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New09 Aug, 22:46 BAGHDAD

KSS-affiliated iNEWS presses to abolish provincial councils

WHAT HAPPENED

Between roughly 19:39 and 19:47 on 9 August, iNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) posted four breaking-news cards quoting a figure named al-Sharmani: broad popular support to freeze provincial council work; clear constitutional mechanisms to proceed toward abolishing them; broad popular support for abolition given councils have delivered nothing beyond holiday decisions and private-generator pricing; and an allegation that projects are being directed to serve the election campaigns of some MPs and governors. In the same window, Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated/aligned media) reported Wasit protesters mobilizing to close the provincial council and governorate buildings. The identity and office of al-Sharmani are not stated in the supplied evidence.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 22:39

    “There is broad popular support for freezing the work of provincial councils.”

    هناك تأييد شعبي واسع لتجميد عمل مجالس المحافظات

  2. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 22:42

    “There are clear constitutional mechanisms to proceed toward abolishing provincial councils.”

    هناك آليات دستورية واضحة للمضي باتجاه الغاء مجالس المحافظات

  3. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 22:44

    “There is broad popular support for abolishing provincial councils, which have given citizens nothing more than holiday decisions and private-generator pricing.”

    هناك تأييد شعبي واسع لالغاء مجالس المحافظات التي لم تقدم للمواطنين أكثر من قرارات العطل وتسعيرات المولدات الاهلية

  4. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 22:46

    “Projects are directed in a way that serves the election campaigns of some MPs and governors.”

    المشاريع يتم توجيهها بطريقة تخدم الحملات الانتخابية لبعض النواب والمحافظين

  5. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 22:35

    “Wasit protesters are mobilizing to close the provincial council and governorate buildings.”

    متظاهرو واسط يحشدون لغلق مبنيي مجلس المحافظة والمحافظة

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

Provincial councils control local contracting and appointments, so a faction-affiliated outlet pressing constitutional abolition is a bid over who administers governorate money and posts ahead of elections.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)🔴 #عاجل_اي_نيوز الشرماني لـ (آي نيوز): المشاريع يتم توجيهها بطريقة تخدم الحملات الانتخابية لبعض النواب والمحافظين
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.