Iraqi political forces are afraid of running for elections due to the lack of equal opportunities for electoral competition and the control of powerful political forces and parties over the state's resources, capabilities, and addresses for electoral promotion and the exclusion of other opponents.

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13 hours ago, yota691 said:

Al-Kazemi: We will present a reform document in Iraq soon, and the elections cannot be postponed

 

13 hours ago, yota691 said:

The Commission: We have completed printing the ballot paper, and there is no intention to postpone the elections

 

13 hours ago, yota691 said:

The commission reveals the number of those who withdrew from the elections

 

13 hours ago, yota691 said:

The Electoral Commission will conduct the second simulation tomorrow: We have started the countdown

 

51 minutes ago, yota691 said:

In the presence of the United Nations, the political forces are holding an important meeting regarding the elections this week

 

Thanks yota691 ... there's always a group who resist - I'm glad Al Kazemi  won't postpone the elections. RON 

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Parliamentary Legal for / NINA /: Proposals to amend the electoral law will affect its date, and Parliament is obliged to amend the appeals only/extended

Monday 23 August 2021 15:00 | political Number of readings: 422

Baghdad / NINA / - The Parliamentary Legal Committee confirmed that the proposals to amend the new electoral law will affect the date of its holding scheduled for the tenth of next October, and also ruled out the possibility of presenting the proposals of blocs and representatives to amend the electoral law during the remaining sessions of the House of Representatives.

Member of the committee, MP Saeb Khader, said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ) that "any amendment to the new electoral law will affect the date of holding the elections next October."

He added that "there are appeals submitted against the election law before the Federal Court, including the abolition of the multi-constituency system, the inventory of the biometric card and the reactivation of voting abroad," noting that "we have proposals to amend the new law, including the demand of some blocs to adopt manual counting with electronic counting, and the electronic card to side of the biometric card.

He explained, "In the event that the Federal Court accepts appeals against some paragraphs and articles of the new election law, the House of Representatives will be obligated to amend the cases and paragraphs that the court overturned."


The House of Representatives voted on the new election law in its evening session held on October 29, 2020, then the Presidency of the House of Representatives approved, on December 16, a parliamentary request accompanied by the signatures of 75 deputies from different blocs, to submit a proposal to amend the House of Representatives election law, And decided to refer it to the Parliamentary Legal Committee to mature the legal drafting./ End 5

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The commission ends trial voting in four governorates

•  Time: 08/24/2021 08:31:21
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{Local: Al Furat News} The offices of the Electoral Commission in Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, Maysan and Wasit completed the simulation process (experimental election) to examine the efficiency of the equipment and the speed of sending results to the polling stations successfully, in preparation for the next election date on the tenth of next October.

"The simulation process included 79 polling stations," said Amanj Aziz, director of the Sulaymaniyah Commission office, in a press interview.

And he indicated that "the aim of this process is to test the effectiveness of the verification devices that read the voter's card and all the information in it, as well as the voter's fingerprint and the (barcode) of the ballot paper, in addition to identifying problems and the possibility of quickly solving them from now before election day."

He pointed to the "success and flow of the simulation, as it was conducted using live voter cards," noting that "the results of which will be collected and sent to the National Office in Baghdad by means of an RTS device via satellite." 

He stressed that "the process of distributing biometric cards has achieved good results and achieved 90% in some centers."

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The commission ends trial voting in four governorates 

 

Thanks yota, it seems they are taking voting more seriously than the USA...!

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An upcoming meeting of the political blocs to decide the fate of the elections

Wednesday 25 August 2021 165

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

 

The political blocs intend to hold a meeting during the next stage to decide the fate of the upcoming elections, while the governorates continue their logistical and security preparations to hold them.

Parliament member Sarkot Shams El-Din told Al-Sabah that "the political blocs intend to meet among themselves to decide the fate of the upcoming elections," noting that "these blocs will then meet with the Prime Minister to decide that." And he indicated that "the Commission has made its preparations regarding the upcoming elections, which will hopefully be held on the tenth of next October," and added that "the date of the meeting has not been set yet," expecting that the date will be "next week."

