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STORY: IRAQ / ELECTIONS
TRT: 1.41
SOURCE: UNAMI
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 20-22 APRIL 2013, IRAQ, BAGHDAD
1. Med shot, security forces searching voters
2. Pan right, people searching for their names at polling station in Baghdad
3. Med shot, family check-in at polling station in Baghdad
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq: "It is very important to note that for the first time, it is a 100% Iraqi organized election."
6. Tracking shot, SRSG Martin Kobler with media in polling station in Baghdad
7. Med shot, Iraqi women receiving voting paper
8. Med shot, political entities observers checking names and numbers of voters at polling station in Baghdad
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abo Ali, 67 years old voter:
“Change is imminent. Change is happening, God willing. Achievement will be beyond imagination, but we need to be patient.”
10. Med shot, Iraqi woman putting her ballot paper into the box
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Surur Abdulwahed, Acting manager, Coordination and field support for IHEC (Independent High Electoral Commission):
“We have worked to have statistics about the number of participant from women from the total number of the voters.”
12. Wide shot, counting and separating election papers in the counting center
Iraqis voted last Saturday (20 April 2013) in the country's first elections since the withdrawal of US troops; a key test for the Iraqi security forces.
Electors from 12 governorates (out of 18) went to the polling stations under tight security arrangements.
Before the vote, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Martin Kobler, emphasized the importance of the active participation of all eligible Iraqis for the success of the poll.
The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced that 51 percent of the 13.5 million registered voters cast their ballots in the elections; the figure includes also the votes of police and military who voted separately on 13 April 2013.
The UN Iraq congratulated the Iraqi citizens on the peaceful conduct of the Provincial Council elections and commended the work of the IHEC for its high level of professionalism. The UN also praised the efforts of the Iraqi Security Forces who provided a peaceful environment for the elections.
265 political entities had been certified by IHEC to participate in the elections. Nomination papers were submitted for a total of 8,302 candidates, of which 2,205 (26 percent) were women.
The counting of votes has now started and IHEC should announce the result later in April.
