Assessing the Iraqi elections in the final week of campaigning
Today marks the start of election week in Iraq. After a two-month delay and the banning of more than 500 candidates, voters across the country will go to the polls in the country’s first election since 2005. But far more than the 325 seats at stake is the future of a successful democracy.
Gabriel Gatehouse, BBC correspondent in Baghdad reports on the final days of campaigning there. Laith Kubba a former Iraqi politician and currently with the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C. gives his perspective.
The World is an independent newsroom. We’re not funded by billionaires; instead, we rely on readers and listeners like you. As a listener, you’re a crucial part of our team and our global community. If you’ve been thinking about making a donation, this is the best time to do it. Your support is vital to running our nonprofit newsroom, and we can’t do this work without you. All donations between now and June 30 will be matched 2:1. Will you help keep our newsroom on strong footing by giving to The World?