IHEC requests two-thirds of the budget for parliamentary elections to be repeated in provincial coun

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[size=52]IHEC requests two-thirds of the budget for parliamentary elections to be repeated in provincial councils[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Mohammed Sabah
[size=45]The Cabinet approved a list of 28 applications submitted by the Electoral Commission, including the allocation of 200 billion dinars to complete the voting process.[/size]
[size=45]And announce the results of the upcoming provincial elections.[/size]
[size=45]The funds requested by the Commission recently amounted to two-thirds of the funds requested in the parliamentary elections held in May 2018, including funds for the purchase of electronic devices, as it allocated in the elections (May 2018) 296 billion dinars to complete the process.[/size]
[size=45]Election Commission spokesman Riyad Al-Badran told Al-Mada that the cabinet approved the list of requirements submitted by the Council of Commissioners to the government, which consists of (28) applications.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Badran adds that "among the paragraphs included in this list file security committee interested in providing full protection for the transfer of devices for elections and the protection of warehouses," noting that "logistics operations continue to complete the process of contracts with specialized companies to examine electronic devices."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Badran continued that "the paragraphs of this list focuses on the need to provide means of transport to voters on the day of the ballot, and the transport of logistics materials, contracts of the Commission and registration centers and the biometric project."[/size]
[size=45]The Council of Ministers has announced approval at its meeting held last Tuesday on the requirements of the electoral process for provincial councils not organized in the province, according to a statement issued by the Information Office of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives voted on the second of July on the first amendment to the law of provincial elections No. 12 of 2018, and determined the holding of local elections on the first of the month of April 2020.[/size]
[size=45]The Electoral Commission has pledged in one of its meetings with the heads of political blocs and parliamentary committees within the House of Representatives that it has taken a package of technical measures that will reduce the manipulation and fraud in the upcoming provincial elections.[/size]
[size=45]More than twenty foreign companies (German, British, Arab, and other nationalities) expressed their desire to obtain a contract to examine electronic devices (speeding up the results) and prepared for the upcoming local elections to reassure the heads of political blocs that there are no hackers in these devices.[/size]
[size=45]It is estimated that 21 million voters are eligible to vote in the upcoming provincial elections after updating the initial voter register which saw the birth of one and a half million (2001 and 2002) voters.[/size]
[size=45]He adds that "the law of local elections requires the participation of voters to obtain a biometric card except for the births of 2000, 2001 and 2002 who will be given a short-term card," pointing out that "the law stipulated that the proportion of distribution of the biometric card 75% of the number of voters in each province."[/size]
[size=45]Electoral Commission spokesman Riad Al-Badran said that the process of handing over the electoral cards will continue until the end of March 2020, noting that “there are (5) million printed and non-received cards from the voters out of more than 12 million metric cards that were printed. ”.[/size]
[size=45]Badran reveals that "the Electoral Commission proposed the allocation of funds up to (200) billion dinars to secure the elections of provincial councils and the participation of 250 thousand employees," pointing out that "any electoral process requires training cadres and preparation."[/size]
[size=45]In turn, a member of the Council of the Electoral Commission Hazim al-Rudaini in a statement to (term) that "the staff of the Electoral Commission is working on a timetable to complete its logistical preparations for the holding of local elections at the times specified by law."[/size]
[size=45]He stresses that "the election law, which was initiated by the House of Representatives a few days ago, obliged the Electoral Commission to open additional centers for the registration of voters in Nineveh and Kirkuk governorates as a result of the conditions experienced by these provinces," pointing out that "the Electoral Commission opened centers for modernization in these provinces from the beginning of August Until 15 October next. ”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Rudaini continues that "the Electoral Commission will compensate the speeding devices needed for the results within its preparatory procedures through contracting with some companies," noting that "technical cadres are conducting statistics of material costs to buy these devices."[/size]
[size=45]A fire had swept the ballot boxes and speeding devices for the results in the summer of 2018 in the stores of the Electoral Commission on the side of Rusafa, while many forces and parties objected to the results of the last parliamentary elections. The Electoral Commission has confirmed to (extent) earlier the possibility of compensating these electronic devices, which are damaged in the center of Rusafa, estimated (7000) of the devices in the Kurdistan region.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Rudaini warns that "the work and permanence in the Electoral Commission has become over the entire week in the registration centers to update the biometric record and the distribution of cards with the presence of evening hours on Saturday and Friday of each week." He stresses that "the Electoral Commission met with Interior Minister Yassin Taher al-Yasiri on Wednesday morning to agree on the adoption of the biometric card for voters as an official holders, as well as the possibility of checking the voter register for the province of Kirkuk, pointing out that" the Ministry of Interior has full data on these two files.[/size]


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