For his part, the expert on elections affairs, Saad Al-Rawi, criticized the party alliances, describing them as "fragile". In an interview with "Al-Sabah", Al-Rawi attributed the most important reasons for this matter "to the absence of an internal system for these parties, and if any, the party leader is the one who decides, while the rest do not have any powers, in addition to the lack of a decision-making mechanism in all coalitions and parties. And the absence of a committee in any party or alliance to choose positions correctly and successfully, and there is no specialized committee to select candidates within their electoral plan, noting that “all parties and alliances are punctuated by these problems, and they continue, before and after, and there is no party except rarely exceeded those reasons."

And he indicated that "everything that the election law wrote about coalitions and mergers is a few lines, and did not address their conditions and controls and how they organize their work, so there is a problem in our laws because they are short and do not exceed twenty pages, which compels the commission to legislate and issue decisions and regulations for alliances, including details How the slogan and names of the parties are presented, and the heads of the parties sign, when these matters are supposed to be detailed by law.”

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The Electoral Commission issues 3 important decisions

•  Time: 08/25/2021 15:18:11
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{Political: Al Furat News} The Electoral Commission issued three important decisions.

And a statement of it, which the {Euphrates New} Agency received a copy of, stated that, in line with the transparency criterion that guarantees the integrity of the electoral process, and based on Article (38/Seventh) of the Elections Law No. 9 of 2020, the Board of Commissioners decided:

First: Provide political party agents and candidates with a copy of the results accelerator report prior to sending results via VSAT.

Second: Providing political party agents and candidates with a copy of the results and ballot papers for each station registered on the memory stick before communication with the VSAT transmission medium and the electronic network, and after the encryption is opened by the Commission's software for that.

Third: Relying on the manual lottery in selecting and specifying the station on which the manual counting and sorting process will take place inside the polling center.

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An upcoming meeting of the political blocs to decide the fate of the elections

 

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The Electoral Commission issues 3 important decisions

 

Thanks yota691 ... what a difference between Iraq & the USA on election integrity. We have a controlling party trying to destroy the best system in the world for power & gain. 

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Thanks yota691 ... what a difference between Iraq & the USA on election integrity. We have a controlling party trying to destroy the best system in the world for power & gain. 

 

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The United Nations clarifies that its team exerted pressure to postpone the Iraqi elections

political| 10:56 - 26/08/2021

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News The
United Nations representative in Iraq, Jenin Plaschaert, clarified, on Thursday, about the news circulating about her team exerting pressure to postpone the Iraqi elections scheduled for next October.
"A wave of false news and misinformation is inflaming tension and undermining public confidence, six weeks before the October elections," Blackshart said, quoting The National News, according to the official agency.
And she added, "The media and social networks in Iraq are spreading misinformation and even conspiracy theories that create "misperceptions about the parliamentary vote on October 10."
“Misinformation is abundant and widespread about the IHEC, the protests, government officials and political rivals, as well as about the United Nations,” Blaschaert noted, warning, “If disinformation goes beyond reality, this is not only a massive drain on energy for those who are working hard for the common good of Iraq.” .
She said : "There are common rapidly that spread the" team of the United Nations, based in Iraq , was pushing for the postponement of the elections instead of helping officials of Iraqi elections in their planning, "describing it by saying:" It 's absurd. "
Has company Facebook this month , the launch system In Iraq to screen anyone who makes political ads on the site or on Instagram in an effort to curb fake news before the elections.
As Blackshart explained, the responsibility lies with Iraqi politicians who can "make or break the vote." She added that "the clock is ticking" until the "electronic day", and urged the candidates to be fair.
For his part, the Dutch politician told the UN Security Council: "No matter how many technical measures have been put in place, it is up to them all to refrain from any attempt to impose or distort the election results."
The UN Security Council responded last May to a request to expand the UN mission in Iraq, a team five times larger than it was during the 2018 elections, with an increase in the number of election observers.
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, also called for "free and fair elections" and said US donations of about $15 million to monitor the elections would pave the way for a "better future for Iraqis."

