French report: Election results will change after the addition of 1.7 million votes for the special ballot and voters abroad

The results of the Iraqi elections may change suddenly for some parties after the addition of the votes of the special and external voters, which are about 1.7 million votes.

The report said that “the Iraqis have formed a political surprise by the receipt of lists against the current political structure, to advance the legislative elections,” according to partial results showed, a big difference from the Prime Minister Haider Abadi, which has the support of a large international,

“These official partial results, which appeared on Sunday night, do not include the vote of security forces, expatriates and displaced people, who can change the data after counting their votes.

According to Agence France-Presse, “these two lists, the first followed by the leadership of Moqtada al-Sadr, and includes the Communists, and the second opening, which includes factions of the popular crowd close to Iran, in the past, a speech hostile to Washington, despite their fighting alongside US forces against the organization calling.

“The alliance of Sadr and the Communist Party on the basis of fighting corruption, ranked first in six provinces out of 18, and second in four more after the elections that took place on Saturday.”

Coalition supporters, who have demonstrated weekly against corruption since 2015, gathered pictures of Sadr and firemen in central Baghdad to celebrate “the victory over the corrupt and the new stage of the Iraqi people, and chant: Free Free Baghdad! Iran by land!”

The Fath Alliance, which includes the popular mobilization factions that played a crucial role in supporting the security forces to defeat an oppressive organization, first dissolved in four provinces, and second in eight.

“For Abbadi, supported by the international coalition, he has succeeded behind the conquest and all the provinces except Nineveh, and the largest cities of Mosul, which Abadi announced in July.”

Earlier, several political officials pointed out that “Abadi will be ranked first with about 60 seats in parliament.”

“However, these numbers can change, as the counting of votes does not include the votes of about 700 thousand elements of the Iraqi security forces, in addition to the votes of about one million expatriates Iraqi.”

She pointed out that “the biggest loss in the elections was the share of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who leads a coalition of state law, and maintains strong relations with Iran.” “According to partial results, this coalition came in fourth place.”

Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi addressed the Iraqi people yesterday, calling on citizens and political blocs to “respect the results of the elections and abide by the proper legal means of violations,” expressing full readiness “to work and cooperate in forming an Iraqi government free from corruption and quotas and not subject to foreign agendas. “He said.

Some observers believe, according to the French report, that “the word Abadi came in response to the spokesman of a coalition of state law, Abbas al-Yasiri, who, in remarks, yesterday, the government of Abadi, the responsibility of chaos during the elections,” adding that “weak government and weak security led to chaos Which took place in the elections. ”

Abadi said during the speech broadcast by Al-Iraqiya semi-official television: “Since the first day of our receipt of this government in 2014, we have prioritized the liberation of the land of Iraq and the prevention of expansion to the rest of the provinces and our work to achieve security and stability and end sectarianism among Iraqis, People of one people “.

He pointed out that his government “sought with all effort and sincerity to be a strong state, and its prestige respected in the regional and international environment, and that the government is free of corruption and abhorrent quotas, which we have given the most important and the largest of them.”

In his speech, Abadi said that under the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq, “the full responsibility of the country’s leadership and protection and defend its unity, interests and sovereignty until the formation of the new government.”

On the other hand, the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, yesterday, the parties winning the election to start talks on forming a new government.

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement issued yesterday that “the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, received the special envoy of the US President to the international coalition against Da’id, Brett McGurk, and Douglas Seelman, US ambassador to Iraq, and a diplomatic delegation accompanying them.

The statement said Barzani “invited the Iraqi and Kurdish parties winning to start talks on forming a new government with political and architectural projects and visions for the present and future of Iraq.”

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