Kurdish opposition groups led by the "Goran", or Change block of Nusherwan Mustapha, issued a list of complaints about improper electoral procedures and numerous irregularities during Saturday's vote.
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Anecdotal evidence indicated that the problems with the 2007 election have negatively influenced public confidence in electoralprocedures and practices in Scotland.
The president's critics have raised the 1.2m signatures needed to ensure a referendum on it, and a row was raging this week over the zeal of the official electoral-procedures office to sabotage the process.