Middle East.
In addition to a record abstention rate of almost 60%, Sunday's legislative elections were marked by the victory of candidates backed by the powerful Shiite nationalist leader Moqtada Sadr and the retreat of pro-Iran ex-militiamen.
Young people - 60% of the 40 million Iraqis are under 25 - did not go to vote, expecting nothing from a sclerotic political system, unable to provide them with a minimum of public services and plagued by corruption.
Too heavy hold
If a massive abstention was expected, the surprise came from the poor result of the candidates close to the Iranian neighbor, which exercises supervision over Iraq.
A heavy guardianship, already rejected in the fall of 2019 by thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets, but whose protest ended up being stifled by repression.
The list of pro-Iran, grouped together in the Alliance of Conquest, has fallen from 48 seats in the previous Parliament to only ten, according to results not yet completely
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