Tomorrow... Iraqis will elect members of the provincial councils

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Tomorrow... Iraqis will elect members of the provincial councils

by Rocky Sun 17 Dec 2023, 7:18 am

Tomorrow... Iraqis will elect members of the provincial councils

Iraq 12/17/2023
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Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif, Haider Al Jaber, and Janan Al Asadi
Governorates: Nahdat Ali, Shorouk Maher, Saad Hassan, Hussein Al Kaabi, and Abbas Al Musawi

Closed at six in the evening Yesterday, Saturday, “special ballot” boxes For the provincial council elections, which witnessed a good turnout by members of the security forces and the displaced, as the IHEC teams began counting, auditing and counting the votes moments after the closure, while the “general suffrage” process is expected to begin tomorrow, Monday. To select members of the provincial councils for "15" Governorate, excluding the governorates of the Kurdistan region, with the participation of more than 16 million Iraqi voters, and it is expected that more than 90% of the results will be announced 24 hours after the closure of general ballot boxes.
The Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, conducted Yesterday, Saturday, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani visited the headquarters of the Joint Operations Command.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Media Office stated that Al-Sudani was briefed during the visit, and via a television circuit, on the progress of implementation of the security plan to secure the provincial council elections. And the special polling situation that began yesterday morning, Saturday, and he also followed up with the operational commanders in the governorates, the security and electoral situation in their governorates.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces stressed, according to the statement, “to make the utmost efforts to Providing a safe atmosphere, ensuring the success of the elections, and achieving citizens’ aspirations for free and fair elections.”
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces renewed his previous directives to the security and military leadership, “not to exercise any form of pressure or influence the choices of affiliates, leaving them the choice to elect whomever they deem appropriate.” He stressed “taking the highest levels of preparedness to confront any security breaches aimed at disrupting the electoral process.”

Security Plan
The head of the Supreme Security Committee for the elections, Lieutenant General Qais al-Muhammadawi, said in a press conference yesterday afternoon, Saturday: “All units headed to the polling stations throughout Iraq,” pointing out that “the plan is flexible and the security forces cast their votes comfortably,” pointing out that “The forces will devote themselves to a greater duty, which is public voting.”
He explained, “The security services have referred some violators to the judiciary, and the public voting process will be broader and the security duty greater.” He explained that “he transferred ( The memory stick will be a first priority because it contains all the data, and there are no remote areas where the (private ballot) boxes would require transportation by plane,” explaining that “transporting the (memory stick) for public voting will be via army and air force aviation from the governorates to Baghdad.”
For his part, the spokesman for the Joint Operations Command, Major General Tahseen Al-Khafaji, told “Al-Sabah”: “The security forces have completed all their preparations, and all the security forces are ready to make this mission a success, and it is a constitutional entitlement.” He added, “The capabilities and capabilities of the security forces are high, and our goal is to create a safe environment for the elections and protect voters and electoral centers.”
Al-Khafaji continued:“We have a plan to transfer the memory stick, the ballot boxes, the delegations and the media,” and he stated that “the Supreme Security Committee began preparing for these elections 5 months ago, and began preemptive operations and then planning to collect and deploy the units, then begin the plan after discussing all the procedures.”
In a related context, the Director of Information at the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier General Miqdad al-Moussawi, confirmed to “Al-Sabah” that “the security services have completed all preparations for the security plan for the elections, and all units have been entered with 100% human and logistical warning.”He added, “ The number of displaced people in the vote that took place yesterday reached 48,260 voters, distributed as 39,422 voters in Dohuk, 5,023 in Erbil, and 3,815 in Sulaymaniyah,” indicating “the allocation of 35 polling centers in the three governorates and 120 polling stations.”The Director of Procedures and Training at the Commission, Dawoud Salman, told “Al-Sabah”: “The total number of voters in the special ballot that took place yesterday, Saturday, for the security forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces is one million and 2,393 voters from Security forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces, and the elections were held in 565 polling centers and 2,367 stations.”The Independent High Electoral Commission announced the commencement of counting, auditing, and counting of votes for “special balloting.” Which took place yesterday, Saturday, and the number of voters from the security forces and displaced persons who are entitled to vote in the “special ballot” is More than one million and 50 thousand.The Commission’s numbersThe director of the directorate’s media, Brigadier General Ziyad Muhareb Al-Qaisi, said in an interview with “Al-Sabah”: “The plan that was prepared for general voting day (tomorrow, Monday) includes no blockades in the roads and streets, and there will be an intensification of patrols and foot patrols near the electoral centers.” “In addition to increasing the number of patrols in the main intersections and squares to regulate the movement of wheels,” indicating that “the plan included prohibiting the entry of heavy vehicles with a load exceeding more than five tons into city centers from one o’clock in the morning on Monday (general voting day) until six in the morning on Monday.” On Wednesday.In the meantime, the General Traffic Directorate in the Ministry of Interior has prepared a traffic plan for general voting day, stressing that it does not include any road closures.
Al-Moussawi revealed that “the plan to secure the elections consists of 3 stages: proactive operations, examination and testing of units on the ground, and direct implementation,” and he warned of “banning the movement of vehicles carrying more than (5 tons) and bicycles.” On general voting day tomorrow, Monday.”In turn, the spokeswoman for the Independent High Electoral Commission, Jumana Al-Ghalai, announced that “the private voting went very smoothly, and so far there has been no electoral violation or any technical defect recorded in the equipment,” stressing that “The turnout is very high and the work is going well.”The first elections in Kirkuk

