The House of Representatives is divided over the withdrawal of confidence from the Electoral Commiss

The House of Representatives is divided over the withdrawal of confidence from the Electoral Commission



5/14/2017 0:00

Two weeks of orientation before the legislative holiday
BAGHDAD / Shaima Rashid
At the time that was left of the age of the legislative session only two weeks after moving to the legislative recess, members of the House of Representatives split between the OK to withdraw confidence from the Independent Electoral Commission, or to approve the continuation of its work. Member of the Legal Committee MP for the rule of law, a smile Hilali, confirmed that the mass and with the Badr bloc decided not to vote on her to withdraw confidence from the Electoral Commission, which will continue its work to 20 of the month of September next. She explained Hilali, in an interview with «morning», the parliamentary blocs in the parliament is divided between supporters of the continuing members of the Commission in their work and dismissed, as was left on her work, but less than five months, noting that several attempts were made by some of the heads of blocs demanded to wait in the presentation of the vote because it will cause a constitutional vacuum in case the vote on the withdrawal of confidence from members of the Commission. Hilali noted that the withdrawal of confidence from the Electoral Commission has not yet been included in the agenda of the parliament's agenda, indicating that the parliament has not left him only two weeks to end the current legislative term.
For his part, MP Majid Chenkali acknowledged the difficulty of reaching action on the Commission under the division between the members of the House of Representatives, adding that the general atmosphere in the parliament with the Commission to keep current with their members.
He added Chenkali «morning», that each party seeks to appeal to other members who did not attend the voting session and the number 66 deputies, in addition to 19 deputies abstained then from voting, pointing out that the Liberal Sadrist bloc delayed the offer to withdraw confidence in an attempt to earn more than the number of possible and voting.
Chenkali felt that it is better to keep the election commission , which was left to work less than five months while ensuring that the extension of its work, calling on the Committee of Experts and the House of Representatives urged the pace to choose a new board of commissioners in accordance with the standards and regulations for certain.
While, confirmed the MP for the Liberal bloc, the governor Zamili, that most of the parliamentary blocs go to change the Electoral Commission , except the recipient blocs, led by a coalition of state law.
He said Zamili, in a press statement that « the Liberal bloc has made great efforts to collect files on the Commission to resign because it proved beyond doubt that the corruption is clear and fraud, and that its presence impedes the upcoming elections, and all the blocs agreed to change the electoral law and the Commission and wait for the other blocs to perform Maalaha of obligations to dismiss. »
Zamili added that the various blocs in parliament, whether (Kurdish or Sunni or Shiite) stood with us to change the Commission, but opponents are the heads of blocs , especially in a coalition of state law.
The Committee of Experts problem within the House of Representatives, announced in last March to open the door for nomination before wishing to run for the election commission, through a website has been allocated for this purpose.

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