The Federal Court ratifies the election results

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7 hours ago, horsesoldier said:

“ It was done, thank God.” Uh, isn’t this 5 words NOT 3 as was stated in the article Al-Adari commented in 3 words ???

 

C’mon Man....

 

 

Probably just translation through a language barrier.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

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After the election ruling and the rejection of the appeals... Al-Sadr calls for the speedy formation of a government in Iraq

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called for accelerating the formation of the next Iraqi government, after the Iraqi Supreme Court ratified the results of the parliamentary elections and rejected the appeals.

During its session today, the Federal Court rejected the appeal against the election results, and Al-Sadr calls for maintaining peace by forming a government quickly. (Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)

 

 

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on Monday to expedite the formation of the next Iraqi government, after the Federal Supreme Court ratified the results of the parliamentary elections that took place last October.

Al-Sadr said, in a tweet on his Twitter account: "Thank you to everyone who contributed to this national democratic wedding (elections), especially the Iraqi judiciary and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jenin Plasshart."

He called for "preserving peace and peace, for the nation is a trust in our necks, by accelerating the formation of a national majority government."

And earlier today, the Iraqi Supreme Court ratified the results of the parliamentary elections that took place in October, after rejecting the appeals against the results submitted by some Shiite currents in the country.

This came in a statement published by the official Iraqi News Agency, "Conscious", in which it said that "the Federal Court, during its session held today, rejected the appeal against the election results."

For his part, the head of the court, Jassim Abboud, said during his reading of the decision, according to what was broadcast on official television, that "the Iraqi laws in force stipulate that the High Elections Commission and the Judicial Authority for Elections are competent to consider appeals related to the elections and their results."

Abboud added that "the commission is competent to consider electoral appeals, and then its decisions are subject to appeal before the electoral judiciary within 3 days, after which the latter considers appeals within 10 days, and its decisions are final."

He continued, "Accordingly, the lawsuit filed by the leader of the (Fatah) coalition Hadi al-Amiri to cancel the election results was rejected, and the lawsuit's expenses were charged."

The court's decisions are final and not subject to appeal, as it is at the core of its tasks to certify the election results to become final. However, it has not previously considered any lawsuit regarding the annulment of the poll results.

On December 4, Al-Amiri announced that he had filed a lawsuit with the Federal Court to annul the election results, and said that he had provided it with "evidence of technical and legal irregularities in the voting process."

This alliance is considered a political umbrella for armed factions close to Iran, and the most prominent loser in the parliamentary elections by obtaining 17 seats, after 48 seats in the 2018 elections.

According to the results, the Sadrist bloc topped the elections with 73 seats out of 329, followed by the Progress Alliance with 37 seats, the State of Law coalition with 33 seats, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party with 31 seats.

The "Al-Fatah" coalition says that the elections were rigged nationwide, and accuses the Electoral Commission of being behind the fraud, which the latter repeatedly denies.

The Electoral Commission sent the final results to the Federal Court last Tuesday, in preparation for ratification and approval of them definitively.

The Federal Court's recent decision paves the way for its ratification of the results to become final and not subject to appeal.

At the same time, supporters of the losing powers continue their protests in front of the gates of the "Green Zone" in central Baghdad, which includes government, parliament, and foreign diplomatic missions, according to eyewitnesses.

Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that hundreds of supporters of political forces and factions that lost in the elections escalated their protests since Monday morning, coinciding with the Federal Court session.

They stated that the protesters gathered in front of several gates of the "Green Zone", without clashes or frictions with the security forces that were deployed heavily in the center of the Iraqi capital.

For his part, an officer in the Baghdad police, with the rank of captain, said, "The Special Division for the Protection of the Green Zone has spread extensively in and around it."

The source, who asked not to be named, added that "the security deployment comes in anticipation of the possibility of the protesters trying to storm the gates of the region," according to the Anadolu Agency.

