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BAGHDAD, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Some Iraqi political groups are threatening
voters with eternal damnation if they fail to vote in this week's election,
prompting complaints from other parties, an election offical said on
Tuesday.
Farid Ayar, spokesman for Iraq's election body, said some parties had used
photographs of religious leaders in campaign posters that might contravene
electoral rules.
"They are raising some religious pictures and asking people to follow them
because if not they will go to hell," said Ayar, spokesman for the
Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), which is organising
Sunday's poll.
"There are many people complaining about that... From the other side, there
are some complaints about some parties using official vehicles to distribute
(posters)," he added.
Candidates from Iraq's Shi'ite community have been accused of cashing in on
the popularity of their leading cleric, the revered Grand Ayatollah Ali
al-Sistani, by using his photograph in their campaign literature.
Sistani is not standing for election but a mainly Shi'ite list of candidates
drawn up with his guidance is expected to do best in the elections. He has
also issued an edict ordering his followers to vote.
The cleric's white-bearded face, topped by a black turban, is plastered on
posters across Baghdad and cities in Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated south.
Under Iraq's recently drafted electoral rules, parties may not display
religious logos on ballot papers. The guidelines on using photographs of
famous clerics on posters are less clear.
"We have said it is better not to use such symbols," Ayar said. "We have
issued a statement saying to these parties: 'Use logos, use anything, but
don't use these symbols'."
He said the IECI had talked to the offending candidates and would make a
further announcement on the issue this week.
Ayar said Shi'ites had responded to the complaints by saying other parties
were using controversial photos in their literature, including pictures of
Abdul Karim al-Qasim, the brigadier who overthrew Iraq's monarchy in 1958,
ushering in half a century of coups and dictatorship.
Other parties have complained that interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has
contravened electoral rules by using government cars, helicopters and
resources to boost his election campaign.
The IECI said it would consider those complaints too, but could not say what
action it might take.
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01/25/2005 14:56
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