Observers expect to postpone the "Federal" session for the third time, for fear of escalation at the

[size=52]Observers expect to postpone the "Federal" session for the third time, for fear of escalation at the green gates[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]Observers expect to postpone the hearing to contest the election results - which is supposed to be held today - again, while political parties do not rule out the occurrence of "surprises" at the gates of the "Green Zone".[/size]
[size=45]Until the moment, the two parties to the conflict after the elections (the Sadrists and the coordination framework) are sticking to their proposals about the shape of the next government between a majority and a political consensus.[/size]
[size=45]It is hoped that the Federal Court will hold a new session, the third, to resolve the appeals submitted by the group of Shiite forces objecting to the election results, known as the "coordinating framework."[/size]
[size=45]The court had postponed until December 22 (today), a decision on the coordination framework’s claim, to annul the results of the October 10 elections.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Fatah, which represents the crowd and one of the parties to the framework, alleges electoral fraud, after it won 17 seats out of 329 seats in Parliament, compared to 48 seats in the previous elections.[/size]
[size=45]extra time[/size]
[size=45]Farhad Alaeddin, a researcher in political affairs, believes that in practice the Federal Court needs "more time" to resolve this case.[/size]
[size=45]Aladdin, who is the head of the Iraqi advisory council, adds, in connection with (Al-Mada), that «the federal government has requested the opinions of experts from Iraqi universities to appeal the results, and I do not think that the opinion of those parties has reached them so far».[/size]
[size=45]At the conclusion of the last session, Judge Jassim Muhammad Aboud, the head of the session, which included nine other judges, said, “The court decided to postpone the date of the pleading to December 22, in order to allow the plaintiff’s attorneys to present their last pleas” and to complete the court’s consideration of the case “according to what was stated in the regulations presented in these session".[/size]
[size=45]Lawyer Muhammad Majeed Al-Saadi, representative of the parties submitting the complaint, confirmed that the aim of the lawsuit is to "cancel the election results."[/size]
[size=45]"It became clear that there were very serious and major violations that would cause a change in the general result," after reviewing the summaries of expert reports requested by the Electoral Commission, he said.[/size]
[size=45]Officials in the Al-Fateh Alliance had explained in a recent press conference the controversial points regarding the results, noting that there were malfunctions in the electronic voting.[/size]
[size=45]They reminded, on the basis of these technical reports, that the electronic fingerprints of some voters were not read, and they also wondered about the reasons for bringing in a new electronic device called "C1000" days before the elections and the failures that occurred in its use.[/size]
[size=45]Other parties also submitted complaints to the Federal Court challenging the results.[/size]
[size=45]In November, the United Nations Special Envoy to Iraq, Jeanine Plasschaert, defended the work of the Electoral Commission, saying that there were no indications of "systematic fraud."[/size]
[size=45]After several weeks of tension that culminated when Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi was subjected to an assassination attempt earlier this month, the High Elections Commission announced the final results in late November.[/size]
[size=45]The Sadrist bloc led by Muqtada al-Sadr topped the results by holding 73 seats, then increased to 74 after a seat joined one of the winning parties in Wasit Governorate.[/size]
[size=45]Are we waiting for the appeal decision?[/size]
[size=45]Aladdin points out that "postponing the decision on the appeals will not affect the political scene, because the real movement between the political forces depends on the ratification of the results."[/size]
[size=45]The political researcher denies that "the appeals are linked to the ability of the Federal Court to certify the election results," but on the other hand, he "does not know the real reasons behind the court's disbelief."[/size]
[size=45]The researcher believes that it is likely that the cases regarding the election results will continue to be considered for “months or years,” which he considers illogical, as “political forces can wait all this time without interfering in negotiations and forming a government.”[/size]
[size=45]The parties to the coordination framework pledge to announce their final position on the largest bloc and to form a new government by resolving the cases. They also claim that other parties outside the framework are awaiting the court's decision as well.[/size]
[size=45]Political parties close to the atmosphere of the negotiations conducted by some of the winning forces, believe that the Federal Court «could surprise everyone on Wednesday and give its final word».[/size]
[size=45]These parties, which preferred not to publish their identities, explained to Al-Mada that "in the event that the court adopts the decision of the validity of the election results, it will push us to the scenario of the movement of groups supported by the crowd at the Green Gate."[/size]
[size=45]About two months ago, dozens of supporters and supporters of the Coordinating Framework group flocked to the Karrada area at the gates of one of the Green Zone, and they have camped there since then.[/size]
[size=45]Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of Al-Fateh, had said earlier that "we will respect the decision of the Federal Court, no matter what."[/size]
[size=45]Observers consider that the cancellation of the election results, as demanded by the opposition Shiite forces, is a blow to the political process.[/size]
[size=45]"Frame" guides[/size]
[size=45]But Kata' al-Rikabi, a former deputy from the rule of law, points out that «the cancellation of the elections is one of the decisions that may be issued by the Federal Court».[/size]
[size=45]Al-Rikabi, a member of the coordination framework, assures (Al-Mada) that his group “provided unquestionable evidence of corruption and fraud in the ballot to cancel the results or approve a comprehensive manual counting and sorting, including a report on the German examining company, which confirmed the existence of a defect in the equipment, which was ignored by the Commission.”[/size]
[size=45]The Electoral Commission had responded to what was stated about the German company's report, and confirmed, "there is no manipulation of the election results and judicial decisions are the decisive and binding boundary for all."[/size]
[size=45]The commission confirmed at the time that "despite the occurrence of problems in voting, the commission responded to these problems in a timely manner."[/size]
[size=45]The Commission indicated in previous statements that "the company pointed out in its report that the Commission acted quickly and effectively and successfully addressed all problems."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Rikabi calls on the Federal Court to "speed up the pronouncement of the decision and respect the feelings of the public, who have been living in the cold for about two months at the green gates and suffer harassment and have martyrs and wounded."[/size]
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