29,000 supervisors for Wassit elections

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A total of 29,000 supervisors will run the electoral process during the Wassit provincial council elections on January 31, the director of the Wassit elections office said on Monday. “A total of 29,000 supervisors have been registered in the Wassit commission office to monitor the elections and register violations,” Kazem Abdullah al-Shimri told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Each political bloc has the right to register 520 supervisors; two for each electoral poll out of the total 260 electoral centers,” al-Shimri added. The provincial council elections are due to be held on January 31 in 14 out of 18 Iraqi provinces. Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 2