Meanwhile, the Commander of Kirkuk Operations, Major General Saleh Haraz, said in an interview with “Al-Sabah” that “the special voting process for the provincial council elections began at seven o’clock in Kirkuk Governorate, and took place with a clear flow and organization,” stressing that “There are no dictates, conditions, or pressure on the voter,” he said, noting that “the number of voters exceeded 50% until the announcement hour at 11:30 a.m.,” noting that “the participation of members in casting their votes during the electoral process did not affect security protection.” For electoral centers, as well as the defensive or decisive position, where we have a solid plan for implementation.”
He added, “Kirkuk Governorate is witnessing facilitation of the movement of citizens and no curfews, and there is traffic flow in the movement of wheels and the governorate’s ports.” “open”, concluding his speech by congratulating the Iraqi people and members of the security forces in Kirkuk Governorate for carrying out the democratic practice.
In turn, the media director of the Kirkuk office of the Independent Election Commission, Ali Abbas, confirmed to “Al-Sabah” that “it took place”. The opening of 16 electoral centers for private voting in Kirkuk, with 135 polling stations, while the number of voters reached 57,330 voters throughout Kirkuk for all types of security forces present in the governorate,” explaining that “the polling centers witnessed a very good turnout, and there were no obstacles with all the devices used in Voting, and we did not record any violation.” It is worth noting that Kirkuk Governorate has not witnessed the holding of provincial or local council elections since the year 2005, and all required measures were taken by the official and responsible authorities in the civil and military governorate to make it a success.

Smooth flow in MaysanFor his part, the director of the Office of the Maysan Elections Commission, Muhammad Haliji Farhan, told “Al-Sabah”: “There is high coordination between the Elections Commission and the Operations Command to manage the electoral process on the two days of private and public voting, where prior systematic coordination between the Commission and the Maysan Operations Command, There was field supervision by Maysan Operations on allocating buses to transport members to the polling stations, as well as working to distribute the members in shifts to review the polling centers to avoid any breach or security vacuum in the governorate.The Commander of Maysan Operations, Major General Sabah Al-Azzawi, confirmed to “Al-Sabah” that “our security forces are deployed in the governorate according to the established security plan.” In coordination with the High Electoral Commission for three months,” he added, “We are also currently supervising ensuring the success of the post-election process by transporting logistical materials, preserving voting materials, and delivering the results by the Electoral Commission to the National Center.”The special voting process was conducted smoothly by the security forces and with field supervision and follow-up by the High Elections Commission. In Maysan, with the participation of the Maysan Operations Command, without any security disruption occurring.The number of private polling centers in Maysan reached, 20 electoral centers (69) polling stations distributed in the center, districts and districts of the governorate, to select 13 candidates for membership in the Maysan Governorate Council.
The special voting activities for the security forces in the provincial council elections began in Maysan Governorate, yesterday morning, with the participation of 28,000 members of the security forces.

In turn, the Director of the Office of the Human Rights Commission in Maysan, Ahmed Story, indicated in an interview with “Al-Sabah” that “by monitoring our field teams to follow up on the election mechanism; “I noticed that the election process is taking place smoothly, easily and regularly, and there is active participation by members of the security forces in the elections.” He added, “Our mobile teams in the polling centers did not observe any violations or violations of human rights in the elections.”

Najaf Al-Ashraf polling
In Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf, members of the armed forces cast their votes in 18 polling centers throughout the governorate, and the media official of the Najaf Elections Office, Zaki Al-Ibrahimi, told “Al-Sabah”: “The number of voters There were 26,115 voters for special voting, and the special polling centers were opened at seven in the morning, and witnessed a good turnout of voters without any security violations occurring,” noting that “the Najaf Police Command implemented a security plan with the participation of the Interior Forces, the Popular Mobilization Forces, and the supporting forces. They were distributed Three security cordons were placed to protect the polling stations.
Ibrahimi explained, “The Commission placed 200 cameras in the 64 polling stations, in addition to four external cameras for each polling station,” indicating that “ This is the first time that the Election Commission has used surveillance cameras, which record everything that happens at the polling stations with audio and video.” It is worth noting that the number of security forces participating in securing the Najaf elections for the special polling day exceeded 13,000 security personnel.

Diwaniyah Voting
As for Diwaniyah, the special voting process took place via 14 electoral centers, with participation described by the Commission as “good,” at a time when security forces deployed on a regular basis to protect polling centers and voters, and began voting to choose candidates for the Provincial Council.
The media director of the Diwaniyah Commission office, Samir Jabr, said, To “Al-Sabah”: “The staff at the Commission began opening the doors of the 14 polling centers at exactly seven in the morning to receive the voters included in the special vote, who number more than 17 thousand voters,” indicating “a good turnout was recorded, and great flow was achieved.” In the voting procedures as a result of the training efforts made by the Commission over the past months.”
In addition, the Director of the Diwaniyah Governorate Police, Major General Abtan Muhammad Al-Shibli, confirmed in a speech in front of one of the private voting centers: “The “The Security Committee has begun implementing its plan to protect voters and polling stations,” indicating, “The security services have begun voting to elect their representatives in the Diwaniyah Governorate Council in a transparent manner.”

Nineveh Commission
For its part, the Office of the Election Commission in Nineveh denied the presence of any technical malfunction with the voting machines inside the voting centers in the governorate, and a source in the office told “Al-Sabah”: “Our centers did not record any malfunction or technical problem with the voting machines in all the election centers in the city of Mosul.” Or administrative unit centers in general.
The source added, “There is a very high demand for voting and electoral participation for all types of security forces in the private voting centers, as the number of members who participated in voting in each center before midday reached more than approximately 600 participants.” There are centers that recorded more than these numbers of voters during the elections for members of the security services throughout Nineveh.
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