Parliament end the controversy over the election law tomorrow

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The House of Representatives decided in its meeting yesterday, continued his work until the vote on the proposal to amend the law of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, while his chairmanship of the Legal Committee called for proposals to amend the electoral law in force, in the event did not pass the new law.

While finished parliament first and second readings of three bills, refused to vote on the bill reconstruction of infrastructure and service sectors, and return it to the executive branch.



According to a press release of the Department of Media, said that «the Council decided at its meeting of 29, which was held yesterday, chaired by Speaker Osama Najafi and the presence of 247 members, the continuation of the work of the Council until the vote on the proposed law on the upcoming parliamentary elections at a meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) ».



Said Najafi that in the case not to vote on the proposed law you will be returning to the law in force, calling the Legal Committee to submit proposals to amend the law in force in order to vote in accordance contexts followed .



Sstatement added that «the Council refused to vote on the bill reconstruction of infrastructure and service sectors, submitted by the committees of economy, investment, legal and financial services and construction, which led to re-project to the executive branch.

The statement continued that «the Council completed the second reading of the draft law amending the Law of Judicial Organization No. (160) for the year 1979, report of the Legal Committee, which drew to involve judges in the discussions on the draft law, and confirmed that there is no contradiction between the Federal Court and the Court of Cassation for independence from some ».



Statement said an end to the first reading of the draft laws ratified the Convention on the Promotion and Protection of Investment between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of Armenia, submitted by the Committees on Foreign Relations and the economy and investment promotion and protection of investment between the Governments of the two countries», and the Syndicate of Iraqi academics, sponsored by the committees of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and legal.



It aims to pay attention to the angel of teaching and educational and academic and upgrading of workers in this vital sector and the preparation of plans and policies that elevate the process of teaching and education and the establishment of councils and unions interested in the affairs of faculty.



The statement noted that the Presidency has decided to adjourn the meeting until tomorrow Wednesday.


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{Baghdad: Euphrates News} parliamentary sources said that tomorrow is the last day in order to reach a solution on the election law and voting on it. 

[ltr]The sources said that the Euphrates News Agency {} that tomorrow will be the last day to vote on the election law, according to the agreement of the Presidency of the Council of Representatives with the leaders of political blocs and the Presidency insist on this date.

The sources added that the many difficulties facing the electoral law, where the political blocs that believes that the demands of the Kurdistan Alliance difficult to implement, while the Kurdistan Alliance, believes that the blocks do not show any flexibility towards its demands.

The House of Representatives voted previously to be Day 30 of the current month deadline to vote on the election law.

It was the Presidency of the Council of Representatives called on the Legal Committee to prepare paragraphs المنقوضة in the previous election law and replaced paragraphs according to the legal opinion of the Federal Court as an alternative ready in the absence of the agreement of the political blocs on the current law for the elections.

She said parliamentary sources told {Euphrates News} that the meeting of the Presidium of the Council with the leaders of the blocks and the Legal Committee did not reach any agreement on the current electoral law have been directing the legal committee to prepare the previous law and paragraphs المنقوضة it in order to read it in the House and voted upon.

The sources said that the House of Representatives gave the Kurdistan deadline is until tomorrow morning in order to give what he wants in law Alantakayat as the representatives indicated that there are currently meeting held in the region in order to reach a solution on the election law.

The Federal Court overturned the paragraphs in the previous election law first is the interface and how to distribute electoral votes remaining and the second with regard to components and representation.

The parliamentary sources revealed for the Kurdistan Alliance to provide to the demands of a new election law led to the surprise of the political blocs.

The sources said that the agency {Euphrates Nieoz} that a meeting of the presidium of the House of Representatives and of Osama Najafi and Qusay al-Suhail and Aref Tayfur with leaders of political blocs and the members of the Legal Committee to discuss the parliamentary election law.

The sources said Fuad Masum, head of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc and Khalid Huani Chairman of the Legal Committee for the Kurdistan submitted a new application represents drawers law on the formation of the Federation Council as a condition to vote on the election law, where such a request of a sudden the political blocs that they would like to discuss Problems of the election law.

The sources added that the Kurdistan Alliance student the Presidency Bamhala the very afternoon in order to give its final position on the Law of the election, but he did not give any positive signs about the position of the Electoral Act.

The Federation Council is the law of the controversial laws since the last session and did not be deciding Pfaqrath because of disagreements about it.

And regulates the Federation Council, which is the second chamber of the legislature regions where there is work in which representatives of the regions and governorates that are not organized into a Region as he has the powers of the presidency in the previous session in terms of the veto laws.

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