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Parliament criticizes postponement of local elections and demanding Abadi Commission's clarification
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Long-Presse / Baghdad
Should the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, provide a convincing justification for some of the "opposition" political parties to postpone the local elections.
To Atjd some parliamentary parties, so far, that there are compelling reasons to pay disabled provincial elections across the country.
On the contrary, the parliamentary committees specializing in the follow-up of Provincial Affairs, confirms that the (election commission) are close to completing the voting procedure scheduled in April 2017.
Presumably, according to the law of the provinces, that the Commission provide the reasons for the delay, so that the government decides, as happened when the elections were postponed in Anbar and Mosul in 2013 for a few months.
It is expected that Prime Minister formally announce the postponement of local elections in the country, after sending the Office of President of the Republic, on Thursday, a letter to the Commission informing them of the postponement of local elections and integrate Balbrlmanah 2018.
He revealed Wael al-Waeli, head of electoral administration in the Commission, for the last received a letter from the presidency of the republic asserts that "three presidencies met on holding provincial elections or not, and made a decision to postpone provincial elections until the day of holding the fourth session of the House of Representatives election for the purpose of holding each Alasthakakin election in one day".
Waeli said that "the book refers to the Council of Ministers take action on the proposed amendments and the provincial and district council elections law No. (36) of 2008 amended or submit a new draft law."
The (long) been revealed, last week, all parliamentary blocs, during a meeting in the house of parliament speaker Salim al-Jubouri, the postponement of local elections.
Peaceful transfer
In turn, said Aram Sheikh Mohammed, the deputy speaker of parliament, said the postponement of local elections without objective reasons not feasible, and does not serve the political process.
Said Sheikh Mohammed, in a press statement yesterday, "The postponement of the elections would adversely affect the functioning of the democratic process and the peaceful transfer of power and lead to an uncertain future for the joints of the state."
"The delay and non-compliance with the legal and constitutional deadlines without convincing reasons, inevitably affect the prestige of the executive institutions in the provinces and does not serve the stability of the political process, and this is unacceptable and can not accept it."
It was supposed that the provincial elections taking place on the first of April 2017.
Justification for postponement
In the same context consistent MP Mohsen al-Sadoun, chairman of the parliamentary legal committee, with the calls to give "compelling justification" for the postponement of the elections in the whole of Iraq.
He stressed Sadoun, through contact with the (range) yesterday, said that "the parliament has not officially reported so far to postpone provincial elections," stressing that "the postponement process must be accompanied by reasons explain the motivation behind this move."
It proposes MP for the Kurdistan Democratic bloc to postpone the elections in some Mahafezt (such as Anbar, Mosul, Salahuddin, Diyala and) because of the status of displaced persons and battles. And reject al-Sadoun said, "used some political blocs weapon postponement because it fears the loss due to a decline in popularity."
On the other hand went some political parties, a bloc of the movement headbands honest people of the right, which has a parliamentary seat and one, to accuse "the opponents of the popular crowd" of seeking to postpone the elections.
The MP said the bloc Hassan Salem, at a press conference the House of Representatives, on Thursday, that "there are reports of frequent desire of some political blocs to postpone provincial elections under the justifications and pretexts unrealistic under the pretext that there are some hot or economic circumstance, which passes by the country's regions."
Salem pointed out that "there are reasons behind that political motives that want to postpone provincial elections, first and foremost that some blocks fear the rise of the popular crowd, which would have a prominent role in the political process."
The government has delayed, in 2013, elections in the provinces of Nineveh and Anbar, for about three months due to the security situation.
Abadi decide
In the meantime, he said another member of the legal committee, the arrival of a letter from the presidency to the Electoral Commission, calls for the integration of local elections with the House of Representatives election in 2018.
The MP said Hassan Turan (range), "I visited the Commission took note of the sender book from the presidency, but it's relation to the Prime Minister and not the presidency."
The MP Turkmen "The postponement of the elections need a decision from the government," pointing out that "the parliament vote on the resolution will give him the recipe mandatory wider because the Provincial Councils Act No. 36 speaks of the power to the prime minister set a date for elections and not canceled."
Under the final provisions of the law of provincial councils in Article 47 / I), that "the election date determined by the Council of Ministers on a proposal from the Commission announced through various media before the deadline for the vote by 60 days."
Paragraph III of the law itself and suggest that "in the case of postponement of the elections of provincial councils and districts and areas continue to manage its affairs until the election of a new board."
