The commission begins by screening contestants and distancing commissioners who refused to resign

The commission begins by screening contestants and distancing commissioners who refused to resign


 Baghdad / Mohammed Sabah

The aspirations of members of the current electoral commission to re-election for a new term have faded after being removed by the Parliamentary Committee of Experts, which ended their meeting last week. Two members of the Commission, who refused to resign, did not receive the necessary grades to continue competing with the other candidates. A mini-committee within the Committee of Experts is undertaking an extensive review of all the evaluations and scores awarded to 126 candidates before a new mechanism for selecting the highest-scoring candidates before moving on to the next phase.
In the meantime, the MP from the Civil Alliance for a document described by confidentiality, including the names of candidates of the Electoral Commission, who got the highest points, stressing that all members of the list belong to political blocs or a component.
The (extent) has revealed, last week, the blocs reached an agreement to distribute members of the new Electoral Commission on the basis of quotas for all components, as the National Alliance got 5 seats, and gold and seats for both Sunni Arabs and Kurds, out of 9 seats.
"The committee has completed all interviews of candidates and their answers are evaluated according to the criteria and mechanisms will be put in place during the middle of this week," said the spokesman of the Parliamentary Experts Committee, MP Imad John. "The choices for members of the Electoral Commission will take into account the proportions of components, .
And opened the door for nomination to the new Board of the Commission, in April last. The Committee of Experts received 1200 applications for candidature, which underwent an evaluation process that led to the selection of only 116 candidates, including 6 members of the current Commission. The Committee of Experts formed 29 members to select members of the Electoral Commission in January. The National Alliance won 14 seats, compared with 7 seats for the Sunni constituency, 6 seats for the Kurds, and two seats for each of the Turkmen and Christian components.
"The existence of pressure exerted by political parties and some deputies on the Committee of Experts is a diversion of some data and names," he said, adding that "these documents and information negatively affect the performance of the work of the Committee."
The MP for the coalition of civil current super Sheikh Ali has circulated on his Facebook page a document described as "secret" published for the first time includes a list of candidates for the Electoral Commission, who got the highest points, stressing that "each of these candidates belongs to a political bloc and component."
"The committee of experts will open an investigation into the leaking of this document and the important information leaked to the media and public opinion," said MP Imad Johan,
"These leaks affect the work of the Committee of Experts and obstructing its efforts to select competent figures in the Council of the Electoral Commission." Revealed (the extent), on July 23, information quoting a source in the Committee of Experts talk about the agreement blocks on the distribution of members of the new Commission on the basis of According to the source, the National Alliance got 5 seats, and two seats for each of the Sunni Arabs and Kurds out of 9 seats
These agreements, which took place behind the scenes, after the parliamentary blocs surprised the fall of most of its candidates during the interviews conducted by the Committee of parliamentary experts, Most have scores The political blocs, through their representatives in the parliamentary committee, resorted to leaking questions and answers, which are presented to each interviewer, to their loyalists in order to ensure that they receive the highest grades that will help them reach the final stage.
The Christian MP adds that "the questions posed to the candidates in the interview are chosen by lot, and the deputy who directs them is also selected immediately as the candidate enters the interview hall." This method ensured us a bit of limiting the leakage of questions or courtesy Candidate at the expense of
another candidate ".
On the candidates of the current electoral commission, MP Imad John said that "the committee of experts met only two commissioners, Kataa al-Zobaie and Kulchen Kamal, who did not score high compared to other candidates." He expected them to be removed from the competition in the next stage, Will be fateful for all candidates. "
The members of the Council of the current Electoral Commission threatened the House of Representatives and the Committee of parliamentary experts to submit an appeal if they were excluded from running for the new Council of the Commission, after they declined to withdraw their nominations.
On the other hand confirms another member of the parliamentary experts committee, "there is a tendency in the Committee to consider the establishment of a specific mechanism for the selection of candidates for the next stage," stressing "to put grades for all candidates, who reached 126 candidates after they ended interview."
"During the middle of this week, the parliamentary committee of experts will agree on a specific and specific mechanism to select the number of candidates who will compete in the next stage," MP Amin Bakr said in a statement to Al-Mada. "All the candidates were given their special grades by the parliamentary committee "He said.
"The parliamentary committee of experts ended the interviews last Monday and things are ready for them, and it is preparing to determine the numbers by using the criteria of success," the Kurdish MP said.
In parallel with the work of the Committee of Experts, the House of Representatives is accelerating the pace of adoption of the amendment of the law of the Commission to allow the increase of the Board of the Commission from nine members to 11 members to ensure the participation of all components of the Iraqi people in the next Commission.
The House completed the first reading of the amendment to the law of the Electoral Commission, in the session last Saturday. "The House of Representatives is working in parallel with the work of the Committee of Experts to complete the amendment of the law of the Commission to allow the increase of the members of the Board of Commissioners," said MP Hassan Tauran, adding that "the Parliament will enact this law to achieve wider participation of the components Iraq ".
"A small committee is currently reviewing all the ratings and ratings obtained by all the candidates interviewed at this stage," said Tauran, a member of the parliamentary expert committee

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