Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05BAGHDAD4796
2005-12-01 11:35:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:  

IECI WILL NOT EXCLUDE CANDIDATES LISTED BY

Tags:  PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 004796 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2015
TAGS: PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: IECI WILL NOT EXCLUDE CANDIDATES LISTED BY
COMMISSION ON PUBLIC INTEGRITY

Classified By: Political Counselor Robert S. Ford for
reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).

C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 004796

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2015
TAGS: PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: IECI WILL NOT EXCLUDE CANDIDATES LISTED BY
COMMISSION ON PUBLIC INTEGRITY

Classified By: Political Counselor Robert S. Ford for
reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).


1. (C) Prior to departing for OCV oversight trips on
November 24, Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
(IECI) Commissioner Farid Ayar told PolOff on multiple
occasions that the IECI Commissioners had agreed not
to exclude the names of any candidates on a letter
previously submitted to the IECI by the Commission on
Public Integrity (CPI). On November 28, Farid re-
affirmed this message in a press statement to Al Malaf
net that was released on the internet.


2. (C) The CPI letter had identified Minister of
Municipalities and Public Works Nasreen Barwari,
former Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Leila
Abdul Latif, and former Minister of Defense Hazim al
Shaalan as candidates who were charged with corruption
and hence barred from running for office. Ayar told
Poloff said that the CPI letter was weak, and provided
little evidence of confirmed criminal activities that
would justify exclusion of the three from the
election.
KHALILZAD