BAGHDAD- Iraq's Supreme Federal Court is the only entity that has the right to decide if a parliamentary election held in May needs to be re-run, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's spokesman told Reuters on Monday.
"This is a matter for the Federal Court and not for the executive branch or any other entity," said Saad al-Hadithi when asked if the prime minister had a comment on the speaker of parliament's call for another election.
Parliament had mandated a manual recount of the election after a number of political parties alleged fraud. A storage site holding half of the ballot boxes from the capital caught fire on Sunday.
(Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein; editing by John Stonestreet) ((ahmed.aboulenein@tr.com; +964 790 191 7021; Reuters Messaging: ahmed.aboulenein.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