Trouble Commission
In the meantime stresses MP Ahmad al-Badri, a member of the Parliamentary Committee of the Regions and the provinces, that "the sequence of postponing the elections procedures is incorrect."
He said al-Badri, in an interview with the (range) yesterday, "was supposed to UNHCR to explain the reasons for the adjournment, after the government's announcement it and send it to parliament," pointing out that "the Commission has no obvious reasons for the delay."
And reveals a member of the Committee of the provinces and territories to it Devt Commission, earlier, to discuss preparations for the elections. He quoted Commission confirmed "approaching the completion of all the procedures, but it was a need to appropriations."
The Miqdad Sharifi, a member of the Board of Commissioners and the official UNHCR spokesman, had said earlier this month that "the election commission in an awkward position and Athsd, due to lack of providing customized to hold elections within the constitutional time budget."
Revealed Commission, earlier (range), for a review about "seven million Iraqis" to the Centers for voter registration update, which was considered as a unique precedent in the history of elections.
MP says Ahmed al-Badri said: "The Commission stressed the difficulty of integrating the elections," warning that the voter exhibition to fall into error if it took part in the ballots shall be taken simultaneously.
Statement of the Presidency
And got (range), on Thursday, a copy of the document issued by the presidency on the decision of the three presidencies to postpone provincial elections and integrate them with the parliamentary elections.
And it provided the document, which carried the signature of the Director of the Office of President of the Republic Nizar Mohammed Saeed addressed to the Electoral Commission, that "three presidencies in the meeting held on 10.02.2016 with the leaders of parliamentary blocs deliberated the subject of a general election for provincial councils, scheduled for 2017, to the end election cycle for those boards. "
It said the document by saying, "Because of extreme circumstances through which Iraq currently and the presence of large numbers of Iraqi citizens outside their home areas and the increasing number of displaced people and displaced during the years 2015 and 2016 because of the war against the (Daesh) and the lack of stability in many parts of the country could be where the elections are held and the lack of financial adequate funding, to conduct the elections on time, and given the current financial conditions, so I decided three presidencies with the leaders of the blocs to postpone provincial elections until the day of holding the fourth session of the House of Representatives election for the purpose of holding both elections both in one day. "
The document stressed that " the Council of Ministers will conduct the proposed amendments at the provincial and district and provincial council elections law and submit a draft of a new law."
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Should the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, provide a convincing justification for some of the "opposition" political parties to postpone the local elections.
To Atjd some parliamentary parties, so far, that there are compelling reasons to pay disabled provincial elections across the country.
On the contrary, the parliamentary committees specializing in the follow-up of Provincial Affairs, confirms that the (election commission) are close to completing the voting procedure scheduled in April 2017.
Presumably, according to the law of the provinces, that the Commission provide the reasons for the delay, so that the government decides, as happened when the elections were postponed in Anbar and Mosul in 2013 for a few months.
It is expected that Prime Minister formally announce the postponement of local elections in the country, after sending the Office of President of the Republic, on Thursday, a letter to the Commission informing them of the postponement of local elections and integrate Balbrlmanah 2018.
He revealed Wael al-Waeli, head of electoral administration in the Commission, for the last received a letter from the presidency of the republic asserts that "three presidencies met on holding provincial elections or not, and made a decision to postpone provincial elections until the day of holding the fourth session of the House of Representatives election for the purpose of holding each Alasthakakin election in one day".
Waeli said that "the book refers to the Council of Ministers take action on the proposed amendments and the provincial and district council elections law No. (36) of 2008 amended or submit a new draft law."
The (long) been revealed, last week, all parliamentary blocs, during a meeting in the house of parliament speaker Salim al-Jubouri, the postponement of local elections.
Peaceful transfer
In turn, said Aram Sheikh Mohammed, the deputy speaker of parliament, said the postponement of local elections without objective reasons not feasible, and does not serve the political process.
Said Sheikh Mohammed, in a press statement yesterday, "The postponement of the elections would adversely affect the functioning of the democratic process and the peaceful transfer of power and lead to an uncertain future for the joints of the state."
"The delay and non-compliance with the legal and constitutional deadlines without convincing reasons, inevitably affect the prestige of the executive institutions in the provinces and does not serve the stability of the political process, and this is unacceptable and can not accept it."
It was supposed that the provincial elections taking place on the first of April 2017.
Justification for postponement
In the same context consistent MP Mohsen al-Sadoun, chairman of the parliamentary legal committee, with the calls to give "compelling justification" for the postponement of the elections in the whole of Iraq.
