Parliament turns its open 30 to vote on election law

Parliament turns its open 30 to vote on election law



10/30/2013 Range Press / Baghdad

The Council of Representatives, on Wednesday, its 30th legislative term of the first legislative year fourth headed by Osama Najafi and the presence of 270 deputies, and as decided to turn it into an open meeting, a source in the information department of the parliament that the meeting will vote on the draft law on parliamentary elections and the second reading of the law Unified Retirement, and the second reading of the draft law on universities and colleges.

The source said in an interview to (range Press), "The House of Representatives held its 30th legislative term of the first legislative year fourth headed by Osama Najafi and the presence of 270 deputies," noting that "the meeting will vote on the draft law on parliamentary elections and the second reading of the law Unified Retirement."

The source, who requested anonymity, that "the meeting also includes a second reading of the draft law on universities and colleges and read the final report of the Sub-Commission on the parliamentary responsible for monitoring the project and the Ministry of Education (1, 2) your subject rebuild schools mud and ramshackle."
The Presidency of the Council of Representatives lifted on Monday, (October 28, 2013) Session of the 29th of the first legislative term of the legislative year fourth to Wednesday, while the session witnessed Re Parliament a draft law infrastructure to Cabinet, ending the reading and the first and second of the three bills.

And decided the presidency of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, on Wednesday, (October 30, 2013), to postpone the 30th session of the first legislative term of the fourth legislative year for one hour, and attributed the cause to concern by Congress with the leaders of parliamentary blocs to resolve the electoral law.

He guessed the Kurdistan Alliance, on Tuesday, (October 29, 2013), County House hearing, to be held on Wednesday, voting on the Law of the parliamentary elections, and pointed to the need to lift the injustice of the Kurds in the issue of the distribution of seats, and pointed out that the law needed to " agree "and not to" a majority or a minority, "as he emphasized that he would not be part of the" oppressors of the people of Kurdistan.

The head of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Osama Najafi announced, in (October 22, 2013), to form a committee under his chairmanship comprising representatives of all the political blocs to study the proposed law to amend the law of parliamentary elections, with gave the Commission until the 30th of October the current, to reach a final version of the law , confirmed that he will return to the previous law in the event of failure to agree on the new law.

The head of the National Bloc white beauty of watermelon, in (October 20, 2013), the enactment of the parties before the election law to know the sources of funds of the parties, and while pointing to support "mass constituencies multiple elections and the open-list system and Saint Lego in the distribution of parliamentary seats," said rejection of the principle of compensatory seats bloc that "make losers Vice" criticizing the big parties that want to "staying power through elections law separates Mqashm".

The Legal Committee of the Parliamentary accused, in (October 22, 2013), the House of Representatives to "support" the political will operate on the postponement of the elections, and stressed that the law on parliamentary elections in 2014 passes "to the problem of" large due to the insistence of the Kurdistan Alliance to claim 100 seat redemptive, while political blocs accused the "courtesy" of Kurdistan in its claims for the need for an alliance with him.

And accused the Liberal bloc of the Sadrist movement, on 20 October 2013, the State of Law coalition led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to work to delay the adoption of the Law of the upcoming parliamentary elections because "the Prime Minister of them," asserting that state law beneficiary of the current situation, which is going through the country.

The head of the Iraqi parliament said on Saturday (19 October 2013), to endorse the election law during the next two weeks, denying the existence of any intention to postpone the elections or extend the life of the current government.

The head of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani demanded, on Sunday, (VI October 2013), the adoption of a system of "constituency" one in the next parliamentary elections, and stressed that the people of the region "subjected to injustice in the 2010 elections," While he stressed that the region "will not pay for the low participation for the rest of the components, "threatened" not to participate in the elections in the event of failure to adopt a single constituency system. "

This means closed list system that provides political entity list Bmarchah and after ratification by the UNHCR and the end of the deadline for electoral lists and the coalition can not be political entity to change the order of names on the list and announce the winners of the candidates on the list according to the number of votes obtained by the entity and in numerical order contained down menu.

Specialists believe that the ordinary voter to vote for the electoral list he does not know the members of this list, because this is the electoral system does not allow voters to choose no other name from the list pursuant to the free choice (open menu).

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