Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: His government created 59,000 jobs in the education ministry alone and brought back 4,000 staff to their former positions at the information ministry, Jaafari said before expressing hopes for a peaceful election on Thursday. In a direct response to complaints from Allawi against institutional abuses among Shiite-dominated security forces and torture in prisons, Jaafari pointed the finger at his secular rival.

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