He pointed out that the security authorities have put the forces of the Counter-Terrorism Service in a position of readiness to intervene in the event of any developments affecting the security of the capital, especially the "Green Zone".

In the first political position regarding the Federal Court's decision, Ammar al-Hakim, head of the "National State Forces" alliance, announced his alliance's commitment to the Federal Supreme Court's decision.

Al-Hakim said in a statement: "Based on our deep belief in the supremacy of the constitution and the law, we express our commitment to the decision of the Federal Court regarding the results, despite our serious observations on the electoral process."

The "National State Forces" alliance was one of the most prominent losers in the previous elections, after winning only 4 seats. It is a coalition between the "Hikma Movement" led by al-Hakim and the "Victory" coalition led by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

The coalition is one of the forces of the "coordinating framework" that includes Shiite forces objecting to the results, including the "Al-Fatah" coalition and the "State of Law" coalition led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Iraq has been experiencing political tensions since the elections, amid protests by supporters of the losing forces, punctuated by an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi last month.

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The Federal Court ratifies the election results

Tuesday 28 December 2021 117

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

 

The Federal Supreme Court ratified the results of the elections for the House of Representatives during its session, which was held on Monday, and this comes after it had earlier rejected the appeal of the election results during the same session.

During the reading of the decision to reject the appeal, the court stated that "the political party has the right to appeal the council's decision within 3 days of the official announcement, and the Judicial Council has the exclusive authority to solve problems resulting from the elections, and accordingly the lawsuit to cancel the election results was rejected."

The court’s decision, which was broadcast live on local satellite channels, also stated that complaints and appeals submitted to the Board of Commissioners were submitted to the Judicial Commission for Elections, and the results may not be appealed except before the Appeals Commission, which is the competent authority.

The court added that the plaintiffs' request to consider the technical procedures of the examining company goes beyond its competence, and also called on the upcoming parliament to amend the election law and adopt the manual counting system (exclusively).

In this regard, the legal expert Amir Al-Daami told Al-Sabah: "The objectors can file a lawsuit with the Judicial Council, as it has the exclusive authority to solve the problems resulting from the elections, but this matter does not delay the approval of the Federal Court on the results."

He added that "the Federal Court, after approving the results of the recent elections, will call the President of the Republic the new House of Representatives to hold the first session after 15 days."

Electoral expert Rafid Al-Zaidi explained, in an interview with "Al-Sabah", that "this is the first time that an appeal has been submitted to annul the election results from 2004 until now."

He added that "the Federal Court was subjected to pressure from several parties, but it proved that it is the tent of Iraq and that there is no authority over the judiciary except the law."

As for the professor of international relations, Dr. Jassem Al-Hariri, he called on all parties to accept the decision of the Federal Court to reject the appeal submitted against the election results. He added that "the first direction of the political scene in Iraq is to accept the decisions of the court as long as everyone agrees to respect the judicial authority, and the second is to take into account the appeals and complaints submitted under the report of the German company, which saw that there were things that violated the electoral system."

Following the court's decision, Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance, announced his commitment to the Federal Court's decision to ratify the election results, noting that this commitment came "in the interest of Iraq's stability."

Al-Amiri said, in a statement: "Out of our keenness to abide by the constitution and the law and our fear for Iraq's security and political stability, and our belief in the political process and its democratic path through the peaceful exchange of power through election boxes, we adhere to the decision of the Federal Court despite our deep belief and firm belief that the electoral process was marred by it." Lots of fraud and manipulation.

The sit-down supporters of the blocs objecting to the election results ended their escalation that raged in the past 24 hours in front of the Green Zone in central Baghdad, and returned to the sit-in tents after the court's decision was announced.

Since the dawn of Monday, the capital, Baghdad, has witnessed major traffic jams, following the deployment of security forces at the entrances and exits of the Green Zone.

