Blocs refuse to replace the Electoral Commission Commission on Judicial

Blocs refuse to replace the Electoral Commission Commission on Judicial


 Baghdad / Ahmed Hamid

The Legal Committee of the House of Representatives revealed yesterday, the withdrawal of a draft amendment to the Electoral Commission Act, attributing it to the intersection with the work of the Committee of Experts in charge of choosing a new board of the Commission.
In the meantime, he confirmed deputies from different blocks the possibility of forming a new Commission before the end of the current session of the Commission in the next September, revealing a parliamentary agreement prevents nominate members of the current Board of Commissioners.


And the resolution of the National Alliance, at a meeting held on May 15 th, the fate of the Electoral Commission refusing to resign, and give them enough time to complete their tasks until the end of its mandate next September.
Such a decision, adopted by the General Authority in the presence of Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi, abortion deal was traded recently to postpone the confidence Commission put forward for a period of 45 days , during which a new Council of the Commission shall be elected.
Recent sessions , the House of Representatives did not include a vote of confidence electoral commission despite the announcement by the President of Parliament, it is directed by asking the subject during the two sessions Tuesday or Thursday the last two.
Thus , the efforts of the Liberal bloc has failed to topple the electoral commission through the parliamentary vote.
The House of Representatives received several proposals to amend the Electoral Commission Act, including a proposal for the bloc Civic Democratic Alliance calls for the formation of a judicial committee to oversee the electoral process rather than the Board of Commissioners.
The MP said Kamel al - Zaidi, a member of the Legal Committee (range) yesterday, " The Civil Alliance bloc submitted a proposal to amend the current Electoral Commission Act, which calls for the replacement of UNHCR 's judicial committee of several judges are doing their work , " pointing out that " the proposal has read it twice under the dome the House of Representatives, and reached the stage of voting , but was aborted at the last minute, because it collides with the political Balaradat of some of the blocks. "
Zaidi said that " the proposed amendment by the Civil Alliance also intersects with the project of the Committee of Experts , which reached the interview stage of the new candidates for the Council of the Commission , " he said, adding that the number of candidates numbered 118 people.
He attributed this to the other deputies from the Kurdistan Democratic Bloc, the parliamentary blocs rejected the proposal of the electoral process is managed by a judicial committee to overlap "in the powers of the three independent authorities."
Confirms MP Majid Chenkali that "the House of Representatives received several proposals to amend the Electoral Commission Act, including a proposed high - Sheikh Ali MP for the formation of a panel of judges overseeing the conduct of the upcoming electoral process."
He Chenkali, in a statement (term) yesterday, "This proposed Aaghei UNHCR 's work as far as what determines its terms of reference, which makes their work logistically only in election administration."
He said a member of the Kurdistan Democratic bloc that "some parliamentary blocs rejected this proposal, because it sees as interference by the judiciary on the work of the Electoral Commission considered independent UNHCR must work does not interfere any authority."
The form of the House of Representatives, mid - January, a parliamentary committee of experts made up of 28 deputies, to choose 9 Marchalin of the Council of the Commission.
On the controversy over the candidacy current commission members and they get higher than their rivals estimates, MP Rahim al - Daraji, "political agreement between the various parliamentary blocs revealed on abortion nominations of the five members of the Board of Commissioners who have nominated themselves to the new Board of Commissioners , " pointing to " the direction of the parliament to reject the process of choosing the political allotment of the electoral Commission. "
He Darraji, a member of the bloc citizen in a statement (term) yesterday, said that "the Committee of Experts, which was formed by the House of Representatives, will remain effective despite the proximity of the second legislative term ends , " he said, adding " an agreement not to nominate current commissioners will work the Committee on the exclusion of candidates of them next to the Council. "
The deputies talked about a legal dilemma faced by the political blocs to deal nominate current members of the Commission for a second term, as it does not prevent the law nominated again despite the existence of political claims to do so.
He noted a member bloc citizen that " the National Alliance with a mechanism for the selection of the new Commission through the Committee of Experts , a mechanism used currently , " likely " the formation of a new board of commissioners early next July."

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