Emerging blocs suggested amending it in formula 1.4... Fears that the efforts of independents would

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[size=52]Emerging blocs suggested amending it in formula 1.4... Fears that the efforts of independents would fail to stop the amendment of the election law[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Hussein Hatem[/size]
[size=45]There are still concerns about the failure of the efforts of independent representatives and emerging blocs to stop the amendment of the election law. The big forces represented by the Coordination Framework and the State Administration Alliance insist on passing the law with the St. Lego system in formula 1.9, while on the second side stand those who reject the law, represented by the emerging powers and the independents, as well as the Sadrist movement, although the latter did not express an official position.[/size]
[size=45]The modified St. Lego system relied on the distribution of parliamentary seats in Iraq, after the House of Representatives voted in November 2013, on a paragraph requiring the distribution of seats to competing lists within the Iraqi election law.[/size]
[size=45]“The new election law did not proceed according to the correct frameworks, and it has many pitfalls,” says Ahmed al-Badiri, a member of the House of Representatives.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Badiri, a member of the Parliamentary Regions and Governorates Committee, added, “Our committee has not yet been invited to a joint meeting with the Legal Committee, although we are a basic committee in terms of advice and vision.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, “The Regions and Provinces Committee sent its written notes to the Legal Committee,” noting that “the law needs workshops and in-depth discussions to come up with a fair law that meets the aspirations of the people.”[/size]
[size=45]In turn, a member of the House of Representatives, Siham al-Moussawi, says, "The election law has been present in the corridors of Parliament since the last session, when members of the Sadrist movement were also inside the dome of the House of Representatives."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Moussawi added, “The objections are not directed towards the law, but rather are objections to merging the local elections with the provincial elections, and passing it in the form of 1.9 in one constituency.”[/size]
[size=45]And she explained, “Independents believe that this amendment is not commensurate with their electoral status in case they want to run during the upcoming sessions,” noting that “the law is soon to be finally passed.”[/size]
[size=45]For his part, a member of the House of Representatives, Haitham Al-Fahd, says, “The emerging powers and independent representatives stand against passing the election law in its new form.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Fahd added, “The law is contrary to what the supreme religious authority wants, and what the Iraqi street wants, and it is contrary to the October Uprising and what October came out for.” He pointed out that “passing the law in formula 1.9 serves the large blocs and parties, and pushes the exclusion of independents and emerging powers,” suggesting “passing it in formula 1.4.”[/size]
[size=45]To this, another member of Parliament, Hadi al-Salami, saw that “passing the election law requires consensus and harmony between independents and large blocs.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Salami added, "There is cooperation between civil society organizations and the demonstrators, which may lead to new protest demonstrations rejecting the law."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “74 deputies boycotted the parliament session before the parliament finished the first reading of the law of the third amendment to the provincial elections law, after the parliament speaker refused the independents’ request to lift the paragraph amending the election law.”[/size]
[size=45]For his part, political affairs researcher Manaf al-Moussawi believes that “passing the law in its new form expresses a clear partisan desire that contradicts the popular desire and the forces of October.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Moussawi added, "Returning to Saint-Lego means returning to the same previous problem and trying to steal the voter's votes."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The Sadrists stand in line with the popular bases, awaiting clarity of the picture, the popular reactions and the extent of their support or rejection of the law, and whether they will return to the streets, protests or sit-ins, and in the event that the masses return to the streets, the Sadrist movement will be supportive of the popular demands."[/size]
[size=45]The amendment of the law prompted the outbreak of protests in the capital, Baghdad, and several other cities in central and southern Iraq, early last week, which were accompanied by burning tires and blocking a number of roads and streets, before the demonstrators withdrew.[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that the draft amendment to the election law was submitted by the State Administration Coalition, which represents the largest parliamentary bloc within the House of Representatives, which includes the Coordination Framework, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the Sovereignty Alliance, the Azm Alliance, and Babylon, and the number of representatives in the coalition is 270. Of the total 325 deputies, in Parliament.[/size]
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