Expected postponement of early elections away from pressure from the House of Representatives

[size=52]Expected postponement of early elections away from pressure from the House of Representatives[/size]

[size=45]Political and legal parties expect to postpone the parliamentary elections scheduled for the tenth of October next to a new date.[/size]
[size=45]She pointed out that the constitution authorized the President of the Republic, in consultation with the Council of the Elections Commission, to set the date for polling after the legislative authority is dissolved.[/size]
[size=45]Article 64 / Second of the Constitution states: - Upon dissolution of the House of Representatives, the President of the Republic calls for general elections in the country within a maximum period of sixty days from the date of the dissolution, and the Council of Ministers in this case is considered resigned and continues to run the daily affairs.[/size]
[size=45]Yonadam Kanna, head of the Al-Rafidain Parliamentary Bloc, said in a statement to (Al-Mada) that "the House of Representatives linked the decision to dissolve itself to obligate the President of the Republic to issue a republican decree to hold early elections on the tenth of October next," noting that "this obligation comes to avoid any A vacuum or absence of the executive and supervisory authorities.[/size]
[size=45]And based on a request submitted by 172 deputies, the House of Representatives voted, in its session held last Wednesday, to dissolve the parliament on October 7, 2021, with the elections to take place on time October 10, 2021.[/size]
[size=45]Kanna added, "The Electoral Commission continues to implement a series of logistical and technical measures to adhere to the early elections date that was announced earlier," adding, "We are afraid of the security conditions that may lead to the delay of the elections."[/size]
[size=45]Article 64 / First of the Constitution states: The Council of Representatives shall be dissolved, with an absolute majority of its members, based on a request of one-third of its members, or at the request of the Prime Minister and with the approval of the President of the Republic, and the Parliament may not be dissolved during the period of questioning the Prime Minister.[/size]
[size=45]The Christian representative warns of a move to postpone the parliamentary elections to dates other than those previously specified, as it will lead to a constitutional vacuum, and thus the House of Representatives stipulated dissolving itself by holding parliamentary elections on the tenth of next October.[/size]
[size=45]Last February, Al-Mada revealed in a report that it had collected signatures of a number of deputies calling for the dissolution of the House of Representatives in preparation for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for next October.[/size]
[size=45]The Council of Ministers set the tenth of next October, a new date for holding early elections, after studying a proposal submitted by the Electoral Commission to the Council of Ministers, including important technical reasons, that would ensure the integrity of the elections and equal opportunities for everyone to run in the elections freely and fairly.[/size]
[size=45]The head of the Rafidain bloc believes that "one of the obstacles to holding early elections on the proposed and specified dates is the uncontrolled weapons and armed groups," adding that "the government will try to restrict weapons in order to avoid any delay in early elections."[/size]
[size=45]And on the possibility of amending the parliamentary election law, Representative Yonadam Kanna explains, "There are no indications at this point to amend the election law because of the blocs' fear that they will not agree to complete the amendment in the remaining time, which may affect the election dates."[/size]
[size=45]Kanna confirms that "there is a trend among many blocs, including the Christian component, to challenge the parliamentary election law after the formation of the Federal Court." It is expected that "a new postponement of the elections will take place, according to the understanding between the government and the Electoral Commission, for several days."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, Adel Al-Lami, the specialist in electoral matters, stated in a statement to (Al-Mada) that “The constitution specified two methods for dissolving Parliament. The first is a request submitted by the Prime Minister and with the approval of the President of the Republic to dissolve the parliament and present this request to a vote within the legislative authority. The Council requested the dissolution of Parliament, and thus Parliament was dissolved with the approval of the simple majority.[/size]
[size=45]He adds that "the decision taken by the House of Representatives on 3/31, came at the request of one-third of the members of the House of Representatives, and the vote was held to dissolve Parliament on a (known) delayed date, which is the seventh of next October," considering that "this decision does not exist in it." What problem is the fact that the House of Representatives will be dissolved on this date. "[/size]
[size=45]He continues, "On the eighth of the same month, the President of the Republic agrees with the Election Commission to set a date for holding parliamentary elections within sixty days beginning on the eighth of October next," indicating that, "If the President of the Republic and the Election Commission are convinced of holding the elections on 10/10 Issuing a republican decree to hold early elections.[/size]
[size=45]But he added, "But in the event that the Election Commission needed some time, the President of the Republic will issue a presidential decree to hold the elections at a new date, provided that it does not exceed sixty days from the date on which Parliament is dissolved."[/size]
[size=45]The specialist in the electoral affairs believes that "the dissolution decision contains an unconstitutional clause, which is that the House of Representatives obligated the President of the Republic to issue the decree setting the date for the elections on the tenth of next October, and therefore this decision is unconstitutional and not binding on the President of the Republic," adding that "setting a date Early elections after the dissolution of Parliament will be an exclusive authority between the President of the Republic and the Electoral Commission (by consultation). ”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Lami points out that "any new postponement depends on the request of the Election Commission, and therefore any postponement will only be a few days, that is, within the sixty-day period.[/size]
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