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Iraq parliament confirms May 12 as date for elections

Published January 22, 2018 Updated January 22, 2018 03:31pm

The Supreme Federal Court on Sunday ruled against calls by Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers to delay the election to allow hundreds of thousands of people displaced by war to return home.

Shi'ite politicians, including Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi who is seeking re-election, had argued delaying the election would be unconstitutional.

Copyright Reuters, 2018