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    One hundred dollars and computers bribes to win the election

    Baghdad: Iraq News Network - intensified competition between the blocs candidate for the provincial elections in order to get the votes in the elections to be held next Saturday the twentieth of April. According to a source familiar with the block ((united)), which includes a group Osama Najafi and Rafie al-Issawi and Salman Ahumaila Islamic Party began distributing the sum of ((100)) dollars every Iraqi agrees to give voice to the block next to its allocation of computers ((iPad)) too modern for some workers in the polling stations in order to gain the raid and withholding information about the fraud in favor of united. Mention the mass became united front of the Islamic Party in order to push them towards the front after the fiasco that to me in the previous elections.

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    THANKS TO JACKIECHAN
    Written by : Mina Al-Droubi
    on : Thursday, 18 Apr, 2013
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    Back in the Game
    Iyad Allawi on Iraq's Local Elections

    Former Iraqi prime minister and head of the Al-Iraqiya coalition speaks with The Majalla about the upcoming local elections in Iraq and the ongoing difficulties his country is facing.

    Former Iraqi prime minister and head of the secular Iraqiya coalition Iyad Allawi in a June 18, 2012 file photo. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/GettyImages

    Iraq’s eagerly anticipated provincial elections will take place this Saturday, April 20. While the elections for parliament and the post of prime minister will happen next year, the upcoming poll will nevertheless be a key test for the current prime minister, Nuri Al-Maliki, and his Islamic Da’wa Party.
    Led by former prime minister Iyad Allawi, the Al-Iraqiya list was formed in the run up to the 2010 parliamentary elections. It attempted promote a united, non-sectarian Iraq, a future that many in the country have longed for. In 2010, Allawi’s secular coalition won two seats more than Maliki, his fierce opponent. However, Allawi failed to gather sufficient support to form a coalition government against Iraq’s current prime minister.

    Since the 2010 elections, the Iraqiya bloc has gone through a rather difficult period, marked by intimidation from pro-government forces and constant feuds with its rival, the ruling Shi’a State of Law coalition led by Maliki. Yet Allawi remains determined in his political project. The Majalla spoke with him to discuss the upcoming provincial elections, the challenges his coalition is facing, and his expectations for the outcome of Saturday’s vote.

    The Majalla: What are the main challenges your party is facing in the run up to the elections?

    Iyad Allawi: We have been losing individuals for the past five weeks through assassinations using explosives or sniper shots. So far, seven candidates and twenty activists from Iraqiya have been killed. The pro-governmental forces are intimidating and threatening many individuals from the Iraqiya bloc, which clearly shows the magnitude of pressure we are facing. Those who have lost their lives, who were injured, and who have been intimated are all from Iraqiya.

    There are institutions that are supposed to serve the country, such as Al-Sabah newspaper and the Iraqiya news channel. However, we in the Iraqiya coalition do not have access to them. Another challenge that my party is facing is the pressure from Iran. We have had continuous attacks through the media and other institutions belonging to the Iranian government, which have been very influential.

    Q: Do you feel like you are under pressure to withdraw from these elections?

    No, we are only threatened; they do not want us to win. They learned a lesson last time, when Iraqiya won the elections on a national scale, but unfortunately because of Iran’s attitude and position Iraqiya was denied its victory. A government was formed without Iraqiya, which was unconstitutional and undemocratic. It was a big blow to democracy in Iraq. Unfortunately, the Iranians insisted and the international community accepted it, either because they did not have influence or because they were overwhelmed by the Iranian position.

    Q: What do you hope to gain out of Saturday’s vote?

    We want to start building institutions in the provinces, since the political process failed to do so on the national level. Our programme calls for institutionalising reconstruction, water, environment programs, planning, safety and security. Provincial elections are very important; they can be useful for building civil society and creating the necessary foundations for a better understanding of democracy. We are struggling at the moment to gain democracy in Iraq. We hope to achieve balanced elections in the absence of US forces and international observers, but Iran is weighing heavily on all levels of political and economic life. We also hope that these elections will be a step towards implementing democracy more effectively; until now we have not had true democracy in Iraq.

    The Iraqiya coalition is not happy with the way things are going, and as a group we are losing many members, both candidates and activists, through assassinations, intimidation and injuries.

    Q: What will the election results mean for Iraq’s political landscape?

    We hope that the elections will result in establishing civic society throughout the provinces. We also hope that the provinces will get the resources allocated to them by the constitution—for example, their budgetary allocations—so they can begin to work through Iraqi institutions rather than the local councils. This is what the Iraqiya bloc hopes to see in these elections.

    Q: Kirkuk is not included in the elections due to the previous violence that erupted between various political parties within the city. Do you believe that the broader Kirkuk issue can be resolved?

    I do not think that there will be any changes in the foreseeable future, as there have been no concrete steps taken to resolve the issue of Kirkuk. The situation over Kirkuk will not change at the provincial level. Maybe there can be change in the national level, but there has been no work towards this.

