Hadi al-Amiri at a rally in Baghdad on October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File Photo
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SULAIMANI — After losing most of their seats in Iraq’s parliamentary
election, Iran-backed parties alleged on Tuesday (October 12) that the results
had been subject to manipulation, setting the a potentially contentious government
formation process.
Amid a low turnout, support for the parties from the Fatah
Alliance, which is made up of the political arms of some of the Popular
Mobilizations Forces (PMF) militias, plummeted from 47 seats to around a dozen,
according a count by AFP.
"We will appeal against the results and we reject
them," a group of Shia parties, including those from Fatah, said in a
statement.
The Hezbollah Brigades said that the election result was "the
biggest scam and rip-off the Iraqi people have been subjected to in modern
history,” according to AFP.
Militia commander Hadi al-Amiri told a television station in
an interview that "we will not accept these fabricated results, whatever
the cost."
PMF fighters had been deemed ineligible for special voting on October 8, which was set aside so members of the security forces could vote.
The biggest winner in the election was the parties
affiliated with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who won 73 of the 329 seats.
(NRT Digital Media)