Al-Maliki: All bets on postponing the election date have failed

Baghdad - INA 

The leader of the State of Law coalition, Nouri Al-Maliki, confirmed today, Saturday, that all bets on postponing the date of the local elections have failed.

Al-Maliki said in his speech during the celebration of the launch of the coalition’s electoral machine, which was attended by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) correspondent: “All bets on postponing the election date and mobilizing against the lack of turnout at the ballot boxes are failed bets.”.

He added, "We are betting on the people, their awareness, and their independent national decision to thwart the postponement plans, and they will have their participation to have their say," indicating, "Whoever wants to change reality must participate in the elections, and that the will of the citizens is the basic foundation in building the current regime and establishing the democratic system.".

He stated, “The opinion of the masses is the ladder that elevates one political class and a group that opposes it and brings down another from power if it is not up to the level of responsibility,” indicating, “Whoever talks about canceling or postponing the elections is unaware that it is a constitutional and popular entitlement, and disrupting the elections and dissolving the councils is considered disrupting one of the pillars of the elections.”.