Duhok Police arrest group for tearing down election posters; candidates encouraged to file complaints
Shafaq News/On Tuesday, Colonel Haiman Suleiman, the media spokesperson for Duhok Police,reported the arrest of a group of individuals who tore down election postersand advertisements for several candidates in the governorate.
At a pressconference, Suleiman stated, “These individuals tore down posters belonging tocertain political parties for personal motives. Following reports of theseincidents, the Duhok Police, in coordination with security forces in thegovernorate, launched an investigation, apprehended the suspects, and seizedthe vehicle used in these offenses.”
“The DuhokPolice took legal action against them after their arrest,” the mediaspokesperson affirmed. “Any harmed candidate has the right to file a complaintagainst them.”
The electioncampaign in the Kurdistan Region began on September 25 and will continue untilOctober 15, with the electoral silence set to commence on Wednesday.
In June,President Nechirvan Barzani issued a Regional decree setting October 20, 2024,as the official date for the Kurdistan parliamentary elections.
The totalnumber of candidates has reached 1,191, competing for 100 seats in theKurdistan Parliament, distributed as follows: 38 seats for Al-Sulaymaniyahgovernorate, 34 for Erbil, 25 for Halabja, and 3 seats divided among 823 malesand 368 females. The number of candidates from alliances is 123, while partycandidates total 946, along with 119 independent candidates for the generalseats and the Christian and Turkmen quotas.
Thecandidacy for the component seats is individual, with 38 candidates for thecomponent quota seats. There are 20 individual candidates for the Turkmen twoseats and 18 individual candidates for the three Christian seats.
