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image by Zoltan Horvath, 21 June 2014
"The Independent High Electoral Commission (Arabic: المفوضية العليا المستقلة
للانتخابات; IHEC) is Iraq's electoral commission. The electoral commission is
headed by a nine member board. Seven of those members are voting and must be
Iraqi citizens. The other two members are the Chief Electoral Officer and an
outside expert appointed by the United Nations. It is a professional, governmental, independent and neutral body supervised
by the Council of Representatives. It is exclusively responsible for organizing,
implementing and supervising all kinds of elections and referenda.
It was set up in May 2004 by the CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) as IECI
(Independent Election Commission of Iraq) by CPA Order 92 as the exclusive
electoral authority in Iraq to begin work towards holding an election in the
country. In 2007 the IECI was renamed the IHEC (Independent High Electoral
Commission) in accordance with Law 11 (2007) of the COA (Council of
Representatives of Iraq).
The commission receives lists of candidates to ban from the Council of
Representatives Accountability and Justice Commission. It also set up the voting
places in fourteen nations outside of Iraq. The Commission is also tasked with
dealing with complaints about the election."
Sources:
http://www.ihec.iq/en/index.php/aboutihec.html and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_High_Electoral_Commission
For additional information go to: IHEC (official
website)
Esteban Rivera, 21 June 2014
The flag was seen yesterday in this
BBC news report (from 1:54
onwards). It is a white horizontal flag, with the
logo of the organization inverted (that is, the logo is blue background
with people outlined in white, while tha flag has these colors
inverted), as seen here (The
footage was from the Parliamentary
elections held on April 30, 2014):
Sources: http://www.ihec.iq/
Images of flag:
http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/BKM101-519_2014_150733_high.jpg
Source:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/iraqi-premier-nouri-al-malikis-coalition-emerges-as-biggest-winner-in-parliamentary-elections-259789581.html
http://p4.img.cctvpic.com/photoworkspace/contentimg/2014/04/30/2014043017445672361.jpg
Source:
http://english.cntv.cn/2014/04/30/VIDE1398849720336997.shtml
http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/05/20/world/20IRAQ/20IRAQ-articleLarge-v3.jpg
Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/world/middleeast/party-of-iraqi-prime-minister-gains-seats-in-parliament.html?_r=0
http://62.201.200.54/photo/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_7304.jpg
Source: http://62.201.200.54/photo/ )
Sometimes the flag displays the Arabic inscription below the logo,
sometimes it does not.
Images: Screenshot of the flag and
screenshot of the logo.
Esteban Rivera, 21 June 2014