Iraq MPs to challenge parliament decision to cancel election results

Deputies from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) yesterday announced their intention to appeal before the Federal Court against a parliament decision to cancel some of results of this month’s elections.

“The parliamentary decision to cancel some of the election results is invalid and unconstitutional and bypasses the judiciary,” MP of Kirkuk Ribwar Taha said in Baghdad.

“We will challenge the parliamentary session and decision before the Federal Court,” he added.

The Iraqi MP called on President Fuad Masum to intervene in his capacity as the “protector of the Constitution”.

The Iraqi parliament voted on Monday evening in favour of a resolution to count at least ten per cent of the votes again and to cancel the votes of Iraqis abroad and internally displaced people (IDP) in refugee camps because they cast their votes using their ID cards and not the electronic voter card.

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