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Selection committee in charge of the election commission fears quotas
On: Wed, 14/12/2011 10:23
□ Baghdad / special - long
with the near completion of the work of the Electoral Commission at the beginning of next April, the Committee held responsible for choosing the new Commission held a press conference at Parliament House attended (range), disclosing the receipt of more than 7000 application for membership of the Commission. The head of the parliamentary committee charged with selection of the Commission on the Keywords "according to the law No. 12 of the parliament is required to select members of the Electoral Commission, who are 9".
He continued: "It in the month of February will start the selection of members after access to their files will be selected on the basis of competence and experience, and then presenting them to the House of Representatives to vote on them.
", indicating that the nomination was open to all Iraqis who see in themselves the ability."
and stated that the number of applicants until the moment exceeded the 7650 after the announcement of the opening of nominations in several media. "
The Commission held responsible by relationship, "so far 8 meetings was reached that the mechanisms to be adopted by the Commission to be an internal system of the Commission and which will be the mechanism of selection in accordance the rules of procedure of the Council of Representatives.
He added that international aid has not been lost on the meetings of the Commission and since the first meeting of the UN mission there to provide logistical support and benefit from their expertise and role was advisory and supervisory according to the agreement with both sides, and the Committee will begin the day the application process the forms submitted by the candidates and then sorted by Aldwab declared legal.
He Keywords difficult to choose members of the Commission and expressed his concern that the subject selection mechanism to the quota system as is the case in the current members, stressing that diversity is required in this regard, the fact that Law No. 11 is to confirm that the balance and diversity must be disparately available.
and said committee member Hanan al in a statement to the extent that the woman will be present where members agreed that the quota of women found by the data and confirmed that the numbers would be at least two members. "
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