Iraq's Electoral Commission Says Election Date Certain
Over the past days, Iraqi politicians from different parliamentary blocs have expressed their concerns about the electoral commission's inability to hold early elections on the scheduled date.
The electoral commission announced in a statement: "The tenth of next October is the date to hold the elections, and it is certain and irreversible. We call on citizens to update their data before 15 April."
In March 2021, the electoral commission announced the registration of 30 coalitions in early elections, including 250 parties.
Around 25.1 million Iraqis are eligible to vote in the early parliamentary elections.
Holding early elections has been a major demand of the popular movement, which led to widespread protests in the country since October 2019, and succeeded in removing former prime minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi at the end of the same year.
Source: Middle East Monitor
