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Calls to amend the election law provinces of Kurdistan
In one of the polling stations in Arbil
09.12.2011
Mandy Samira Ali
Amid concerns that hit the Christians by the recent events in Zakho and Dohuk, escalated their demands to amend elections law provinces of the Kurdistan region, and a quota (quota) to them in the seats in district councils and respects. secretary-general of the National Council Chaldean Zia Peter, the spokesman for gathering organizations Chaldean Syriac Assyrian said in a statement to Radio Free Iraq that they heard that the regional president Massoud Barzani approved the provincial elections law, although the representatives of the Christians raised the official memo, urging him not to ratify the law, because he did not take into account the rights of Christians in the representation by determining the share of them ( quota) within the seat districts and areas, as they held a meeting with the President of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc in the Iraqi Council of Representatives to discuss this matter.
Peter said that the President of the Region, and during his recent visit to Dohuk promised the representatives of Christians by issuing a supplement to the law of elections the provinces of the region to lift the injustice that has occurred on the Christians. The House of Representatives Chaldeans, Syriacs, Assyrians in the regional parliament, a list of Mesopotamia and the People, and the list Armenian, withdrew from the parliament session during which the adoption of the provincial election law and the districts, counties last November, to protest the lack of inclusion (quota) for the Christians.
Salem Kaku President List of Rivers of the Democratic Movement, Assyrian, Member of Parliament of the Kurdistan region, said Radio Free Iraq that, after approval by regional president Massoud Barzani, the election law, no longer they have now only to submit a proposal to amend the law, pointing out that Christians consider the presence of their representatives in the councils of the province and district is much more important their presence in the provincial councils, because most of the sons of the Christian community living in the province and district. and Christians in the region enjoy the right of the "quota" in the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament by five seats out of 111 seats.
With the allocation of seats to them by a system of "quota" in both the provinces of Erbil and Dohuk. Kaku said they would continue to claim seats in the councils of districts, counties, and in relation to this demand, recent events in Zakho, Smeal in the province of Dohuk. secretary-general of the National Council Chaldean Zia Peter stressed the need to have a Christian representatives in the councils of the districts and areas that are predominantly Christian to reduce these events aimed at Christians, calling on the regional parliament to reconsider the election law, in order to ensure the quota for Christians, or repealed the law is new legislation for the districts and areas.
The able President of the Independent Electoral Commission in the territory of Kurdistan confirmed to Radio Free Iraq that the Authority is expecting to receive a provincial elections law to begin implementation because the stages of the electoral process takes 180 days. Although the government of the region have not set a date of elections, the view is able to demand Christians to obtain quota in the councils of districts, counties will not affect the course of the preparations for the elections, because the next election will be limited to the provincial and after the elections will be the province and district councils. contributed to the file, Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Arbil, Abdel Hamid Zebari
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In one of the polling stations in Arbil
09.12.2011
Mandy Samira Ali
Amid concerns that hit the Christians by the recent events in Zakho and Dohuk, escalated their demands to amend elections law provinces of the Kurdistan region, and a quota (quota) to them in the seats in district councils and respects. secretary-general of the National Council Chaldean Zia Peter, the spokesman for gathering organizations Chaldean Syriac Assyrian said in a statement to Radio Free Iraq that they heard that the regional president Massoud Barzani approved the provincial elections law, although the representatives of the Christians raised the official memo, urging him not to ratify the law, because he did not take into account the rights of Christians in the representation by determining the share of them ( quota) within the seat districts and areas, as they held a meeting with the President of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc in the Iraqi Council of Representatives to discuss this matter.
Peter said that the President of the Region, and during his recent visit to Dohuk promised the representatives of Christians by issuing a supplement to the law of elections the provinces of the region to lift the injustice that has occurred on the Christians. The House of Representatives Chaldeans, Syriacs, Assyrians in the regional parliament, a list of Mesopotamia and the People, and the list Armenian, withdrew from the parliament session during which the adoption of the provincial election law and the districts, counties last November, to protest the lack of inclusion (quota) for the Christians.
Salem Kaku President List of Rivers of the Democratic Movement, Assyrian, Member of Parliament of the Kurdistan region, said Radio Free Iraq that, after approval by regional president Massoud Barzani, the election law, no longer they have now only to submit a proposal to amend the law, pointing out that Christians consider the presence of their representatives in the councils of the province and district is much more important their presence in the provincial councils, because most of the sons of the Christian community living in the province and district. and Christians in the region enjoy the right of the "quota" in the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament by five seats out of 111 seats.
With the allocation of seats to them by a system of "quota" in both the provinces of Erbil and Dohuk. Kaku said they would continue to claim seats in the councils of districts, counties, and in relation to this demand, recent events in Zakho, Smeal in the province of Dohuk. secretary-general of the National Council Chaldean Zia Peter stressed the need to have a Christian representatives in the councils of the districts and areas that are predominantly Christian to reduce these events aimed at Christians, calling on the regional parliament to reconsider the election law, in order to ensure the quota for Christians, or repealed the law is new legislation for the districts and areas.
The able President of the Independent Electoral Commission in the territory of Kurdistan confirmed to Radio Free Iraq that the Authority is expecting to receive a provincial elections law to begin implementation because the stages of the electoral process takes 180 days. Although the government of the region have not set a date of elections, the view is able to demand Christians to obtain quota in the councils of districts, counties will not affect the course of the preparations for the elections, because the next election will be limited to the provincial and after the elections will be the province and district councils. contributed to the file, Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Arbil, Abdel Hamid Zebari
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