Legislative in Iraq: for Arthur Quesnay, "these elections should renew the political order"

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A man walks to a polling station to vote in the Iraqi parliamentary elections, in Duhok, Iraq, October 10, 2021. © REUTERS / Ari Jalal

By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

D-day for the early parliamentary elections in Iraq.

25 million Iraqis are being called to the polls to renew Parliament.

In expects a strong abstention at the end of this ballot.

To talk about it, Arthur Quesnay, doctor in political science from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, is the international guest of RFI.

Author of the book “

The Iraqi Civil War.

Partisan orders and identity politics in Kirkuk (2003-2020)

”, published by Karthala editions.

He answers questions from Jean-Baptiste Marot.

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