Iraq orders recount of all 11 million votes from May 12 election
Iraq's parliament has ordered a full recount of the country's recent parliamentary election that resulted in a shock victory for Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. The country's outgoing 328-seat parliament voted in favour of a manual recount of all 11 million ballots from the May 12 poll in response to charges of electoral fraud. MPs also sacked a nine-member independent electoral commission that oversaw the process and replaced the body with […]
