Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) quoted MP Ahmed Shaheed saying signature collection had begun to freeze the work of provincial councils because of Iraq's severe financial crisis. Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) published photographs of a parliamentary request it said bears more than seventy signatures, seeking to freeze the councils' operations, budgets and allocations for the remainder of the current term and end their executive powers. Both posts fall within twenty-five minutes of each other this afternoon; the document image the desk can read carries a different name in the signature block than the MP named by Al-Kornet, and the supplied material does not resolve who organised the signatures.
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated09 Aug, 17:10
“With the documents… a parliamentary request signed by more than 70 signatures to freeze the work and budgets of provincial councils for the current term.”
بالوثائق.. طلب نيابي موقع باكثر من 70 توقيعا لتجميد عمل وموازنات مجالس المحافظات للدورة الحالية
- Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated09 Aug, 17:34
“MP Ahmed Shaheed: We have begun collecting signatures to freeze the work of provincial councils because of the severe financial crisis engulfing Iraq.”
النائب أحمد شهيد: شرعنا بجمع التواقيع لتجميد عمل مجالس المحافظات، بسبب الأزمة المالية الخانقة التي تعصف بالعراق.
An elected tier of Iraqi local government is the subject of a signature drive amplified by outlets of two separate factions, with control of provincial operating budgets and allocations explicitly in the text.