• Editing: Muhammad Al-Ansari

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Hezbollah Brigades: We will not participate in the next Iraqi government

 

 

1,116 Policy 2021/12/27 22:41 Baghdad today -

Baghdad Today, Monday, Hezbollah Brigades considered that what happened in the legislative elections is the biggest "fraud and fraud" in the modern history of the Iraqi people. A statement by the Brigades, received by (Baghdad today), said that "the parties that confiscated the rights of the Iraqi people were supported by the Saudi-American Zionist-evil coalition, in order to pass their diabolical agenda by subjecting the Iraqis to malicious wills." He added, "The commission was subjected to the worst types of exploitation by these parties before, during and after the elections." And he continued, "The Iraqi judiciary was subjected to blackmail, threats and pressure from the same parties, especially from the American ambassador in Baghdad and the United Nations envoy Plasschaert, and this led to the submission of the Federal Court to those parties hostile to the aspirations of the Iraqi people by approving the election results, despite the evidence, evidence and appeals that provided by the opposing forces. He pointed out, "Hezbollah Brigades confirms its firm position that it did not and will not participate in any government, but it will remain an impenetrable fortress to defend the Iraqi people and their national forces and symbols against global arrogance and its agents."

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1 hour ago, yota691 said:

Hezbollah Brigades: We will not participate in the next Iraqi government

HELLO!!!! Now you’re getting it, that’s why you lost the election….get back to Iran. 

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Legal expert: The decision of the Federal Court to change the electoral law is binding on the new parliament

•  Time: 12/27/2021 20:42:23
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, confirmed that the Federal Court's decision to change the electoral law is binding on the new parliament.

 

Al-Tamimi told Al-Furat News: "The decisions of the Federal Court are final and binding on all authorities, and caused the decision to be supported by evidence and evidence, and it was based on the Law of the Electoral Commission No. 31 of 2019 and Elections No. 9 of 2020, and indicated that it is not within its jurisdiction to consider appeals, but that it is within the jurisdiction of the Tripartite Judicial Commission. discriminatory, whose decisions are also final.
He added, "The Federal Court criticized the elections law and demanded the Parliament to amend the law and return to manually counting the results. 
The Federal Court refused to hear the experts because it was not convinced of the issue. Therefore, the case was rejected, which is the highest authority in the country and its decisions are binding on all authorities and is not subject to appeal and discrimination."
Al-Tamimi pointed out that "there are two sides of the constitutional courts (constitutional and political) because their decisions are final, as a result, the sensitivity of the situation in the country, and they are also considering a dispute and were not convinced by the evidence presented to them."
And he added, "The forces objecting to the results were supposed to focus on two points, the non-participation of voters abroad and the Popular Mobilization Committee, as it collides with Article 20 of the constitution, which includes the right of Iraqis to participate and stand for elections and they are equal according to Article 14, and this was its competence."  
Al-Tamimi concluded, "The Federal Court's decision to change the electoral law is binding on the House of Representatives."
 The Federal Supreme Court had ratified, in today's session, the results of the legislative elections that were held on the tenth of October, after it rejected a lawsuit filed by political forces to push for the annulment of the results. 
The approval of the results now opens the way for the new parliament to hold its first session during the next two weeks, then elect a president and a president of the republic, before choosing a prime minister in a process that depends on political negotiations between the different forces.
The leader of the Azm Alliance, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, will chair the first session of the new parliament as the oldest member (73 years old).
 

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Researcher and academic: Everything that the Federal Court mentioned today is outside its jurisdiction and has no legal value

•  Time: 12/27/2021 22:35:50
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The academic researcher, Aqil Abbas, said that everything the Federal Court mentioned today is outside its jurisdiction.

