This is a means that the May 12 parliamentary polls were a “farce,” Allawi said in a statement released by his office.

“Fraud unveiled by the manual recount of votes in some Kirkuk polling stations undoubtedly shows that the recent polls were a farce.”

According to Alawi, at some Kirkuk polling stations fraud reached 50 percent.

He urged the judges, elected as commissioners, “to abide by the parliament’s third amendment to the election law which orders the manual recount of the election votes for all of the provinces.”

According to NRT he added that undermining the amended election law will result in losing credibility for the political process,.

The Iraqi High Electoral Commission began on Tuesday, July 3, a manual recount of votes cast in Kirkuk over widespread reports of fraud.

The United Nations, consulates, and party representatives, as well as international observers are monitoring the process.

Ballot boxes in the provinces of Salahadin, Duhok, Erbil, Anbar, Nineveh, and Sulaimani will be opened after Kirkuk.

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