Erbil investigates election campaign violations, seeks fines for offenders
Shafaq News/ On Monday, Erbil Mayor KarzanHadi announced that investigations are underway into election campaignviolations by some parties and political entities that have disregarded theinstructions of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC).
During a press conference, Hadistated that the municipality had observed several breaches of the IHEC'sregulations, affirming, "Today, we addressed these violations, as severalparties and political entities used prohibited areas, such as median strips,green zones, and traffic signals, for election advertisements."
Hadi also noted that ErbilMunicipality had submitted an official report to the IHEC, seeking to imposefines on the parties and entities violating election campaign laws, emphasizing“the importance of everyone adhering to the instructions to ensure a fair andregulated election campaign.”
In a related context, Duhok GovernorAli Tatar announced on Sunday that violations by some parties and candidateshad been detected, with campaign posters and banners placed in unauthorizedlocations, obstructing traffic and disrupting the movement of citizens.
On September 25, the Kurdistanelection campaign began, with Shafaq News Agency documenting the widespreaddisplay of candidates' posters along roadsides and in public squares acrossErbil, the capital of the Region.
Back in June, President NechirvanBarzani issued a Regional decree setting October 20, 2024, as the official datefor the Kurdistan parliamentary elections.
In a televised speech, the presidenturged for a "civilized" election process, stressing “the need tocombat hatred and respect women's status.”
