UNHCR: Kirkuk protesters prevent the transfer of ballot boxes to Baghdad

Announced the election commission, Wednesday, that the demonstrators of Kirkuk province "prevented" the transfer of ballot boxes to the capital Baghdad, while parties and candidates called for "acceptance" results and follow the "legal means" in objection mechanisms.

"The election office in Kirkuk was ordered on Wednesday to receive the ballot boxes in different parts of Kirkuk and transfer them to Baghdad," the head of the electoral administration, Riyad al-Badran, said in a press release. "But the administration of the office replied that the materials could not be reached because of The groups of political parties could not access the funds because of their detention by those groups and according to the letter of the anti-terrorism / special operations command the second, which indicated the difficulty of the transfer of funds and materials to Baghdad and the increasing numbers of groups opposed.

He added that "the number of these stations amounted to approximately 186 polling stations distributed across several areas of Kirkuk," pointing out that "the Commission has already sent technical committees to Kirkuk to see closely in the case of objections submitted by some of the electoral lists, but I was faced with all kinds The uncontrolled actions and abuses carried out by some of the parties driven by Kirkuk. "

Badran stressed that "the employees have been besieged for many days, which called for the intervention of the security services to rescue them," pointing out that "the Commission is open to all parties and is working in accordance with legal and constitutional contexts, and on lists and parties and candidates to accept the results of elections and follow the legal methods in the mechanisms of objection" .

The Electoral Commission announced on Wednesday the abolition of more than a thousand polling stations in the elections inside and outside, and referred to the formation of commissions of inquiry to account for the defaulters, confirmed the continuation of the receipt of appeals "and reluctance" in dealing with any violations.

The province of Kirkuk is currently witnessing large sit-ins, in front of the building stores of the province, with the participation of thousands of citizens of Kirkuk Arabs and Turkmen, they hold the flags of Iraq and Turkmen, and demanding the counting and manual sorting of funds that filed complaints of tampering with the results.

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