IHEC sanctions parliamentary candidates over campaign rules
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Wednesday fined two parliamentary candidates for violating campaign regulations.
According to official records, the IHEC Board of Commissioners imposed a penalty of five million dinars (about $3,800) each on sitting lawmaker Yahya al-Mohammadi and candidate Jassim al-Asal, both running on the al-Anbar Is Our Identity (al-Anbar hawiyatona) list.
The fines came as IHEC warned that candidates who breach campaign rules face escalating measures, ranging from financial penalties starting at two million dinars (about $1,500) to possible disqualification. Spokesman Hassan Hadi Zayer told Shafaq News the commission’s new 29-article framework is designed to safeguard the integrity of the November 11 parliamentary elections.
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