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    Iraq going to the polls amidst protests

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    Iraq going to the polls amidst protests Empty Iraq going to the polls amidst protests

    Post by chouchou Sun 15 Apr 2018, 4:02 am

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    Voters in Iraq are going to the polls on May 12th. With the general elections on the agenda, the Supreme Election Board got ready for the campaign. Banners were swiftly replaced.

    From midnight onwards, candidates placed their banners on top of those portraying the people who died in the struggle with DAESH and were declared "martyrs".

    Since 2014, thousands of Iraqi soldiers, police and militia have been killed in combat in the fight with DAESH. The photographs, banners, posters of the dead were covered.

    Speaking to AFP, 50 years old Baghdad resident Settler Turk, said: “At night, when it was pitch dark, they took down the photos of the martyrs and replaced them with those of the thieves”, reflecting the view of many Iraqis who consider politicians "thieves".

    Social networks, too, witnessed a harsh response to the candidates move to put up their posters. Among the many posts, that of Laith el Shommari who said that this “behaviour was an insult to those who sacrificed their life”.

    On Facebook, there were calls to burn banners and several insults were directed to the candidates.

    Nearly 7 thousands candidates run in the elections to occupy the 329 seats in parliament.

    The election campaign will end 24 hours before elections day.

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    Post by chouchou Sun 15 Apr 2018, 4:03 am

    AGHDAD, Iraq — Campaigning began on Saturday for Iraqi parliamentary elections, with some candidates embroiled in controversy after aides pulled down pictures of fighters killed in combat with extremists and replaced them with their own posters.


    Around 7,000 candidates have registered to stand in the May 12 poll, with 329 parliamentary seats up for grabs.


    As the clock struck midnight on Friday, volunteer workers spread across the country to put up posters of the candidates, AFP reporters said.


    “At midnight sharp, they began pulling down pictures of the martyrs and replaced them with posters of the thieves,” said Baghdad resident Settar Tourki.


    Martyrs refer to the thousands of government forces and allied militiamen killed fighting to push back Daesh after the extremists launched a sweeping offensive in 2014.


    Photos of those forces killed in combat dot the streets of Baghdad and major cities and towns.


    Social media users cried foul as photos of politicians, referred to by some in Iraq as “thieves” over allegations of corruption, replaced those of combatants.


    Facebook user Laith Al Shommari denounced what he called an “insult” to the memory of fighters “who have sacrificed their lives so that we can live in peace and security”.


    “We should burn the electoral posters of all these cowards and opportunists,” he said, referring to the candidates.


    The May elections will be the fourth parliamentary and provincial assembly polls since the ouster of Saddam Hussein in a US-led invasion in 2003.


    Iraq is the 12th most corrupt country in the world, according to international rankings.


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