Election Commission deal: the retirement of Commissioners in exchange for the withdrawal of nominati

Election Commission deal: the retirement of Commissioners in exchange for the withdrawal of nomination


 Baghdad / Mohammad Sabah

It ended the movement , which began two months between the leaders of political blocs since the granting of the Electoral Commission staff pension rights in exchange for retreating from running for the new Council of the Commission.
The agreement , which was accepted leader of the Sadrist bloc after the failure of the parliament to dismiss the Commission, which will be paid to delay confidence in the Commission put forward the Council until the completion of the deal.
The parliament had voted, in 24 of last April, the lack of conviction answers the Board of Commissioners. He favored one vote camp is convinced B119 answers the Commission votes against the latter, compared to 118 in its favor, and 15 deputies preferred to retain the white ballot papers.
And to prevent the division Parliamentary Commission put forward confidence in a week after the vote on the conviction, as the rules of procedure of the House of Representatives states.
The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Serbest Mustafa request to the President of the House of Representatives accompanied by requests from fellow Council members to refer them to retire after the end of the current in their course , which will expire next September.
The Commission is scheduled to submit a letter to the members of the Parliamentary Committee asking the experts to withdraw their nominations for the new Council.
And the development of nomination of members of the Commission of the new Council of the political blocs in front of legal limbo, the absence of what prevents nominated again, despite demands from the Sadrists and other parties excluding them.
According to the new agreement Vcetktv parliamentary committee of experts meetings early next July to complete interviews candidates for the new Board of Commissioners and brought before the House of Representatives.
Reveals MP Zana Said, a member of the Kurdistan Islamic Group mass, (range) yesterday, for "agreements were made between the heads of political blocs and members of the Electoral Commission requires giving them full pension rights in exchange for the withdrawal of their nominations for the new Board of Commissioners." Said points out that "the Committee of Experts devoted several sessions to discuss the nomination of the current commissioners of the new Commission was agreed within the Committee to withdraw their candidacies after claim the majority of the blocks of non - renewal to them."
It revealed to the Committee of Experts, the earlier (range), a tendency to exclude the current Board of Commissioners of the Competition Department, especially with the United Nations recommendation of non - renewal of the current Council, but the political blocs were afraid of resorting Board of Commissioners to the courts to challenge the decision of deportation.
Kurdish lawmaker confirms that " the six members of the Commission who were nominated to the new Board of Commissioners will withdraw their candidacies in the next few days , " pointing out that " the blocks reported to each of its representatives in the Commission concluded the agreements."
The committee was formed parliamentary experts from 29 members to choose the members of the Electoral Commission in the month of January. The National Alliance won 14 seats, compared to 7 seats in the Sunni component, and 6 seats for the Kurds, and two seats for each of the two components of Turkmen and Christian. It involved the Sadrists, who criticized the formation of the committee, two members within the Shiite quota.
After the meeting held by the President of the National Alliance , Ammar al - Hakim with the Sadrist movement leader in Najaf, mid - May, it revealed (range) for a political deal to postpone the withdrawal of confidence from the Electoral Commission for a period of 45 days, to abide by the political forces and the Parliamentary Committee of Experts to submit a new Office of the Council of during the agreed period.
The Committee of Experts is expected to be the last member receives, before the Eid holiday, and the responses of Zarate Higher Education, Interior and body integrity, accountability and justice for the candidates of the new Council of Commissioners after checking their certificates and integrity.
After opening the nomination of the new Council of the Commission last April, it received the name of the Committee of Experts 1200, but chose only 116 candidates, among them six of the current members of the Commission.
Confirms MP Zana Said that " the beginning of next July will be the Committee of Experts interviews with new applicants to choose nine of them and bring them to the parliament to vote on them , " revealing that " the six members of the Commission candidates to the new Council will present requests to the parliamentary committee of experts to withdraw their candidacies."
Presidencies did not reach a meeting with leaders of parliamentary blocs, which was held this month, to a clear conclusion about the fate of the Electoral Commission and the deadline for conducting local and parliamentary ballots and with the agreement of the Parties assembled to merge elections. And called for a coalition of state law , the approval of the postponement of parliament before deciding the fate of the Commission.
On the other hand confirms the Liberal bloc and the existence of a political consensus between the blocs to withdraw the nomination of members of the Electoral Commission of the new Council. But it confirmed the possibility of asking the UNHCR confidence after the Eid holiday
immediately.
Says Rep . Zainab Sahlani (range), "there is a balance between the views of defending blocks from the Electoral Commission and the blocks outs for their survival requires giving them their full rights pensions in exchange for them not to renewal in the new Commission."
According to the leaks obtained by the (range) of the meeting of the three presidencies, held last May, it has been agreed between the political parties to grant the members of the Commission of their rights pension.
The National Alliance was held at the meeting had decided, last month, he refused to dismiss the election commission, and give them enough time to complete their tasks until the end of its mandate next September.



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