Iraq’s Premier Endorses a Recount of the Vote, The New York Times (2010)
Mr. Maliki’s statement, which did not directly call for a recount, invoked his position as commander in chief of the military and seemed to imply violence would ensue without a new count, and he said that election officials were obligated to respond to calls for a recount. Ayad Allawi the main competitor showed a slight lead of 11000 votes over the Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki after having 95% of the votes counted. The commission said complete results would be released on 27 March.
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