1st LD: Iraqi parliament votes for partial polls re-count over alleged fraud

BAGHDAD, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi parliament Monday voted for a decision to carry out manual re-count for 10 percent of votes of May 12 parliamentary election over allegations of fraud, forgery and irregularities, a source from parliament told Xinhua.

With the attendance of 165 lawmakers at the emergency session, the parliament passed a draft to re-count 10 percent of the votes. And if one quarter of the 10-percent votes are proved with irregularity, the re-count would be carried out for all the votes across the country, the source said on condition of anonymity.

The decision also stated to abolish the votes from the polling centers outside Iraq if irregularities are approved, the source said. Enditem