14 persons arrested for violating electoral silence

MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: Fourteen persons were arrested on Saturday in Muthanna for violating the electoral silence by distributing electoral ads of some political blocs near electoral centers, said the province’s police commander. “Those arrested were interrogated,” General Kadhum al-Jayiashi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “They were released after they had signed commitments that they would not practice electoral campaigning,” he added. Samawa, the capital city of Muthanna province, lies 280 km south of Baghdad. MH (P) / SS 2