2024-10-16T08:44:36+00:00
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Shafaq News/Kurdistan Region Interior Ministry Director Heyman Milani said on Wednesday that the end of propaganda for Kurdistan parliamentary elections does not mean the removal of candidates’ posters.
After 12:00 am on Wednesday, the regions and cities of the Kurdistan Region entered election silence after 20 days of campaigning, and many street vendors, iron traders, and some people posted posters of candidates containing iron for profit. I started collecting. .
“Ceasing propaganda and entering election silence does not mean tearing down the posters and taking up the iron,” Milani wrote on Facebook, adding, “These posters will be used on Vote Day and Election Day.” We have to leave it until the end of the whole thing,” he said. After the election process, candidates and political organizations are responsible for removing them. ”
He stressed that “anyone who removes the iron under the pretext of ending the campaign or because they have taken the iron will be held legally responsible and will be dealt with by the police.”
Jumana Al Ghalay, Spokesperson of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), said in an audio statement distributed to the media: “In accordance with article 5 of the Election Campaign Law No. 2 of 2023, candidates, political parties and alliances must be eliminated from campaigning.” All election advertising within 30 days of the day following the popular vote. Failure to do so will result in the material being removed at the violator’s expense.
Last June, Iraqi Kurdistan Regional President Nechirvan Barzani issued a regional decree setting the date for Kurdistan parliamentary elections to October 20, 2024.
It is noteworthy that in June President Barzani issued a regional decree setting the official date for Kurdistan parliamentary elections as October 20, 2024.
The October vote will elect 100 new members representing the provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan: Erbil (34 seats, including 1 Christian and 1 Turkmen member), Halabja (3 seats); Al-Suleymaniyah (38 seats, including 1 Christian and 1 Turkmen MP), and Duhok (25 seats, including 1 Christian).
According to the Election Commission, a total of 1,190 candidates are running for the next election. These candidates are spread across two coalitions of 13 parties and include 85 independents and 39 candidates representing minorities, forming a total slate of 139 electors. .
The total number of voters amounts to 2,899,878. Of this total, 2,683,618 people are registered to vote at large and 215,960 people are registered to vote special.
