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19.10.2011
(Voice of Iraq) - BAGHDAD - Hussein Ali Dawood - Dar Al-Hayat has ruled out the Electoral Commission for elections and the Committee of the Regions and provinces in the Iraqi parliament elections districts and areas early next year, and with Izzat Commission reason to break the legislative and the delay of Representatives in the passage of a law elections, the Committee drew to the new Commission to be formed would conduct the election. and exercise the members of the board districts and areas of their work since the time of the ruling U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer in 2003 and was supposed to hold elections to select new members six months after the provincial elections in 2009.
The head of the Electoral Commission Faraj al-Haidari told «life» that «the elections of local councils and districts and areas had been scheduled to take place the end of this year, but its practical realization is impossible after the holiday, the legislative sitting, which will continue until mid next month». He explained that «any election requires three months at least to prepare their technical and logistical procedures ». He attributed the failure to amend the law to the «delayed Parliament discussed». and the statements of some deputies to the effect that the work of the Commission the current frozen and can not make any elections until replaced, denied Haidari freeze the work of the Commission and stressed that it was «continued its work until the end of April the year next ».
Block and give the prime minister «state law» on the performance of the Commission and tried to withdraw confidence from last summer and accused of financial irregularities and administrative However, the vote on the no confidence resolution failed. He said close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said the work of the Office frozen. , the said member of the Committee of the Regions and provinces in the parliament, deputy Ziad worldwide abolition of the Committee that completed the amendment of the law and district council elections respects except that the presidency of the parliament worked to disrupt the discussion.
He said in a statement to «life» that «the Commission completed amendments to the law 36 election boards of districts and areas (local councils), most notably reducing the number of seats in the membership of those councils taking into account the retention rate of representation for each component».
He pointed out that «the Commission considers the cancellation of pension for members of provincial councils and districts and areas ». The holding of elections for members of boards of districts and areas at the top of the demands advocated by the demonstrators in Baghdad and most Iraqi cities, which began on 25 February last.
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19.10.2011
(Voice of Iraq) - BAGHDAD - Hussein Ali Dawood - Dar Al-Hayat has ruled out the Electoral Commission for elections and the Committee of the Regions and provinces in the Iraqi parliament elections districts and areas early next year, and with Izzat Commission reason to break the legislative and the delay of Representatives in the passage of a law elections, the Committee drew to the new Commission to be formed would conduct the election. and exercise the members of the board districts and areas of their work since the time of the ruling U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer in 2003 and was supposed to hold elections to select new members six months after the provincial elections in 2009.
The head of the Electoral Commission Faraj al-Haidari told «life» that «the elections of local councils and districts and areas had been scheduled to take place the end of this year, but its practical realization is impossible after the holiday, the legislative sitting, which will continue until mid next month». He explained that «any election requires three months at least to prepare their technical and logistical procedures ». He attributed the failure to amend the law to the «delayed Parliament discussed». and the statements of some deputies to the effect that the work of the Commission the current frozen and can not make any elections until replaced, denied Haidari freeze the work of the Commission and stressed that it was «continued its work until the end of April the year next ».
Block and give the prime minister «state law» on the performance of the Commission and tried to withdraw confidence from last summer and accused of financial irregularities and administrative However, the vote on the no confidence resolution failed. He said close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said the work of the Office frozen. , the said member of the Committee of the Regions and provinces in the parliament, deputy Ziad worldwide abolition of the Committee that completed the amendment of the law and district council elections respects except that the presidency of the parliament worked to disrupt the discussion.
He said in a statement to «life» that «the Commission completed amendments to the law 36 election boards of districts and areas (local councils), most notably reducing the number of seats in the membership of those councils taking into account the retention rate of representation for each component».
He pointed out that «the Commission considers the cancellation of pension for members of provincial councils and districts and areas ». The holding of elections for members of boards of districts and areas at the top of the demands advocated by the demonstrators in Baghdad and most Iraqi cities, which began on 25 February last.
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