The legislative elections had been won mid-October by the current of Shiite Moqtada Al-Sadr. A complaint had been filed by old paramilitaries to denounce a vote vituine fraud.
Le Monde with AFP
The highest constitutional body of Iraq, the Federal Supreme Court, has ratified, Monday, December 27, the results of the legislative elections. After the vote of October 10, the alliance of the conquest – political showcase of the old paramilitaries of Hachd Al-Chaabi – had filed a complaint by denouncing a voting voting fraud. The influential training sustained by Tehran had only 17 seats, against 48 in the parliament out of 329 members.
“The Federal Tribunal has decided to reject the complaint aimed not to make the final results of the elections and to have the costs of [of the case] to the complainant,” said Judge, Jastem Mohamed Aboud, By reading the verdict.
Non-recognized fingerprints
The elections were won by the Grand Rival of Hachd, the current of Shiite Moqtada Al-Sadr leader, who obtained 73 seats and thus become the first bloc in Parliament, according to the official results announced by the Electoral Commission. Despite its failure, the Hachd Al-Chaabi remains an unavoidable political actor, with the support of Iran and its 160,000 combatants integrated into the ranks of regular forces.
The leaders of the conquest alliance have recently explained in a press conference the reasons for their complaint, detailing failed in the vote. Citing reports of expertise from a German company sponsored by the electoral commission to evaluate the unfolding of the vote, they recalled that the fingerprints of many voters could not be recognized during the electronic vote. They also identified the failures of an electronic device used for the vote, the C-1000.