Iraqi Electoral Commission Finishes Manual Counting of Electoral Votes
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Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission says it will conclude today the manual counting of electoral votes in all polling stations for the contested parliamentary elections.
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No pressure was exerted on the Commission during the manual counting process
The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq announced that it will conclude on Sunday the process of recounting and manual counting in all the polling stations for the parliamentary elections, whose validity is contested.
Imad Jamil, a member of the Commission's media, said that the appeals included only 11 governorates, knowing that 7 governorates that did not submit appeals.
He added that the Commission has finished 5 governorates, which are Baghdad, Babil, Karbala, Najaf, and Diyala.
Jamil indicated that on Sunday, the Commission will finish the counting process in the governorates of Nineveh, Salah al-Din, Kirkuk, Basra, and Dhi Qar, as well as the votes of the displaced in the governorates of Dohuk and Nineveh, "and will file all cases to the judicial authorities."
As soon as the judicial authority completes the appeals submitted to it, the Commission can announce the final results of the elections, he confirmed.
No internal or external pressure is exerted on the Commission, affirmed Jamil.
Last week, the Commission resolved 1,400 appeals and allowed the submission of appeals again for three more days.
The Independent High Electoral Commission, which supervised the manual recount, had announced that there had been no change in the results nor evidence of fraud or forgery.
Demonstrations are ongoing throughout Iraq, rejecting the results of the recent elections.
On Saturday, Baghdad witnessed clashes between the security forces and the demonstrators at the gate of the Green Zone.
Earlier on Sunday, Al Mayadeen correspondent in Baghdad stated that demonstrators set up tents in a new sit-in square in front of the Ministry of Planning gate.
In a statement, the Higher Committee for Protests against the results of the elections in Baghdad and the other provinces pointed out that the peaceful sit-ins and demonstrations in the country are held to reject the fraud in the recent elections under the supervision of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and the UAE.