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The Electoral Commission launches the electronic lottery to select the October polling staff
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Al-Maliki visits Barzani in Erbil: holding the elections on time

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The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, and the head of the State of Law Coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, stressed today, Wednesday, the necessity of holding legislative elections in Iraq on their scheduled date, the tenth of next October.

This came in a meeting between Barzani and al-Maliki and his accompanying delegation from the State of Law coalition in the Salah al-Din resort in the Erbil governorate.

According to an official statement, the meeting dealt with the political situation in Iraq and the region, the threats of terrorism, and the challenges facing the political process in Iraq.

The statement added that the meeting shed light on the upcoming elections in Iraq, and the two sides stressed the need to hold the elections on their specified date in order to achieve stability and correct the course of the political process.

They also stressed the need to hold fair, free and fair elections in a sound and independent environment, as well as respect by all parties for their results and the will of the people.

Today, the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, arrived in Erbil Governorate, with the aim of meeting the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, and the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani.

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Oh gee what a surprise Potato Head crawled out of the ground. He does

have brass one's knowing what he let happen and did to the Kurds and

other Iraqi's.  On the other hand there is honor amongst thieves. 

  

 

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President of the Republic: Elections are a means towards reform and change and addressing the accumulated crises in the country

•  Time: 08/29/2021 19:43:08
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, considered the upcoming elections "a means towards reform and change and addressing the accumulated crises" in the country.

 

Saleh said during the proceedings of the Rafidain Forum 2021 in Baghdad entitled (Solutions) that: “Iraq is an important and active element in major transformations in the region and the world,” noting that: “The Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, which was held yesterday, is an eloquent message that Iraq has become a point of convergence between the countries of the region.”

He added: "The raging conflicts and tensions in the region have led to one fact, which is that everyone is harmed and no one is a winner."

Saleh pointed out that: "The challenges of the age are terrorism, extremism, economic fluctuations, and the most severe crisis that threatens our future in that the economy will not be able to provide job opportunities and development with the increase in housing, in addition to the climatic conditions, desertification and erosion that have turned our green farms into a barren desert."

He stressed: "The circumstance calls for launching a new dialogue that seeks to objectively investigate the causes of crises, the rampant corruption and poor services, and the people's questioning of the people's legitimacy that cannot be bet on in the face of the citizens' patience on it."

With regard to the upcoming elections, the President of the Republic clarified: “Elections are a means towards reform and change and addressing the accumulated crises in the country, and the need for integrity and fairness of elections and active participation in them is a guarantee of achieving an entitlement that cannot be bet on to achieve the aspirations and future of the people.”

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The President of the Commission: Our confidence is high in the integrity of the elections.. and surprising specifications on the ballot paper

•  Time: 08/29/2021 22:12:12
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Jalil Adnan, announced, on Sunday, the high confidence of the Commission in the integrity of the elections, while revealing surprising specifications in the ballot paper.

 

Adnan said in a televised interview: "The early parliamentary elections will take place on their scheduled date, October 10, and we say them with confidence, and the Commission has completed all its required preparations. Therefore, the
second election simulation has no problem, and we will take into account some procedures in the third simulation scheduled for September 25."
He added: "All the procedures of the Commission go to achieve and implement elections that enjoy integrity and transparency, including the adoption of the biometric card, and whoever owns the short-term card must bring his proof of identity with him."
Adnan continued: "The ballot paper will be withdrawn after voting on the election day, and the biometric card will be suspended for 72 hours after voting with it," declaring that "the human resources for conducting the elections are complete."
And between: "Voting devices are secured from cyber-attack, and there are procedures to preserve the transmission medium, and we have high confidence in the integrity of the elections," noting that "the announcement of the preliminary results will be within 24 hours after the elections, and the announcement of the final results will be as soon as after the elections."
Adnan concluded that: "The ballot paper has been printed and is being transferred to Iraq. It is different and distinct from the previous one. It will be larger and heavier, and will have specifications that are equivalent to the currency's specifications and cannot be reproduced because the voting machines only read the original paper." 
The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners concluded: "In these elections, the results will be announced in 19 electoral units in the presence of observers, and they will be broadcast through the media in image and sound within the steps of integrity and transparency of the elections, and that those who are entitled to vote are 22 million voters out of the 25 million registered in the polling records."
 

