Election Security: Tomorrow is an Electoral Silence

politics/Security

8-10-2021, 21:46

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Baghdad-INA

The Supreme Security Committee for Elections confirmed that tomorrow is a day of electoral silence, and while it called on political forces and candidates participating in the elections to abide by it, it confirmed that it would report any violations.

The head of the Supreme Security Committee for Elections, Lieutenant-General Abdul-Amir Al-Shammari, said in a press conference followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the turnout rate was great by the security forces at the polling stations," stressing that "no security breaches were recorded, and there are violations there are violations that are being investigated.

He added, "Determining the percentage of participation in the special vote is the authority of the commission," noting that "tomorrow is an electoral silence day, and we call on political forces and candidates to fully comply and we will inform the commission of any violation.