Monday, November 10, 2008

Iraq Sets Date For Provincial Polls

Sources: BBC News and Iraq public holidays (qppstudio.net). Qazim Abudi, administrative director of the Iraq High Electoral Committee, announced that the long delayed provincial elections would be held on the same day, Saturday, January 31, 2009, in Baghdad and 14 or Iraq's 18 provinces. Based on what happened on the occasion of previous elections, we expect that date to be declared a public holiday in Iraq.