The coordination framework is preparing to abolish the Judicial Commission and the Kirkuk elections

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[size=52]The coordination framework is preparing to abolish the Judicial Commission and the Kirkuk elections for the first time, according to the 1957 census[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]The coordination framework will soon begin to replace the Electoral Commission, which was formed in the wake of the October protests in 2019 and with the support of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr.[/size]
[size=45]According to leaders within the Shiite coalition, changing the law of the Commission enjoys great political consensus, provided that the previous formula of “experts” is restored instead of “judges.”[/size]
[size=45]It is not yet known the position of the leader of the movement, who has been politically silent for months, regarding the recent transformations, especially the approval of the new election law.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the Kurdish forces announced that the next local elections, which are expected at the end of this year, will take place in Kirkuk, according to the 1957 census.[/size]
[size=45]Parliament passed the “Saint Lego” law in formula 1.7, which caused protests and sit-ins to break out in a number of governorates, but it seems to have receded after one night.[/size]
[size=45]According to an international studies center, these protests may not be effective without the intervention of al-Sadr, who expected the center to return to political activity soon.[/size]
[size=45]Late in the evening, on the day of Parliament's vote on the amendments to the election law, the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc in Parliament revealed that the elections in Kirkuk will depend on statistics used for the first time.[/size]
[size=45]The situation in Kirkuk was one of the contentious issues that impeded the passing of the law in the last 24 hours of the negotiations between the parties of the ruling coalition, the State Administration Coalition.[/size]
[size=45]The bloc said in a statement last Monday that the latter made great efforts to guarantee the rights of the voters of the Kurdistan region, Kirkuk and the Kurdish regions outside the region, "where the census of 1957 will be adopted, for the first time, as a basis for the upcoming elections in Kirkuk."[/size]
[size=45]And the Kurdish bloc considered that this measure: “will guarantee the rights of voters in the areas that were separated from Kirkuk due to the policy of demographic change, such as: (Chamchamal, Kafri, Kalar and Tuz Khurmatu), and will also resolve the issue of distributing positions in Kirkuk on the basis of equality 32%.”[/size]
[size=45]The Kurdistani revealed an exception: “the town of Sarkaran from the 1957 census,” and “all families who were displaced from Kirkuk due to the Arabization policy will be able to vote again according to Article 140.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement confirmed the cancellation of “Article 35 of Law No. 12 of 2018 and Article 12 of Law No. 14 of 2019, which prevented holding elections in Kirkuk,” and the bloc considered it “a golden opportunity for Kurdish citizens to elect a legitimate governor for the city again.”[/size]
[size=45]Rakan al-Jubouri has been leading the province by proxy since the decision of the government of Haider al-Abadi, former prime minister, to redeploy security forces in Kirkuk in 2017.[/size]
[size=45]And the KDP’s statement continued by saying: “The refugees from Kirkuk and Şengal (Sinjar) were guaranteed to vote for their city in the areas in which they live, and with regard to the Christian quota, we succeeded after strenuous efforts to ensure that the Christians of Kurdistan have real representatives for them, and that no one else goes to the Iraqi Parliament instead of them.” ".[/size]
[size=45]Parliament had amended the date of the provincial elections to next November instead of October, which had been announced by Prime Minister Muhammad al-Sudani.[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the next step after approving the election law, Fahd al-Jubouri, a leader in the Wisdom Movement led by Ammar al-Hakim, says, "There is almost an agreement to change the current election commission."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Jubouri said in his interview with (Al-Mada) that "the agreement includes replacing the judges with experienced personalities, which means a return to the previous formula of the commission."[/size]
[size=45]The leader in al-Hikma indicated that the change of the commission and the amendment of the law is due to “failures and the lack of success of the current commission in managing the 2021 elections.”[/size]
[size=45]The coordination framework had considered the recent legislative elections “rigged” before the Federal Court approved the validity of the poll results at the end of 2021.[/size]
[size=45]In December 2019, against the backdrop of the October protests, parliament had already enacted a new law for the Commission, which included the appointment of 9 judges chosen by the Judicial Council.[/size]
[size=45]The previous law imposed that the Council of Commissioners be composed of 9 members, at least two of whom are legal, to be chosen by the House of Representatives by majority after their nomination from Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]At the beginning of this year, the President of the Federal Supreme Court, Jassim Muhammad Abboud, confirmed that the Electoral Commission is subject to the oversight of Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]Does the chest move?[/size]
[size=45]And about the possibility of provoking the leader of the Sadrist movement or the street in the event that the “Judicial Commission” was replaced, Fahd Al-Jubouri replied that “there is a constitution and a parliament, and the country cannot be run for fear of the street or a specific party.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Jubouri called on the government to "control the street and pay attention to the current protests, which may have other goals."[/size]
[size=45]The leader in al-Hikma predicted that the demonstrations “will not last long and may have ended now.”[/size]
[size=45]On Monday evening, cities witnessed protests denouncing the passage of the “Saint Lego” law, in which roads were blocked, while information was circulated about security prosecutions of the protesters.[/size]
[size=45]On Monday, demonstrators in Nasiriyah re-erected tents in Al-Haboubi Square and began an open sit-in, before raising them yesterday morning for an unknown reason.[/size]
[size=45]The protesters stressed their refusal to restore the work of the provincial councils, which were canceled following the October protests, while bloggers published news about the security forces pursuing demonstrators in Hilla, the center of Babil governorate.[/size]
[size=45]In Diwaniyah Governorate, on the night the election law was approved, protesters blocked roads and burned tires, while information was leaked about burning the parliament office in the city.[/size]
[size=45]The sit-ins in Baghdad broke up on the eve of Parliament passing the “Saint Lego” law, for reasons that the organizers attributed to being besieged by the security forces and lack of understanding with the independent political forces in Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]Munqith Dagher, a researcher at the American Gallup Research Institute, believes that "independents in parliament are not unified, but the new law may push them to do so."[/size]
[size=45]In an interview with Al-Mada, Dagher underestimates the impact of the protests in forcing the political forces to back down from the election law.[/size]
[size=45]Dagher, director of the Middle East and North Africa region at Gallup, says, "Scott al-Sadr gave indications that he might be the only one capable of changing events."[/size]
[size=45]Last week, the leader of the movement had issued vague orders to 8 of the leaders of the first row and the leaders of his office, to prevent them from traveling during Ramadan due to the presence of “important meetings.”[/size]
[size=45]This notification confused al-Sadr's opponents, and observers interpreted that message as the beginning of al-Sadr's expected move towards the recent political events that coincided with the enactment of the "St. Lego" law.[/size]
[size=45]A leader close to al-Sadr confirmed earlier to (Al-Mada) that "Al-Sadr will not accept changing the law or the Electoral Commission."[/size]
[size=45]Munqith Dagher, a member of the Board of Directors of the Gallup Foundation, says: "Al-Sadr will not be satisfied with what is happening, and he will soon return to political action."[/size]
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