Iraq constitutional referendum certification of results [IECI] News
Iraq constitutional referendum certification of results [IECI]

Certification of the final results of the referendum on the draft Iraqi constitution, Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq press briefing, October 25, 2005. Excerpt [by IECI briefer]:

Ladies and gentlemen, today the constitutional referendum has completed in Iraq and we announced the final results. And now we are going to approve the results of the general constitutional referendum in Iraq. And the meeting is attended by all members of the electoral commission in Iraq, and Mrs. Carina Perelli, director of international aid in the United Nations, and an international member on the commission.

Read the full text of the transcript via MNF-Iraq. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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