Iraq: Top UN Envoy Lauds ‘Proper Conduct’ of Election Recount Process

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 May 2010 – The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today welcomed the “proper conduct” of the manual recount of votes cast in the country’s March parliamentary polls.

Following an appeal by the State of Law coalition, a political group headed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, regarding the election results, the Electoral Judicial Panel ordered the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to recount by hand all ballots cast in the governorate of…