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| Iraq lawmakers order manual recount for parliament election votes |
| 2018-06-07 |
| [PRESSTV] The Iraqi parliament has voted in favor of a manual recount of votes in the country's May 12 parliamentary elections. On Wednesday, politicians also voted for the suspension of Iraq’s Independent High Elections Commission (IHEC) and its replacement by nine judges. "The Independent High Elections Commission shall commit to a manual recount in all voting centers in Iraq under the supervision of the Supreme Judicial Council and with the attendance of representatives from political groups and the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... ," said an amendment issued by the parliament. It also annulled the results from overseas votes and those from internally displaced voters in Anbar, Salahudin, Diyala and Nineveh provinces. The amendment also voided the future use of electronic vote-counting devices. The votes were initially counted with an electronic system that was meant to stop fraud but is now being blamed for irregularities. On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said there were "dangerous" violations and that he mostly blamed the IHEC, high-ranking members of which he banned from exiting the country. On May 28, Iraqi's parliament predominantly canceled expats' and internally displaced people's votes in the parliamentary elections. |
| Posted by:Fred |