An election scandal: Halbousi supporters buy Shiite voter cards to destroy them and exclude them from participating.
An informed political source revealed, on Sunday, the involvement of supporters of the leader of the Progress Party, Mohammed al-Halbousi, in systematic operations to purchase voter cards in Shiite-majority areas in Baghdad and a number of other governorates, in exchange for large sums of money, with the aim of destroying them and preventing their owners from casting their votes in the upcoming elections.
The source, who requested anonymity, told Al-Maalouma Agency, “Groups affiliated with al-Halbousi are currently active in several areas, where they are purchasing voter cards at high prices, to be deliberately destroyed later, in an attempt to exclude thousands of citizens from voting.”
He added, “The goal of these practices is to reduce the turnout within the Shiite component, which allows the Sunni component to expand its electoral influence and control the largest possible number of parliamentary seats.”
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