Weekly Statement
The Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) held its regular session on the (16th of September, 2024) to discuss number of decisions, which included the ratification of the working procedures of the audit centre system in preparation for the Kurdistan Regional Parliament elections 2024, in order to preserve the votes of alliances, parties and candidates and to ensure the ease of data entry (votes), hence the speed of tabulation of results, distribution of seats, and announcement of the final results, as well as the ratification of the appendix to the electronic and manual polling and counting procedures for the Kurdistan Regional elections, which includes withdrawing the biometric card from the polling staff who will cast their votes as (staff voting) in the stations the work in as polling staff after they vote directly.
While the process of auditing the candidates’ data received from the investigation bodies is continuing, hence, the Board of Commissioners decided, to return a candidate to the lists of candidates, and excluded those who did not meet the conditions of candidacy and allow them to be replaced within three (3) days from the date the party had been informed.
The Board of Commissioners also held an exceptional meeting on the 17th of this September, which included discussing the memorandum of Judge (Amer Al-Husseini) the CEO and Chairman of the Central Committee for the Kurdistan Regional Parliament Election 2024, , including the action plan to adjudicate complaints and appeals, as the Board approved the adjudication mechanism related to the electoral process 2024, as well as another exceptional session on the 18th September to organise work paths.
To keep pace with the preparations of the electoral offices in the Kurdistan Region, the supervisory committees headed by a number of the board’s members and the membership of the (DGs ) Direct General and specialized technical employees are following up on the electoral process, the commitment of the electoral offices to the regulations, instructions and decisions issued by the board , and discussing the latest developments and preparations for the electoral process scheduled to be held on October 20, 2024.
The IHEC continues to distribute the remaining biometric cards through (173) registration centers spread throughout the governorates of the region. Therefore, it calls on voters who have not received their biometric cards to visit the registration center close to their place of residence, to receive their biometric card.
On the other hand, and to develop the skills of employees in the electoral governorate offices in the Kurdistan Region who will work in the (4) audit centers, the Operations and Information Technology Department implemented a training workshop on the procedures of audit centers, manual counting and sorting, the structure of audit centers, the work mechanism, and the electronic program that will be used for auditing.
In the context of training workshops to protect the security and safety of the facilities of IHEC in the region, the Electoral Commission organized a training workshop on (assessing the security risks of electoral facilities) at the headquarters of the Central Committee for the Management of the Election Process of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament-Iraq 2024, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Electoral Assistance (UNAMI); to raise the security readiness of the Commission and ensure the security of the electoral process with high efficiency and professionalism.
In accordance with the Election Law of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament-Iraq No. (1) of 1992, as amended, the Independent High Electoral Commission confirms that it will take legal action against any party, group, organization, individual or any entity, that practices any form of pressure, intimidation or treason. and the political entity will be deprived of the votes it obtained, and anyone who infringes shall be liable to imprisonment and a fine, in the event of committing an electoral crime.
The Spokesperson’s Office
21st September, 2024
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