Al Jazeera English Iraq parliamentary polls: Low election enthusiasm in southern regions

Cities in southern Iraq are facing low voter enthusiasm ahead of Tuesday’s parliamentary polls. That’s after the region’s influential leader called for a boycott, accusing the electoral system of corruption. The absence of the southern bloc in the next government could drastically reshape Iraq’s delicate balance of power.

Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reports from the capital, Baghdad.

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