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| Placards of Ashuraa, elections compete in Sadr city |
| 2009-01-04 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Ali Munther and two of his colleagues removed electoral leaflets that were attached to an electricity cabin in Sadr city, eastern Baghdad, to replace them with one big black banner on which they wrote "Oppressed Hussein," celebrating the Shiite celebrations of the Ashuraa, the day that marks the killing of Imam Hussein bin Ali. It is almost the same situation throughout Sadr city streets where Ashuraa and electoral placards are currently competing to find a place. "The cabin is located near our house and shop," Munther told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "I do not know who gave candidates the right to put their stickers and banners on it. They glued their electoral leaflets on the cabin at night," he added. "Those candidates should share our sadness in Ashuraa rather than jockeying for positions," he noted. "They are just deceiving poor people with false promises." The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said that it received complaints from several political entities that their electoral leaflets were taken off from their places. "The IHEC formed an ad hoc committee to look into those complaints," a media source from the IHEC told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The committee will take measures to stop those violations," he said. For its part, the Iraqi interior ministry forces arrested some of those involved in removing electoral leaflets and are now being interrogated. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "They are just deceiving poor people with false promises." Just like politicians in America. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-01-04 04:54 |