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First Reactions Negative: The new Electoral Complaints Commission
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The presidential palace has announced the names of the five members of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC), the body which will deal with any complaints about the April 2014 presidential election.
It will also, along with the Independent Election Commission (IEC), rule whether the ballot was free and fair. The commissioners are Abdul Sattar Sadat, Rida Azimi, Nader Mohseni, Azizullah Aryafar and Payghambar Qul Doghan.
As AAN researcher Gran Hewad reports, the five are reasonably qualified professionally, but there are allegations that they are too close to the Palace and the current, but out-going, vice presidents.
The president selected the five out of a shortlist of 15, with the announcement being made on 16 September 2013.(1) The five have a range of reasonably relevant professional qualifications, with, between them, experience in the law, journalism, academia, the Senate, distri