Iraq elections body to look into 1,372 appeals

Iraq’s Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) has received 1,372 appeals contesting the results of this month’s early national elections, an official told The National on Wednesday.

Emad Jamil Muhsin, of the IHEC media team, said the Board of Commissioners has seven days to look into the appeals before sending them to the Judicial Commission.

The Commission has 10 days to study the documents, Mr Muhsin said.

Once all appeals are cleared by the Judicial Commission, the results will be sent to the High Federal Court for ratification, he said, after which Iraqi President Barham Salih will have 15 days to call for the new Parliament to convene.

Mr Muhsin ruled out any major change to the announced results.

“The appeals are highly unlikely to lead to big changes in the nationwide results, but sometimes could change results in a single constituency as the differences between candidates are three to five votes,” Mr Muhsin said.

The deadline for complaints to be received was on Tuesday.



PUKmedia / The National