Three postponements; Will the Iraqi federal court confirm the election results today?

According to Fars News Agency’s International Group, the Iraqi Federal Court, which was supposed to announce its verdict yesterday (Sunday, December 26th) regarding the request for annulment of the elections, once again delayed the issuance of this verdict.

The Iraqi Federal Court announced yesterday that the hearing in the case of Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the Fatah coalition, regarding the fraud and manipulation of the election results and his request to annul it was postponed.

According to the Tigris news website, a well-informed judicial source in the court stated that the reason for the delay was the coincidence of this day with the holiday due to Christmas, and that the matter is scheduled to be examined on Monday (today, the 27th). December).

This is the third time that the ruling of the Iraqi Federal Court has been delayed in considering the request for annulment of the elections. The Iraqi Federal Court was due to issue its verdict on December 13 after receiving evidence of election fraud, but postponed it to December 22 due to a closer look at the documents, and on December 22. It was announced that the final verdict will be issued in four days, on December 26 (yesterday).

Qais al-Khazali, secretary general of the Asaeb Ahl al-Haq movement in Iraq, announced yesterday that leaked news indicated that the election results would be confirmed on Monday this week.

“US ambassador,” Al-Ahd news network quoted Al-Khazali as saying [در عراق]”December 25 (December 4) was set as the day of confirmation of the election results.”

“The federal court is under external pressure,” he said. [فدرال] “No, he should have announced this from the first meeting.”

The Iraqi official added that the German company’s report exposes the lies of the UNHCR and the UN envoy, and that the “1000-C” device is the cause of election fraud. The government did not agree with the review of the device.

Noting that the election results are invalid, he added that Iraqi experts and academics should examine the device.

Iraq’s parliamentary elections were held on October 9, and after the announcement of the results, many political groups believed in widespread fraud, to the point that there were sit-ins and clashes at the entrances to the Green Zone. The Iraqi Shiite Coordinating Committee, known as Al-Attar al-Tansiqi, includes Shiite parties and groups, including the Al-Fatah Coalition, the State of Law, Asaeb Ahl al-Haq, as well as Hezbollah’s books, and other Shiite currents that have been most critical of the results. Had.

Voting in the Iraqi elections was done electronically; But the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) also announced on election day that it would manually count the ballots of some polling stations and compare them with electronic counting, in order to ensure the results of electronic counting. After the manual counting of votes in these polling stations, the UNHCR announced the full compliance of manual and electronic ballot counting; An issue that was met with renewed protest from political coalitions and their supporters.

Some Iraqi politicians also confirmed the hypothesis of manipulation and interference of these foreign parties in the results of the recent parliamentary elections, confirming the influence of the UAE, Britain and the United States in the recent elections.

“At any cost, we will not accept these fraudulent results and we will defend the votes of our candidates and our voters with all our might,” said Hadi al-Amiri, head of the Fatah coalition in Iraq, after the election results were announced.

Following the announcement of the preliminary results in response to some 1,400 appeals from candidates and political factions, the Iraqi Electoral Commission (CEC) began recounting 2,000 constituencies and recently announced that the manual counting of ballots in all constituencies was complete and in full compliance with the electronic results. In other words, there was no election fraud.

In addition to a complaint filed by the Coordinating Committee of Iraqi Shiite Parties, known as the Coordination Framework, the Al-Wataniya Coalition, led by Iyad Allawi, recently provided evidence that the election process had been rigged.

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