Disputes over election results flare after Baghdad ballot fire
Following the arson attack on the ballot storage center in Baghdad, the government faces no easy choices, as some demand a rerun of the election and some others warn of a civil war if that happens.
The fate of Iraq’s latest elections has become fraught following a deliberate arson attack on the ballot boxes storage center in the Rusafa district of Baghdad on June 10.
The facility exposed to the fire contained some 1.1 million of the overall 1.8 million votes from the Baghdad constituency. Baghdad is crucial to forming power in Iraq’s parliament as the district holds 71 of the total 329 seats. Votes from the Rusafa district alone account for around 40 seats and could alter the course of the future government.