He stressed Sadoun, through contact with the (range) yesterday, said that "the parliament has not officially reported so far to postpone provincial elections," stressing that "the postponement process must be accompanied by reasons explain the motivation behind this move."
It proposes MP for the Kurdistan Democratic bloc to postpone the elections in some Mahafezt (such as Anbar, Mosul, Salahuddin, Diyala and) because of the status of displaced persons and battles. And reject al-Sadoun said, "used some political blocs weapon postponement because it fears the loss due to a decline in popularity."
On the other hand went some political parties, a bloc of the movement headbands honest people of the right, which has a parliamentary seat and one, to accuse "the opponents of the popular crowd" of seeking to postpone the elections.
The MP said the bloc Hassan Salem, at a press conference the House of Representatives, on Thursday, that "there are reports of frequent desire of some political blocs to postpone provincial elections under the justifications and pretexts unrealistic under the pretext that there are some hot or economic circumstance, which passes by the country's regions."
Salem pointed out that "there are reasons behind that political motives that want to postpone provincial elections, first and foremost that some blocks fear the rise of the popular crowd, which would have a prominent role in the political process."
The government has delayed, in 2013, elections in the provinces of Nineveh and Anbar, for about three months due to the security situation.
Abadi decide
In the meantime, he said another member of the legal committee, the arrival of a letter from the presidency to the Electoral Commission, calls for the integration of local elections with the House of Representatives election in 2018.
The MP said Hassan Turan (range), "I visited the Commission took note of the sender book from the presidency, but it's relation to the Prime Minister and not the presidency."
The MP Turkmen "The postponement of the elections need a decision from the government," pointing out that "the parliament vote on the resolution will give him the recipe mandatory wider because the Provincial Councils Act No. 36 speaks of the power to the prime minister set a date for elections and not canceled."
Under the final provisions of the law of provincial councils in Article 47 / I), that "the election date determined by the Council of Ministers on a proposal from the Commission announced through various media before the deadline for the vote by 60 days."
Paragraph III of the law itself and suggest that "in the case of postponement of the elections of provincial councils and districts and areas continue to manage its affairs until the election of a new board."
Trouble Commission
In the meantime stresses MP Ahmad al-Badri, a member of the Parliamentary Committee of the Regions and the provinces, that "the sequence of postponing the elections procedures is incorrect."
He said al-Badri, in an interview with the (range) yesterday, "was supposed to UNHCR to explain the reasons for the adjournment, after the government's announcement it and send it to parliament," pointing out that "the Commission has no obvious reasons for the delay."
And reveals a member of the Committee of the provinces and territories to it Devt Commission, earlier, to discuss preparations for the elections. He quoted Commission confirmed "approaching the completion of all the procedures, but it was a need to appropriations."
The Miqdad Sharifi, a member of the Board of Commissioners and the official UNHCR spokesman, had said earlier this month that "the election commission in an awkward position and Athsd, due to lack of providing customized to hold elections within the constitutional time budget."
Revealed Commission, earlier (range), for a review about "seven million Iraqis" to the Centers for voter registration update, which was considered as a unique precedent in the history of elections.
MP says Ahmed al-Badri said: "The Commission stressed the difficulty of integrating the elections," warning that the voter exhibition to fall into error if it took part in the ballots shall be taken simultaneously.
Statement of the Presidency
And got (range), on Thursday, a copy of the document issued by the presidency on the decision of the three presidencies to postpone provincial elections and integrate them with the parliamentary elections.
And it provided the document, which carried the signature of the Director of the Office of President of the Republic Nizar Mohammed Saeed addressed to the Electoral Commission, that "three presidencies in the meeting held on 10.02.2016 with the leaders of parliamentary blocs deliberated the subject of a general election for provincial councils, scheduled for 2017, to the end election cycle for those boards. "
It said the document by saying, "Because of extreme circumstances through which Iraq currently and the presence of large numbers of Iraqi citizens outside their home areas and the increasing number of displaced people and displaced during the years 2015 and 2016 because of the war against the (Daesh) and the lack of stability in many parts of the country could be where the elections are held and the lack of financial adequate funding, to conduct the elections on time, and given the current financial conditions, so I decided three presidencies with the leaders of the blocs to postpone provincial elections until the day of holding the fourth session of the House of Representatives election for the purpose of holding both elections both in one day. "
The document stressed that " the Council of Ministers will conduct the proposed amendments at the provincial and district and provincial council elections law and submit a draft of a new law."
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