    Over and above Kirkuk now, there are Mosul and Anbar [Ed: These two provinces are not participating in the local elections on Saturday]. There may be other cities where there will be no elections.

    Q: Identity politics in Iraq have seriously undermined prospects of solving core issues, such as the division of political powers and sharing of oil revenues. To what extent do you believe that this will affect the outcome of the elections?

    There will be no impact. The central government has failed, because it has not issued laws like a hydrocarbons law, an electoral law or revenue-sharing laws. It also needs to enact laws that interpret and clarify the constitution, for example, there is a need to give a clear perspective on the relationship between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government in Erbil. Again, I do not think that the provincial elections will be a venue for solving the troubling issues the country is facing.

    Q: Will the elections be held on time this year? Do you feel that the unrest in southern Iraq will affect this in any way?

    Yes the elections will happen on time; however, Mr. Maliki does not want the elections to happen in two provinces. His decision [to delay elections in Anbar and Mosul] is not accepted by all. This decision can cement and deepen sectarianism in the country.

    Q: What is your personal opinion on what is going on in southern Iraq at the present time? Has the so-called Arab Spring reached Iraq, or is this just a phase?

    What is happening in Iraq is not just a phase. I refer here to the actions of the Kurds, the Sadrists, the Iraqiya bloc, and various demonstrators around the country—our actions all indicate that people are sick of sectarianism, lack of good governance, unemployment, insecurity, violations of human rights, and prisons filled with detainees who are being tortured. This is leading to unrest in the country. The Iraqiya bloc, the Sadrists and the Kurds have boycotted the meetings of the Council of Ministers because of these issues.

    Q: You have recently called on Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki to resign from his position and for Iraq to hold national elections early. Can you elaborate on this issue?

    I also called for this two years ago. Iraq needs to recover from the problems from which it is suffering. Mr. Maliki has been running the country single-handedly, without consulting others. He is the head of a number of organisations, such as the National Intelligence Service, the Ministry of National Security, the State of Law coalition, and the Islamic Da’wa Party. He is also the prime minister. This is unheard of in any democracy, let alone any democracy based on power sharing.

    Maliki has failed to provide and maintain services for the country, in particular security. He has also failed to unify the country. He has violated the constitution and the human rights of Iraqis. This is why he is not fit to run the country. We hope that he will respect the vote of parliament and not put his name up for candidacy as the next president.

    Q: The treatment of female prisoners has been the subject of several recent protests. Sunni cleric Sheikh Harith Al-Dari has claimed that there are 5,000 female prisoners in Iraq, while the Iraqi government claims that there were only 400 prisoners. What are your views on this issue?

    It is irrelevant whether we have one or ten female prisoners—what is relevant is the oppression of the Iraqi people, and women in particular. We are not talking about prisoners but detainees. A prisoner is someone who gets convicted by a court of law and then sentenced to prison for however many years.

    I am talking about the violation of the rights of women detained by the government. The attorney-general of Iraq himself stated that they have proof of four women being raped in detention stations in Iraq. He was forced to resign and leave his position after this statement, which indicates two things: that the judiciary is unfortunately highly politicized, and that there is no respect for human rights and integrity for the female prisoners. With great sadness, we can say that women are treated in a very bad way in detention camps.

    Q: What is Al-Iraqiya’s vision for the future of Iraq?

    We hope the next elections will be held in a secure and fraud-free environment. We hope the elections will be transparent, and the results should be respected according to the constitution and not abolished like the past. A government should be formed within a month to forty-five days.

    https://www.majalla.com/eng/2013/04/article55240583

  3. #63
    Did Maliki win the votes of the army and the police?
    18-04-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)

