Investigate IHEC and Iraq for connection to PUK

[Anthea]

Over 40 Appeals on Election Results

More than 40 appeals have been filed against the final results of the Kurdistan parliamentary elections, with 25 submitted in Sulaymaniyah, the constituency with the most appeals

The Election Commission and the Electoral Judiciary have 17 days to respond to these appeals.

Sunday, November 3, marked the final day for political parties and lists to file appeals regarding the Kurdistan parliamentary election results.

According to the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), a total of 41 complaints were submitted, including 25 in Sulaymaniyah, 12 in Erbil, three in Duhok, and one in Halabja.

“According to the law, the commission will prepare a response to the complaints within seven days and send it to the Electoral Judiciary,” IHEC spokesperson Jumana Ghalai told local media.

Article 20 of the IHEC law allows political parties three days to file appeals following the announcement of the final election results, while the Council of Commissioners must respond within seven days.

“The Electoral Judiciary will decide on the appeals within 10 days of receiving the commission’s responses,” Ghalai added.

On October 30, the IHEC announced the final results of the Kurdistan parliamentary elections, following the preliminary results released on October 21.

The elections, held on October 20, saw the Kurdish ruling party, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), win 39 seats, with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) securing 23 seats.

https://www.basnews.com/en/babat/865438

[Anthea]

IHEC rejects 38 of 41 complaints

Iraq’s electoral body has rejected nearly all of the complaints filed against the results of the Kurdistan Region’s parliamentary elections, the commission’s spokesperson told Rudaw on Saturday

“The judiciary committee today finalized 38 complaints of 41 complaints regarding the Kurdistan Region’s parliamentary elections, rejecting all of them,” said Jumana al-Ghalai, spokesperson for Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC).

“After their submission, the commissioners' board responded to all complaints within seven days and subsequently forwarded them to the judiciary committee. As a result, the committee deemed the commissioners' board's responses and actions acceptable and valid, rejecting all the complaints,” she explained.

A decision on the three remaining complaints will be finalized this week, Ghalai added.

The Kurdistan Region held its parliamentary elections on October 20 after two years of delays. The vote resulted in a consolidation of power for the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which won 39 seats, followed by its government ally but political rival the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) with 32 seats. The opposition New Generation Movement took third place with 15 seats.

The main Islamist parties - Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) and Kurdistan Justice Group (Komal) - took seven and three seats, respectively. The National Stance Movement (Halwest), led by popular former lawmaker Ali Hama Saleh, obtained four. Lahur Talabany’s People’s Front (Baray Gal) got two seats, while the Change Movement (Gorran), once a powerful opposition force, took just one seat

Komal, the Kurdistan Islamic Union, Baray Gal, and Halwest denounced the election results. They alleged fraud and voter manipulation and questioned the reliability of the voting machines.

Komal announced in October that it would not take its seats in the parliament. The party’s leader said there was some external interference in the vote, but did not place blame in any direction.

No instances of misconduct or violations occurred during the ballot counting, according to Ghalai, who said that complaints about the process are normal and the commission receives accusations of “electoral fraud in every electoral process.”

https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/161120242

What about all the people who were intimated and made to prove they had voted PUK

In the referendum more than 90 percent of Kurds voted for Independence

Bafel Talabani gave away Kurdish lands to Iraq destroying the chance of independence

Logic and maths both say that given what the traitor Bafel Talabani did to Kurdistan, there is absolutely NO WAY that thousands of Kurds who voted for Independence would willingly have voted for Bafel Talabani's PUK who destroyed that

Also Lahur was always much more popular than the traitor Bafel Talabani.

When Bafel Talabani held his illegal coup to gain full control of the PUK Iraq supported him