Iraqi government decided, on Tuesday to hold local elections in Nineveh and Anbar provinces on the 4th of next July.
This is the second date determined by the government to hold elections in the two provinces where elections have been already delayed for six months due to his lack of appropriate security atmosphere.
The decision faced the refusal of the majority of political forces in the country, while the Independent Higher Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced this month that the elections will be held one month after conducting them in the rest of the provinces, the government has not commented on it.
"The cabinet identified in its regular session, the 4th of next July as a date for the provincial elections in Nineveh (north of Iraq) and Anbar(west of Iraq) ," source in the cabinet told "Shafaq News".
The first general polling provincial elections process was concluded on 20th of April in 12 Iraqi provinces, as 50% of those eligible to vote participated in those provinces, according to IHEC , were distributed on 5190 electoral centers and 32 102 polling stations.
139 thousand political entities and coalitions competed in the elections with the participation of 8275 candidates and was monitored by about 66 thousand local and international observers.
The provincial elections are the first to be held in Iraq since parliamentary elections in 2010 as well as the first one since American troop's withdrawal December 2011.
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