Press Release
SRSG Staffan de Mistura Condemns the Assassination of Iraqi Candidate
01 January 2009
Baghdad-01 January 2009- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Iraq (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura condemned the assassination of Mr. Mowaffaq al-Hamdani, a candidate on the "Iraq for Us" list in Mosul. “The murder of Mr. Hamdani represents the worst kind of election violence, which should not be tolerated,” said Mr. de Mistura.
In light of other election related violence in Mosul in the past 10 days, which included raids and attacks against candidates of the Hadba party, Mr. de Mistura added “Campaign violence in Iraq must not be allowed to intimidate candidates or interfere with the right of every Iraqi to exercise their vote on 31 January.
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