 

Abbas said; For the (Unannounced) program broadcast by Al-Furat satellite channel tonight, that "the jurisdiction of the Federal Court to certify the electoral results only does not include its jurisdiction, but the issue is a political aspect and everything the court mentioned has no legal value." 
"We have 15 days to hold the first session and announce the largest bloc, and the losing parties were not reassured in all the elections," he added. 
Abbas continued, "The election law separates the appeals process, and all elections were marred by violations, and the losing party cannot call electoral violations fraud, and there are judicial authorities who decide on the matter."
"The elections are technically not concerned with balance, and the European Union indicated that the voting machines were disrupted on the morning of the elections," he said.
Abai pointed out, "Dealing with the issue politically and not technically, and the law was clear to resolve the matter after the end of the elections by adopting the electronic count exclusively, and the Sadrist movement refused to deal with the coalition of state law, which alone is sufficient to split the coordination framework."
The Federal Supreme Court had ratified, in today's session, the results of the legislative elections that were held on the tenth of October, after it rejected a lawsuit filed by political forces to push for the annulment of the results. 
The approval of the results now opens the way for the new parliament to hold its first session during the next two weeks, then elect a president and a president of the republic, before choosing a prime minister in a process that depends on political negotiations between the different forces.

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The text of the full coordination framework statement regarding the withdrawal of the demonstrators

•  Time: 12/28/2021 19:25:20
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The coordination framework issued, on Tuesday, a statement regarding the withdrawal of the demonstrators demanding a re-count and manual sorting of the election results.

 

And the statement, which {Euphrates News} received a copy of, said: “The coordination framework extends its thanks and appreciation to the peaceful demonstrators who persevered despite the fire, the martyrs, the wounded and the suffering, and that their peace entrenched this injustice in the popular conscience, and confirmed the manipulation of the election results, and that the electoral law was not fair, and that Your patience for more than 70 days is what prompted the court, with all the pressures that were put on it, not to go beyond the manipulation that happened.”

He added, "The decision of the Federal Court about the necessity of legislative interference to amend the law and cancel the electronic counting and sorting is only evidence of the sincerity of your claim about electronic manipulation of the elections, as well as what the court announced that the commission violated the law in partly announcing the results and many other things that were stated in the text of the decision."

The statement indicated that "after the court's decision to ratify the results, despite the similar obvious flaws, and our commitment to the decision of the Iraqi judiciary, we extend our heartfelt thanks to our protesting brothers who persevered and defended their rights. Your ranks, and that all your rights and what you demand of in the public interest have been guaranteed in the Coordination Framework Initiative."

He stressed, "We will follow up on its implementation in the coming days. If we succeed, we will be with you in the field of implementation and follow-up. If we do not succeed, we will restore the right to you to demonstrate, and we will support you and stand with you, and for 
all the foregoing, we ask you to return to your homes and interests."

He called on the committee supervising the demonstrations to "deal positively with the call of the coordination framework and take a decision to withdraw the demonstrators and thank them for their efforts, and we and you will continue to work with all our efforts to serve and defend Iraq."

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Compared to the US, looks like Iraq did a better job, or attempted too..They just didn't ignore it as the US did... 

 

 

The end of the fifth cycle may witness a change in the electoral law

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 Baghdad: Shaima Rashid

 

Before the Federal Court read the ruling approving the 2021 elections, it called on the next parliament to “amend the election law and adopt the manual counting system exclusively,” after the political atmosphere witnessed 77 days of controversy, accusations and violent objections after the loss of political forces that were in force in the 2018 parliament. 

The Federal Court stated that the “objectors” confirmed that “the reason for their objection is the electronic counting and sorting mechanism, and that this mechanism loses the electoral process credibility and affects the election results, due to the possibility of penetrating the devices by modern scientific means.”

The court found that there must be legislative intervention by the upcoming parliament to amend the election law and to adopt a manual counting system instead of an electronic one.

The controversy today revolves around the electronic counting and sorting section, and not about the law in general. Bahar Mahmoud, a member of the legal committee in the former parliament, confirmed to "Al-Sabah" that "the objection by some members of the legal committee previously was to the electronic counting and sorting paragraph as well, and we demanded that it be Counting and sorting manually, however, "but the majority of blocs and parties did not accept this, and today the Federal Court has demanded a change in this regard," and the end of the next fifth session, "may witness a change in the electoral law," according to Mahmoud. 