    Talk | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad |


    Hundreds of thousands of elements of the Iraqi army and police cast their ballots in the provincial elections during your vote, but the majority of the political blocs consider fear to their results, because forecasts indicate that for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the lion's share in it.
    Various political blocs affiliations already know that elements of the army and police loyal to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, or are afraid of it, which is what makes them give their votes to him.
    Prime Minister is also the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, but opponents contend that al-Maliki overdone and powers in exploiting this position seven years ago to buy the loyalty of the army and police.
    "Special ballot" to elements of the army and police has been allocated for (720.443) voters and military prisoners and patients in hospitals, which as usual never suffrage for all Iraqi civilians who will be next Saturday in 12 provinces out of 18 provinces Arab after it was postponed voting in Mosul, Anbar and Kirkuk , as well as the failure to extend the three provinces of Kurdistan.
    And confirms several officers spoke with "Talk" The pressure brought to bear on them to select the list of the prime minister, but others said that the officers of the owners very popular among the military.
    He says one of the officers he works in the band's eighth Iraqi army's "Talk" that "first applied pressure on us is the necessity of the election, while there was a lot of members of our unit does not want to participate in the ballot but the fear of punished or conveyed forced to participate."
    He adds the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution that "Mrúsina of military commanders asked us directly or indirectly elected prime minister and the list told us his list sequence number."
    Once the date of the special voting ended at five o'clock last Saturday afternoon, even recorded many of the political blocs and organizations involved in election monitoring, many electoral violations.
    Electoral Commission is the executive body responsible for the conduct of elections acknowledged receipt of 100 complaints after the election ballot, and at the same time stressed that all complaints "green" does not live up to the large breaches.
    The head of the electoral administration in the Office Mekdad Sharifi's "talk" that "the vote of the army and military police were well without an election or security breaches large."
    The problem posed by the military vote is that many of the political blocs confirms that elements of the army and police are now loyal to Prime Minister and the person they see as the sole leader, he gives them their salaries and privileges, in addition to that gained great popularity among the military.
    This is confirmed by an officer with the rank of captain in the federal police forces deployed in the province of Babylon, and say, rejecting anonymity for lack of authorization to declare that "Maliki is the best prime minister, thanks to him we were able to defeat terrorism and eliminate the militias."
    And do not forget this officer talk about the privileges enjoyed by the leaders of the army and police salaries, and financial allocations, special protections and free housing.
    Some of the parties participating in the elections is already aware of this matter and warn of danger being paid to pushing the work in politics.
    Says the head of the People's Party's ultra-Sheikh "talk" "Unfortunately, the majority feel that associate appointed in the military like to give them honor do not deserve it, and this feeling is a compression tool for them in the elections."
    Sun Network on monitoring the electoral processes in Iraq, many of the violations recorded during the special ballot, most notably the military voters came to the polling stations accompanied by a responsible officer tracks the performance of the vote, which is considered a constitutional violation of the freedom of the voter to cast his vote or abstain from voting.
    Says Director of Sun Network in Baghdad, Hussein Ibrahimi for "discussion" that "numerous violations to the extent that senior officers directed voters to vote for specific lists, in addition to depriving hundreds of voting for technical reasons."
    Tammuz organization concerned is the other election monitoring recorded the same violations, says the president of the organization Vian Sheikh for "discussion" that "the survival of the military ballot boxes full week without counted and sorted raises the concern of potential replacement funds."
    In spite of the reduction of the value of this Commission complaint but the problem lies in the fact that the process of counting military votes would wait weeks to the ballot until a year and are counting the ballot boxes together.
    Says a member of the mass citizen Abdul-Hussein Abtan for "discussion" The survival of the ballot boxes full week increases the chances of manipulation by replacing other funds or open-end funds and new electoral papers in favor of a political bloc. "
    Despite the fact that some MPs openly accuse al-Maliki and his coalition of "state law" so, but the majority do not declare it in the media for fear of targeting.
    The MP says the bloc "Liberal" of the Sadrist movement Ali al-Tamimi's "Talk" The mass observers monitored the cases of force elements of the army and police for the election of a specific list in Karbala, Najaf and Basra and Babel. "
    Iyad Allawi, the former prime minister a Grimm Maliki, announced before the date of the special ballot he got the information from officers in the army that the pressure brought to bear on them to pay affiliates to choose a specific list, was charged with channel "Iraq," the official using the potential for al-Maliki.
    Voting on the election results will reveal what it will al-Maliki and his rivals of the vote, and the announcement will not pass without heated debates that could take months to challenge or claim re-counting or even call for a re-vote.


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  4. #64
    Tariq Aziz reveals an attempt to assassinate Barzani carried out by "a man of strong security institution
    18-04-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)

    Twilight News / face Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi, fingered the director of public security in the era of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Nazim كزار, in the attempted assassination of the late Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani, ruling out the involvement of Saddam Hussein so.
    The modern Tariq Aziz within leaks from an interview with Ali al-Dabbagh, former spokesman Iraqi government, to calculate the Al-Arabiya, which did not broadcast yet, and I have seen Twilight News ", when asked Skinner for the assassination attempt Mullah Mustafa Barzani by Saddam Hussein replied that" actor was a man of strong security establishment then Nazim كزار, ".
    He also Dabbagh when asked whether Saddam was aware of the attempt evasion answered "I do not know."
    It was the late Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani has been subjected to the assassination on 29 September 1971, at its headquarters in the Haj Omran area by "belt" worn by one of the members of the Iraqi delegation during the negotiations between the parties, Barzani narrowly escaped the attempt.
    And Nazim كزار, is the director of public security at the time of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. And tried to stage a coup to kill the firstborn and his deputy of Saddam Hussein on the first of July, 1973.
    In mid-1973, announced foil a plot to overthrow the regime, led by the man who was the top task of the security of the country and the political system, Nazim كزار, which has long served the people under his grip on charges of conspiracy and lobbying against the ruling authority.




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