BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Iraq announced the procedure for manually recounting the votes, based on the decision made in this regard by the Appeals Court, Faraj al-Hayderi, the IHEC's head, said on Monday.“This is our interpretation of the law,' al-Hayderi told the press including Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Dawlat al-Qanoon Alliance has filed a petition with the Electoral Judiciary Commission demanding to stop the process of recounting the votes that began earlier on Monday.
“The IHEC refused to compare the number of voters to the number of ballots,' Hussein al-Shahrestani, a leading figure of Dawlat al-Qanoon, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that the IHEC did not commit to what the commission has ordered.
“The IHEC insists on making the results of the elections unrepresentative of the will of the Iraqi voters,' al-Shahrestani stressed.
Al-Haydero noted that Dawlat al-Qanoon has the right to appeal the procedure.