The conference in Al Anbar discusses the role of the media and civil society organizations

Over the work of the conference brought together approximately 100 media figures and of civil society organizations and representatives of the Independent Electoral Commission, together with the participation of a number of members of the Council of the Al-Anbar province as functional and not partisan, issuing a set of recommendations in the forefront of which reaffirmed the need to open the floodgates for media coverage in all polling stations and terminals, without exception.

He also called on the participants in the Conference to the need to allow representatives of observation networks to carry mobile phones to cover direct in accomplishing the tasks of their work. And participants noted the need to ensure that the election discourse speech confirms on common values accepted national and also in accordance with international standards, in terms of respect for others and to allow electoral activity propaganda without hindrance.

And he was a supporter of Mr. al-Lami journalists' Syndicate had made an intervention which he explained the nature of the special role and distinguished told reporters in ensuring the highest degree of transparency of the electoral process through substantive coverage non-aligned, and the transfer of the events in the language of high aimed to adhere to the Iraqi Constitution and the election law and IHEC's actions.

On his part, Mr. Hussein Al-Ibrahimi the regional coordinator of the network of Shams on the role of civil society organizations in upholding the impartiality of the elections through to shed light on the course of preparations for the elections and polling day, saying new observation system adopted by Shams in the control of March elections expected by the application of the system of the sample selected for diagnosis of the course of the elections and reach an early estimate of its results.

And the effects of the system of the new election inspection widespread attention among the audience, and successively the questions on ways of the implementation of the project Inspection.

For his part, explained the representative of the Office of the elections Mr. ABDUL HALIM Kassem Mohammad assisted by Mr. staff Jabber al-Alusi media official controls for IHEC to monitor journalists for polling day, indicating that an inventory of the introduction of the cameras in 26 polling stations emanated from ensuring that it does not lead to confusion or disruption of the ballot, according to speakers.

On the other hand, both speakers stressed the keenness of the Office to neutrality, and called on journalists to follow the example of this criterion in the coverage of the elections, warning of falling under the temptations of competing blocs in the media coverage and the need to ensure the accuracy of information away from factionalism, as had been put to the head of the Iraqi journalists

And it was Mr. official information of shams’s team has highlighted on the history of Shams and how to emerge, and local organizations and the Arab and international-backed, in addition to explain the terms of bilateral cooperation with the Press Syndicate in the three will be created: the convening of a training session, the commander of 20 media in the Press Syndicate headquarters on 11 and 12 February, to train all of them in at least 20 journalists. And the Conference of the current Al-Anbar, and finally holding the Conference of the opinion of the leaders of 2 march to discuss the course of the elections and to draw the appropriate recommendations for strengthening the role of surveillance networks and the media to promote the process.