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Imagine that…..even Iraq requires voter ID!

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Commission: 553,000 polling staff trained

Monday 30 August 2021 101

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

 

The Independent High Electoral Commission announced that it is preparing to conduct the third simulation experiment, indicating that it will start as of Wednesday

Next September 1, more than 553,000 polling officials will be trained in the registration centers, while an electoral expert made several observations on this process.

The director of the Media and Mass Communication Department at the IHEC, Hassan Salman, told Al-Sabah: "The second simulation process, which took place in 1,079 polling centers throughout Iraq, is a complete electoral process with all its various joints and stages, and is very similar to the original voting process."

He added that "that process succeeded greatly, and the results were sent through electronic devices and the transmission medium by 100%," noting that "this success confirms the Commission's determination to hold the elections on their scheduled date on the tenth of next October."

Salman added that "the second simulation process did not indicate any obstacles or negative aspects in the devices or the transmission medium," stressing that "statements and announcements that expect to postpone the elections cannot disturb the electoral process or affect it."

For his part, the expert in electoral affairs, Dr. Jawdat Zalal, made many observations on the two simulations conducted by the commission.

In an interview with Al-Sabah, Zalal said, "The commission failed in the first simulation that it conducted last month to deliver the final results and send them to the National Office in Baghdad because of the space package," noting that "the commission had participated in a specific package in the satellite." To send data through it, but the increase in the number of stations within this process is what led to the failure of sending information and data".

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Imagine that…..even Iraq requires voter ID!

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President of the Republic: The upcoming elections are a means towards reform and change

Monday 30 August 2021 126

 

 Baghdad: Muhammad Al-Ansari

 

The President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Salih, considered the upcoming elections “a means towards reform and change and addressing the accumulated crises in the country.” While pointing out that the persistent conflicts in the region were due to the collapse of its system, he called for creating a new structure in the region to meet the challenges of the times such as terrorism, economic fluctuations and dangerous climate changes.

Saleh said in a speech, yesterday evening, Sunday, during the opening of the activities of the "Al-Rafidain Forum for Dialogue" in the capital, Baghdad: "The Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership was an eloquent message, which is that Iraq, which was a title for conflict and rivalry, has become a point of convergence of the interests of the peoples of the region."

He added that "the upcoming elections in October should be a starting point towards real solutions to the current situations, as the elections are ultimately not a goal to achieve, but rather a means towards reform and change and addressing the accumulated crises in the country."

He stressed that "Iraq needs a serious dialogue that discusses the internal crisis with a neutral view, solutions are developed objectively," noting that "the rampant corruption, mismanagement, poor services and people's questioning of the legitimacy of the regime are crises that cannot be tolerated and bet on the patience of the people."

For his part, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, in his speech during the forum, called for "the need to find solutions to the challenges in Iraq based on reality, not patchwork solutions and not based on Iraqi needs."

He added that "the most effective solutions are the most frank, even if they are the most severe," warning at the same time against "neutralizing any social or political color from the solution scene in the next stage."

He continued, "The elections may be one of the interim solutions," explaining that "we must look at the elections as a paving way and an important way to initiate the reform plan in the next political stage, and there must be great concessions from everyone, and without this mentality we will not find a way to a solution." .

Under the slogan "Solutions", the Al-Rafidain Forum for Dialogue - 2021 was launched in the capital, Baghdad, in partnership with (25) think tanks and research, and global strategic centers, and in the presence of a large group of local and international political and governmental figures, and it will continue today, Monday and tomorrow. Tuesday.