US embassy cable - 05BAGHDAD4796

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Identifier:	05BAGHDAD4796
Wikileaks:	View 05BAGHDAD4796 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Baghdad
Created:	2005-12-01 11:35:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ Elections
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 004796 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2015 
TAGS: PNAT, PGOV, PTER, KDEM, IZ, Elections 
SUBJECT: IECI WILL NOT EXCLUDE CANDIDATES LISTED BY 
COMMISSION ON PUBLIC INTEGRITY 
 
Classified By: Political Counselor Robert S. Ford for 
reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). 
 
1. (C) Prior to departing for OCV oversight trips on 
November 24, Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq 
(IECI) Commissioner Farid Ayar told PolOff on multiple 
occasions that the IECI Commissioners had agreed not 
to exclude the names of any candidates on a letter 
previously submitted to the IECI by the Commission on 
Public Integrity (CPI).  On November 28, Farid re- 
affirmed this message in a press statement to Al Malaf 
net that was released on the internet. 
 
2. (C) The CPI letter had identified Minister of 
Municipalities and Public Works Nasreen Barwari, 
former Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Leila 
Abdul Latif, and former Minister of Defense Hazim al 
Shaalan as candidates who were charged with corruption 
and hence barred from running for office.  Ayar told 
Poloff said that the CPI letter was weak, and provided 
little evidence of confirmed criminal activities that 
would justify exclusion of the three from the 
election. 
KHALILZAD

US embassy cable - 05BAGHDAD4796

IECI WILL NOT EXCLUDE CANDIDATES LISTED BY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC INTEGRITY