Anbar security committee renewed its recommendation not to hold elections: fear of fraud

03/31/2013 (00:01 pm)


Anbar / range Press

Supreme Security Committee renewed in Anbar province, its recommendation after the local elections in the province, and attributed the reason to the demonstrations taking place in the province and the deteriorating security situation, while confirming that Baghdad would respond to its recommendation within 24 hours.

A member of the Supreme Security Committee in Anbar province supporter Alhmich in an interview to the "long-Presse," The President of the Security Committee of the Electoral team Ahmed al-Khafaji, visited yesterday, Anbar province and held a closed meeting with the Supreme Security Committee in the province, headed by conservative Qassim Fahdawi at Anbar Operations Command , the center of Ramadi, to discuss the province's readiness to conduct local elections in the 20 April 2013 or not.

This comes despite the widespread rejection of the decision by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to postpone elections Nineveh and Anbar, as summoned his decision objection scored senior Iraqi leaders in those provinces and the leader of the Sadrist movement, as well as the United Nations and U.S. secretary of state, who visited Baghdad and record observations angry policies Maliki.

He Alhmich that "the security committee of Anbar province presented during the meeting report on the situation in the province to the team Ahmed al-Khafaji, for him and moved to the capital Baghdad," adding that "the report recommended the inability to maintain local elections on schedule, because of the demonstrations taking place in the province Fearing the falsification of the election results of some dominant on the scene in the province at the moment. "

And continued Alhmich "The second reason for the postponement of the elections is the deterioration of the security situation in the province, especially after exposure of several candidates for the elections of the assassination."

For his part, said Anbar police chief Major General Hadi Rseg who attended the meeting in an interview to the "Presse term" that "head of the security committee of the Electoral team Ahmed al-Khafaji, said the response to the report will be within 24 hours."

The Electoral Commission for elections upheld, the day before yesterday to postpone the elections in the province of Nineveh, and confirmed the presence of security challenges facing conducted in the province, but stressed that its final position of holding elections in Nineveh and Anbar will determine in the coming days, a banner in the same context that it is ready to logistically for elections.

The government decided on the nineteenth of last month to postpone the elections in the provinces of Nineveh and Anbar because of what he considered the poor security situation, but dozens of political entities in both provinces have expressed disapproval with the government's decision and considered the decision politically, with the exception of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit Baghdad last week the government's arguments to postpone the election is justified.


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