The “state administration” seeks to impose its will in the election law by expelling the emerging po

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[size=52]The “state administration” seeks to impose its will in the election law by expelling the emerging powers[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]The State Administration coalition seeks to impose its will and hasten to legislate the election law according to a vision that guarantees the rise of large blocs, whether to provincial councils or parliament, and blocks the way for emerging powers and independents.[/size]
[size=45]However, the independent representatives expressed their strong objection to the proposal, and spoke of a legal violation of merging the local and parliamentary elections into one law, in addition to other violations related to the first reading.[/size]
[size=45]The representative of the al-Hikma Movement, Ali al-Bandawi, said, "Parliament finished last Monday the first reading of the draft provincial elections law."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bandawi continued, "The proposal did not address the electoral system, whether it was on the Saint-Lego method or something else."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The discussions focused on the formal issues related to this law, such as making it a unified and inclusive law for the elections of the House of Representatives and the provincial councils."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bandawi pointed out that "other discussions will take place on the proposal in order to put some amendments to it according to the observations that the deputies will present during the second reading or within the concerned committees."[/size]
[size=45]And he indicated, "The counting of votes will be by following the electronic and manual mechanism in each electoral station, in implementation of the decisions of the Federal Supreme Court in this regard, but the details have not been officially discussed."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bandawi said, "The detailed discussions will be left to the political blocs in coordination with the Independent High Electoral Commission, and then an agreed formula will be reached that can be passed easily."[/size]
[size=45]He expressed his belief that "the law will depend on the St. Lego system with a ratio of (1.9)," stressing that "the electoral districts have not been officially decided until now, whether they are one for the province or multiple."[/size]
[size=45]But Al-Bandawi stressed that "the general tendency of the large blocs is to adopt one electoral district for each governorate, as it was in the past."[/size]
[size=45]And he noted, "To allow Iraqis abroad to vote again after they were denied in the recent parliamentary elections, using the biometric card exclusively, just like the displaced, because we want to ensure real participation of all Iraqis."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bandawi stressed that "the large blocs within the current parliament want to address the mistakes that accompanied the recent parliamentary election law and not to repeat the previous failures that led to a political blockage that lasted for months before the formation of the government of Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani."[/size]
[size=45]He believes, "The amendments will be subject to a set of balances between the political blocs, with parliamentary support for an electoral process that meets ambition and shows the real results of the poll."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bandawi expects that "most of the proposed amendments will make their way to legislation as soon as possible, especially with a real desire to hold local elections at the end of this year."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, "All political blocs will benefit from this law because we do not find that there are those affected by it," and stated that "the materials are clear and have been tried in the previous stages and recorded success in terms of implementation."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bandawi concluded, "Technical matters are still under discussion, especially in terms of the size of the electoral district and the electoral system. All of these matters are still premature."[/size]
[size=45]And the representative of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Mueen Al-Kazemi, confirms that “the large political blocs, especially those affiliated with the State Administration coalition, agree to make the governorate a single electoral district, and to return to the Saint-Lego system.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kadhimi continued, "The percentage specified for the electoral system has not been agreed upon until now, as there are those who want it to be 1.9 and others who demand to make it 1.7."[/size]
[size=45]He justifies this by "ensuring the presence of political blocs in agreement and the absence of fragmentation, whether in the provincial councils or the federal parliament."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kadhimi warns against "repeating the experience of individual election, which produced political instability for us, because we want strong local administrations capable of performing their tasks perfectly."[/size]
[size=45]And he finds, “Not resorting to St. Lego will result in serious negative effects, the most important of which is the constant change in governors according to the political alliances between the many blocs within each council of any province.”[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the representative of the State of Law coalition, Firas Al-Maslamawi, stated that "Parliament has begun to implement the promises of the ministerial platform to hold local elections next October."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maslamawi continued, "This would be by enacting a law for the provincial elections," noting that "there is a real desire among the blocs, especially the large ones, to pass this law as quickly as possible."[/size]
[size=45]And he stressed, "The observations made by some deputies during the first reading session will be presented to the relevant committees in order to discuss them within the second reading."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maslamawi does not rule out, “some amendments to the current proposal in preparation for a vote on it, but there is almost agreement to merge local and parliamentary elections into one law.”[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, independent MP Haider Shamkhi said, "Independents registered their objections to the proposal for many reasons."[/size]
[size=45]Shamkhi continued, "The proposals and projects should be presented to the Legal Committee and take its role in the discussion before presenting them to Parliament for the first reading."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The members of the committee informed us that this proposal arrived one day before the date of the session in which the proposal was presented for the first reading, and this is an incorrect procedure."[/size]
[size=45]And Shamkhi said, "The representatives were supposed to be notified that this proposal will be presented for the first reading at least two days before, but we received the copies on the day of the session."[/size]
[size=45]And he talked about "the street's refusal to adopt the St. Lego system again, and there are many circles that believe that merging local elections with parliamentary elections is incorrect due to the difference in the tasks of federal parliaments from local councils."[/size]
[size=45]Shamkhi concluded, "The law has been read on the first, and we will have positions and opinions on it during the second reading and before it is put to a vote."[/size]
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