8.17.2015
Long-Presse / Baghdad
Approved the Electoral Commission for elections, on Monday, on the second request for the citizens of Basra on the formation of Basra province, and drew to open centers for voters who wish to form a region, as indicated approached the federal government, regardless of financial budget for the completion of this work, it confirmed that the decision is subject to appeal to the Judicial Commission for Elections .
A statement issued by the Board of Commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission and received a (long-Presse) a copy of it, that "a number of citizens of the province of Basra have made a request on 26/07/2015 Iromon the formation of administrative Basra province, according to the law for the executive procedures to form regions No. 13 for the year 2008 Article IV / I and after receipt of the request signed by 57 933 citizens UNHCR has audited the names given in the application and region with the private register of voters in Basra province. "
The statement added that "The Commission has analyzed the data and found that the number of applicants is (57 933) a citizen, and the number of contacts is complying with the voter register was (11721) a name, and the number of names corresponding to the voter register is (46 212) a name, in addition to the presence of (12) name of the deceased. "
The statement pointed out that "the number of voters in the province of Basra and installed in the voters' register is (1741599) required ratio by Law No. 13 of 2008 and the operational procedures to form regions is 2% is equivalent to (34831) voters, since the number of voters names matching is (46 212) at a rate of (2.65%) and therefore they have exceeded the percentage required by law, "noting that" the Board of Commissioners decided in its meeting held on 08.17.2015 to accept the request in terms of form. "
The statement continued that "the Board of Commissioners decided signature in the second phase for the formation of the administrative Basra province, according to the law of the executive procedures to form regions No. 13 of 2008 Article (4) (i) which is open for the reception of the voters to express their desire to form a provincial centers," explaining that "direct action In the second stage referred to in the first paragraph it is allocated after the receipt for the formation of Basra province from the federal government budget. "
It pointed out that "the Commission has decided to approach the federal government regardless stomach fiscal budget for the completion of this work the fact that the Commission does not have any for this purpose financial allocations," stressing that "the above decision is subject to appeal to the Judicial Commission for Elections and by Commission Act."
And it received the Independent Electoral Commission, in the (April 26, 2015), requested the establishment of Basra province, attributed to the lack of completion of legal formalities, a non-matching names signed with the voter register.
He announced MPs and activists Besrion, on the fifteenth of April 2015, for submitting a request to the Election Commission office to turn the province into the territory, expressing their confidence in the approval of ten percentage required percent of Mahlin voters on the project, while the office confirmed that he raise the matter to the Board of Commissioners in Baghdad to take the appropriate decision on it.
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