Iraq's Electoral Commission has said it will delay the start of campaigning for next month's Parliamentary elections. The move follows a court decision to overturn a ban on candidates barred because of alleged affiliations with Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party. An appeals panel ruled the ban should be overturned but the government wants it to remain in place. The political campaign which was due to start on Sunday will now begin next Friday to allow time for the row to be resolved.An official with the Independent High Electoral Commission Hamdiya al-Husseini said the start of election campaigning has been postponed from 7 to 12 February to give time to the federal court to look into our inquiry. The delay will allow time for an emergency parliamentary debate to be held on Sunday on the court ruling which the government has called illegal and unconstitutional.