The international missions were not convinced by the participation rates.. the scenes of the postpon

[size=52]The international missions were not convinced by the participation rates.. the scenes of the postponement of the conference announcing the results[/size]

[size=45]On Tuesday, an Iraqi source revealed that a dispute arose between the international missions and the High Electoral Commission over the succession of the figures announced by the latter regarding the participation rates in the general election.[/size]
[size=45]The legislative elections, which were held on Friday and Sunday, were held a year earlier than they were scheduled, after widespread protests in Iraq, starting in early October 2019 and continuing for more than a year.[/size]
[size=45]A source from within the Electoral Commission said, in an interview with Al-Mada, that "the reason for postponing the press conference of the Commission, which was scheduled for 12 noon, is because the international and European missions entered into a dispute with the Commission."[/size]
[size=45]The source pointed out that "the differences were about the percentage of participation in the elections," noting that "the international and European missions are not convinced of the percentages that have been published."[/size]
[size=45]The statement of the European Union mission, on the election results, did not address the final results of the audit, and this has cast doubt on the integrity of the electoral process in general and the final results in particular.[/size]
[size=45]Meanwhile, Saad Al-Battat, head of the Ain Election Monitoring Network, said in an interview with (Al-Mada), that “the monitoring bodies are now working to communicate with the High Elections Commission to find out the confusion that accompanied the process of announcing the results.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Battat expressed his surprise at the announcement of the preliminary results of the elections, despite the presence of hundreds of stations whose votes were not counted.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the other wrong thing is declaring a period for submitting appeals, despite not completing the counting and sorting," noting that "the Commission is now in an unenviable situation and it is confusing as a result of the many mistakes that occurred in it."[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, observers considered the electoral preparations in Iraq to be "good", while they evaluated the overall performance of the commission at the national and provincial levels positively.[/size]
[size=45]Observers wondered about the failure to publish the final audit results to prepare the electoral participants and the winning candidates, despite the independent auditing company evaluating the integrity of the electronic count and the information technology system for managing results.[/size]
[size=45]The European Union mission to monitor the Iraqi elections announced, earlier on Tuesday, that it did not find fraud or violations during the process.[/size]
[size=45]On Monday, the Electoral Commission published the names of the winners on its website, while confirming that the participation rate in the elections amounted to 41 percent, the lowest since 2005.[/size]
[size=45]The Sadrist bloc topped the results, with more than 70 seats, while the Progress bloc came in second place, and the State of Law bloc ranked third.[/size]
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