Regional elections: confusing results and questionable integrity

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[size=52]Regional elections: confusing results and questionable integrity[/size]

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October 30, 2024
Report:
Accusations of fraud and escalation of accusations between Kurdish parties raise a wave of doubts about the integrity of the electoral process in the Kurdistan Region, as the parties’ positions varied between rejection and skepticism, and the announced reasons for some small blocs’ withdrawal from joining parliament multiplied.[/size]
[size=45]It seems that the deeper purpose behind these statements is to pressure to improve the terms of negotiations regarding the formation of the next government, and to invest the political moment to obtain additional positional gains.[/size]
[size=45]In this context, the Kurdistan Islamic Justice Group is one of the most prominent blocs that announced its refusal to participate in parliament, despite winning three seats, due to what it described as widespread fraud that affected the elections.[/size]
[size=45]This move appears to be part of a strategy by small blocs seeking to strengthen their political weight by adopting strong and tenacious positions, which may push the major parties to make concessions.[/size]
[size=45]Speaking about this file, Luqman Hassan, a member of the Kurdish Takfiri Azadi Movement, warned of the birth of a new political crisis within the region between the Union and the Democratic Party, which would delay the process of forming a new government between the parties that won the elections.[/size]
[size=45]Hassan says, “The ambitions of the political parties that won the Kurdistan Region elections may create unexpected crises that will hinder the process of forming the government as quickly as possible.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Every party participating in the elections has announced its program and presented its plans in the event of victory before the voting process takes place, and therefore the conflict of plans and programs of the parties will lead to the creation of political crises that delay the formation of the government."[/size]
[size=45]He explained that “there is pressure from the masses of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to demand the implementation of the plans it proposed during the period preceding the elections, and this matter will create a crisis, especially since the other party, represented by the Democratic Party, will be against this program, which will create a new problem within the region between the two parties.”[/size]
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