{"id":346126,"date":"2021-10-12T15:33:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=bed745343a4840992ff27a455ba9ac30"},"modified":"2021-10-12T15:33:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:33:39","slug":"voter-turnout-in-iraq-hits-all-time-low-as-faith-in-democratic-process-falters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/10\/12\/voter-turnout-in-iraq-hits-all-time-low-as-faith-in-democratic-process-falters\/","title":{"rendered":"Voter Turnout in Iraq Hits All-Time Low as Faith in Democratic Process Falters"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/video\/voter-turnout-in-iraq-hits-all-time-low-as-faith-in-democratic-process-falters\/\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SEG2-Iraqi-election-split-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Voter Turnout in Iraq Hits All-Time Low as Faith in Democratic Process Falters\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SEG2-Iraqi-election-split-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SEG2-Iraqi-election-split-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SEG2-Iraqi-election-split-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SEG2-Iraqi-election-split-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SEG2-Iraqi-election-split-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SEG2-Iraqi-election-split.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p>Voter turnout at the fifth parliamentary election in Iraq hit an all-time low, with many Iraqis refusing to vote as widespread faith in the democratic process and politics falters. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who has been a vocal opponent of foreign invasion, won the most seats. He has also been accused of kidnapping and killing his critics. \u201cThe election has more to do with making this regime and this system look good than responding to the demands of the people,\u201d says Nabil Salih, Iraqi journalist and photographer, who also discusses protests that sped up the election and conditions in Iraq\u2019s hospitals. His latest piece for <em>Middle East Eye<\/em> is \u201cIraq\u2019s streets are littered with the memories of our dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Please check back later for full transcript.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/video\/voter-turnout-in-iraq-hits-all-time-low-as-faith-in-democratic-process-falters\/\">Latest \u2013 Truthout<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/video\/voter-turnout-in-iraq-hits-all-time-low-as-faith-in-democratic-process-falters\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SEG2-Iraqi-election-split-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Voter Turnout in Iraq Hits All-Time Low as Faith in Democratic Process Falters\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">Iraqi journalist Nabil Salih says the election has little to do with responding to the demands of the people.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1462,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[432,50,463,192,273,36801],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1462"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346215,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346126\/revisions\/346215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}