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The region's parliamentary elections are "past" despite the differences
Iraq 2023/03/28
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Sulaymaniyah: Karim Al-Ansari
The Kurdistan region has set November 18 of this year 2023 as the date for holding the parliament elections, and politicians and deputies expected the elections to go ahead despite the disagreement of the Kurdish parties regarding them, indicating that the parliamentary elections must be held and cannot be delayed anymore despite the passage of a year since the extension of the life of the current parliament They pointed out that there were legal violations, including the nature of postponing the elections over the past period.
And the former representative of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan parliamentary bloc, Rizan Sheikh Dler, said in an interview with "Al-Sabah", that "in general, most political blocs do not want to hold elections, but they must set a day for holding elections, this year 2023 in the Kurdistan region." .
She pointed out, "We have recently seen and heard many violations of the law that have occurred in the region - especially with regard to postponing the elections - and therefore, if there is no serious political agreement in this regard, the elections must be held," explaining that "the parties basically have a problem, as they currently want to The Kurdistan region works in a single constituency (approximately 4 constituencies according to the governorates). There is almost agreement between the political blocs on this, just as the draft election law should reach the Kurdistan Parliament before the elections are held. Accept the violation of the law and the continued obstruction of holding elections. In turn, Dr. Dara Muhammad Amin, a member of the founding council of the Kurdistan Justice League, in an interview with "Al-Sabah", to "
For his part, legal expert Hoshyar Malo stated, in his interview with "Al-Sabah", that "setting the date for November 18 is a good step in the right direction, although it is a year late, since the electoral due date was in November of the year 2022," and he added: "But that It is better late than never, so I think that the Kurdistan Regional Presidency has taken the right step by defining the election day,” pointing out that “there are issues that are still pending, such as the electoral districts, how they will be, or will the elections be under the supervision of the Iraqi commission or under the supervision of a commission Kurdistan, and these issues depend on the agreement of the political blocs.
Malo added, "In principle, there are international and internal pressures towards holding elections in the Kurdistan region, because the government and parliament of the region are considered expired, so there are negotiating delegations between the two main parties to agree on the form and composition of the elections. Will it be one constituency, multiple constituencies, or small constituencies, and there are demands For minorities and an agreement on the quota, all of this so far is just talk and discussions, but what will be proven in the law will be applied.”
Meanwhile, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Sherzad Qassem, explained in an interview with "Al-Sabah" that "the date for the elections of the Kurdistan region has already been set by the presidency of the region, and there are a number of frequent meetings between the elections office of the two main parties of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Where they agreed on a set of important issues, which is how to conduct elections, that the elections be semi-open, and that each governorate has 4 constituencies. He pointed out that "all these points were presented to all parties that have lists and a presence in the Kurdistan Parliament, and therefore it is hoped that in the coming days a session will be held for the Kurdistan Parliament to amend the election law, as well as to amend the Electoral Commission, as it opened the doors of nomination for this issue in the past few days." , stressing that
Edited by: Muhammad Al-Ansari
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