iraqi elections initial monetering report 2010
As a rule, Iraq’s post-Saddam elections have tended to magnify pre-existing negative trends. The parliamentary polls to be held on 7 March are no exception. The focus on electoral politics is good, no doubt, but the run-up has highlighted deep-seated problems that threaten the fragile recovery: recurring election-related violence; ethnic tensions over Kirkuk; the re-emergence of sectarianism; and blatant political manipulation of state institutions. The most egregious development was the decision to disqualify over 500 candidates, a dangerous, arbitrary step lacking due process, yet endorsed by the Shiite ruling parties
Today the election started with 800,000 Iraqi participation in the especial poll for army forces and prisoners and hospital patients and personals, in Kurdistan the election started at 10 am in the morning showing very normal and smooth operation with no curfew and only check point restricting admitions on cars coming from mousl and Arabic regions
according to source in the Department of the Ministry of Peshmerga, in the Kurdistan Regional Government, , a number of elements of guards “Peshmerga” in the city of Arbil were not allowed to vote because of the absence of their names in the records of voters, pointing out that those who did not find their names to file a lawsuit against the Commission, the commission explain that all the members who had been registed in the polls had voted.
The source in the Kirkuk office of the Independent High Commission for Elections, said the 17 polling stations had opened since eight o’clock in the morning, Thursday, to receive covered by the Special vote in the province, while many complained that members of the army 12 regiment due to the absence of names in the records of voters ..
While the number of candidates complained from Basra fears of forging cases of exploitation of public money by working in the candidate lists, where the government resorted to fully exploit the power outlets to promote their campaigns
While Tamooz Organization for observe of the elections, announced , the registration of more than 20 violations in thi Qar province through the process of voting on who said that the percentage of participation of more than 60% of the electorate.
And as the polls closed to vote for in the Iraqi elections, a bombings took place with 14 people, half of the Iraqi army and 25 injured in 3 attacks, two suicide bombers targeted two election ad litem for the security forces in northern Baghdad and west.
Baghdad election monitoring were hard cause no one was allowed to bring mobiles phone to the elections polls making it hard to call on any case of violation
Inspite of the curfew Baghdad has seen number of vehicles violating the campaign that she toured with slogans of candidates, while not seen Mosul and Anbar, although certain problems the inability of a number of observers access to polling centers due to security situation
References:
1-iraqi higher commission of election
2-tamouze monitoring organization
3-sun network for monitoring
4-aswat al-Iraq web
Date: March 4, 2010