While a member of the committee in the former parliament, Rashid Al-Azzawi, considered that the next parliament must change the election law, noting that “most of the members of the previous parliament were not aware of the damages of this paragraph, and they admitted that the electronic counting and sorting paragraph was a mistake and entered the country into a crisis.”

Al-Azzawi told “Al-Sabah”: “The only useful paragraph that came out of the objections to the election results and others, is the amendment of the election law, otherwise there is little benefit from the objections and appeals that almost led the country to the unknown,” noting that “every parliamentary session A new law or an amendment to the law is legislated, because it contains constitutional terms, but the next parliament remains to amend, and whether it will be at the beginning or end of the session.

Al-Azzawi believes that “one of the first duties of the next parliament is to legislate the provincial elections law, because the administration of the provinces is paralyzed and many constitutional matters are suspended, and the provincial elections must include the provision of manual counting and sorting.”

Editing: Ahmed Shnior

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Iraq's Shiite leader, possible US ally, gains power

Muqtada al-Sadr's has rejected Iranian meddling in Iraqi politics

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Iraq’s supreme court upheld the results of the October election of Shiite Muslim cleric and possible U.S. ally Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday, rejecting an appeal filed by pro-Iran factions.

The Federal Supreme Court had not ratified the Oct. 10 election results, pending an appeal filed earlier this month by Hadi al-Amiri, who heads the pro-Iran Fatah Alliance, a political coalition representing the Popular Mobilization Forces, a state-sponsored Shiite paramilitary group. 

Judge Jassim Mohammed rejected the lawsuit, which cited alleged voter fraud, and later certified the results of the election. The verdict cannot be re-appealed.

 

Hadi al-Amiri, head of the Fatah Alliance, looks on during a press conference in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Dec. 4, 2021.  (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Al-Ameri said he would abide by Monday’s ruling.

"We abide by the decision of the Federal Court despite our deep and firm belief that the electoral process was marred by a lot of fraud and manipulation," al-Amiri said, citing "concern for Iraq’s security and political stability and our belief in the political process and its democratic path," The New York Times reported.

 

The U.S. has viewed al-Sadr, a former enemy during the Iraq War, as a possible new ally due to his rejection of Iranian meddling in Iraq's politics.

After the ruling, al-Sadr gave a speech calling on Iraq's leading political parties to expedite the government formation process and said the new government should be under "neither eastern nor western" influence, Kurdistan 24 reported.

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After Iraq's top court ratifies election results, Sadr calls for speedy government formation

The Federal Supreme Court earlier rejected appeals submitted by Iranian-backed Shia parties that requested the court to cancel the election results. 

 Kurdistan 24   2021/12/27 20:36

       

Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr delivers a statement at a press conference in Najaf, Feb.10, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

 

 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday called on Iraq's leading political parties to expedite the government formation process after the Federal Supreme Court ratified the results of the Oct. 10 parliamentary election.

Sadr--whose Sadrist Movement came at the top of the vote with 73 seats in the 329-seat legislature--reiterated his demands that the new government must be "neither eastern nor western," a phrase he has used to reject what he views as Iranian and US influence over the country's politics.

The Federal Supreme Court earlier rejected appeals submitted by Iranian-backed Shia parties that requested the court to cancel the election results. It also later announced it had ratified the outcome of the vote.

 

In separate statements, the Tehran-aligned parties, which lost many of their seats in the vote, said they "respect" the supreme court's decision.

Fatah Alliance leader Hadi al-Amiri said he would abide by the court's ruling. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, another pro-Iran party, expressed disappointment with the court's decision but did not indicate whether it would seek further appeals or escalate.

In recent weeks, leading Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish political parties have held early negotiations regarding the formation of a new government to replace the government of Mustafa al-Kadhimi.

According to the Iraqi Constitution, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, must call on newly-elected lawmakers to convene within 15 days.