{"id":127328,"date":"2018-06-11T00:46:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T22:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=127328"},"modified":"2018-06-11T00:47:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T22:47:04","slug":"iraqi-ballot-box-storage-site-catches-fire-in-baghdad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=127328","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>A storage site housing half of Baghdad\u2019s ballot boxes from Iraq\u2019s parliamentary election in May caught fire on Sunday, just days after parliament demanded a nationwide recount of votes, drawing calls for the election to be re-run.Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi described the fire as a \u201cplot\u201d aimed at Iraq\u2019s democracy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The timing of the fire undermined the results of an election whose validity was already in doubt. Fewer than 45 percent of voters cast a ballot, a record low, and allegations of fraud began almost immediately after the vote.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBurning election warehouses &#8230; is a plot to harm the nation and its democracy. We will take all necessary measures and strike with an iron fist all who undermine the security of the nation and its citizens,\u201d Abadi said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Experts would conduct an investigation and prepare a detailed report on how the fire started, he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An Interior Ministry spokesman said the fire was confined to one of four warehouses at the site. State television said ballot boxes were moved to another location under heavy security.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji later told a local television channel that \u201cnot a single box was burned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Abadi, whose electoral alliance came third in the election, had said on Tuesday that a government investigation had found serious violations and blamed Iraq\u2019s independent elections commission for most of them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Parliament mandated a full manual recount the next day. The Independent High Elections Commission had used electronic vote- counting devices to tally the results.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A recount could undermine nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States whose bloc won the largest number of seats in the election. One of Sadr\u2019s top aides expressed concern that some parties were trying to sabotage the cleric\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>CALLS FOR RE-RUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Salim al-Jabouri, the outgoing speaker of parliament, said the fire showed the election should be repeated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u201cThe crime of burning ballot-box storage warehouses in the Rusafa area is a deliberate act, a planned crime, aimed at hiding instances of fraud and manipulation of votes, lying to the Iraqi people and changing their will and choices,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jabouri narrowly lost his seat in May and had been one of the strongest proponents of a recount before the fire.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Opponents of the recount, mostly those whose blocs did well in the election, point out that many who voted for it were lawmakers who lost their seat. Sadr\u2019s bloc boycotted the parliamentary session in which the vote took place.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jabouri\u2019s call was seconded by Vice President Iyad Allawi, the leader of the electoral alliance Jabouri ran as part of.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Top Sadr aide Dhiaa al-Asadi said the fire was a plot aimed at forcing a repeat of the election and hiding fraud.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhoever burned the election equipment and document storage site had two goals: either cancelling the election or destroying the stuffed ballots counted amongst the results,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The fire took place at a Trade Ministry site in Baghdad where the election commission stored the ballot boxes from al-Rusafa, the half of Baghdad on the eastern side of the Tigris river. Baghdad is Iraq\u2019s most populous province, accounting for 71 seats out of the Iraqi parliament\u2019s 329.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>JUDICIAL TAKEOVER<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The site was divided into four warehouses, said Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Saad Maan. Only one &#8211; housing electronic equipment and documents &#8211; had burned down, he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Firefighters stopped the fire from spreading to the remaining three warehouses, where the ballot boxes are stored, he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The law mandating a manual recount also mandated the board of the election commission be replaced by judges. Earlier on Sunday, the Supreme Judicial Council, Iraq\u2019s highest judicial authority, named the judges who will take over replace the commissioners.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The council also named judges to replace the commission\u2019s local chiefs in each of Iraq\u2019s 18 provinces, another measure mandated by parliament.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The board of commissioners has said it would appeal against the law forcing the recount.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Its chairman a statement late on Sunday said all of the electronic vote counting and voter identification equipment had been lost in the fire but that ballot boxes were safe.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe fire does not affect the election results,\u201d Maan al-Hetawi said, because it had kept copies of the paper tallies produced by the vote counting devices in a separate location.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe commission today is targeted from all sides &#8230; we call on all constitutional institutions in the country and the leaders of all political blocs to do their historic duty and preserve the results of the electoral process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A storage site housing half of Baghdad\u2019s ballot boxes from Iraq\u2019s parliamentary election in May caught fire on Sunday, just days after parliament demanded a nationwide recount of votes, drawing calls for the election to be re-run.Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi described the fire as a \u201cplot\u201d aimed at Iraq\u2019s democracy. 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