The Change Movement (Goran), the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU), the Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) and Coalition for Justice and Democracy have boycotted the process, NRT reported.

They are expected to hold a press conference later at 12:00 p.m. local time, the report added.

Iraqi electoral commission began the process of manual recount of votes in Erbil on Thursday morning. Representatives and observers from the United Nations and other political parties were also attending the process.

The electoral commission recounts 215 ballot boxes manually in Erbil. The boxes are those that the political parties filed complaints against due to electoral fraud.

The Iraqi parliament approved a third amendment to the election law on June 6, ordering a nationwide manual recount of votes for the parliamentary election because of widespread reports of fraud.

Iraq’s electoral commission introduced electronic voting and vote counting to eliminate electoral fraud for the parliamentary election on May 12. Several parties, however, complained about the new system.

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