JOC: No tolerance in implementing the measure to secure the elections

Baghdad-INA
 
Joint Operations Command confirmed today, Sunday that the security services provided full protection for polling centers.
 
The spokesman for the Joint Operations Command, Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji, said, "The leadership is ready and will not compromise in implementing the security measures."
 
He pointed out that "The security forces were deployed in the form of different cordons to coordinate the security work, in addition to the continuation of the Air Force's aviation to cover the skies of the country," stressing that "the movement between the governorates is suspended, except for very special cases, and the Operations Command is committed to the recommendations for securing the electoral process.”
 
It’s to be mentioned that today, Sunday, the Independent High Electoral Commission announced its readiness to open polling centers to voters.
 
IHEC spokeswoman Jumana al-Ghalay told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The number of polling centers in the general voting is 8,273 centers, with more than 55 thousand stations," pointing out that "1249 international observers participate in monitoring the general poll, while the number of foreign journalists is 510 journalist participating in the coverage of the public voting, as for local observers, their number reached 147,152.