Iraq changes electoral law, sparking opposition anger ...Kuwait

Iraq's parliament has voted to restore electoral laws that were scrapped after 2019 anti-government demonstrations on Monday, sparking anger from independent lawmakers who see it benefiting larger parties. The law, which parliament said in a statement was "adopted" without detailing the votes, revives the electoral law of 2018 and sweeps away one of the gains of the mass protest movement which shook Iraq. After the protests, a new system favoured the emergence of independent candidates, with some 70 independents winning seats in the 329-member parliament in the last legislative elections in 2021. Parliament is dominated by the Coordination Framework, an alliance of po

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