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On: Tuesday 13/3/2012 9:52
Baghdad / menopausal Hossam Sam
a few days separated from the date of announcement of the election commission new according to what you are talking about the United Nations through its envoy in Iraq, Martin Kobler, who agreed with the Parliamentary Committee of specialized completion of this file in the next month, to then be preparing for provincial elections early this year Next, the first of its kind after the departure of U.S. forces late last year.
Come these challenges in conjunction with the show a number of provinces discontent with what was considered looting their validity by the central government, and tries to Parliament now reduced through the law was to prepare him for some time and ran into a lot of obstacles even announced yesterday accomplished the image the final preparation for submission to parliament.
and ended Committee of the Regions and the provinces legislative, yesterday, the Law of Governorates not organized into a Region, and she sent him to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives after the final adjustments him, and as pointed out that the amendment included 21 articles out of 55, explained that the law gave the powers of the administrative, security and control and wide to the provinces.
member Committee Deputy Najim Abdullah at a press conference held yesterday in the House and attended (range) that his committee sent the Law of Governorates not organized into a Region No. 21 to the presidency of the parliament after what he called the final touches, and considered that "the law defines the relationship between the Federal Government and provinces" .
includes the amendment, according to Abdullah, 21, paragraph out of 55, and said, "which was given the powers of the administrative, security and control and wide to the provinces."
In the opinion of a member of the Committee of the Regions and the provinces, the political situation will not be stable but expanding the powers of the provinces, as well as giving a greater proportion of the budget to the provinces.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has affirmed, on the ninth of November 2011, that he is heading towards greater powers of local governments and the transfer of many of the projects it, hoping that the provinces are able to implement projects, and also noted that the Declaration of the regions during this period will turn into a disaster.
provinces waiting impatiently for local government elections after the session hit a lot of problems in the forefront of demonstrations witnessed by cities on the deterioration of services, as well as the announcement of some provinces, which increased the situation sensitivity between Baghdad and the provinces, is also linked to the elections to choose the new Commission, but legal experts played down the importance of this matter, stressing the possibility of her stay, even if unable to politicians for the formation of new Commission.
legal expert Tareq Harb said in a telephone conversation with (range) yesterday, "there is 9 months to set up provincial elections, so the inability of the Ad Hoc Committee for the selection of the Commission and the formation of a new one, does not prevent the holding of elections on time Fbamkan current commission set up elections, or even start from where they arrived the previous one and that the disruption of its formation after the fourth month, as reported in the United Nations. "
and the election law under which the process will be voting on the candidates of the provincial council said the war " If there is no new legislation, it is possible to apply the current law, "stressing that there is no fear of delay in a bill to the provincial councils because the law put a solution.
and already spoke Commission chief Faraj al-Haidari's (long) about the need for (180) days for any election, but the war responded by saying "There is no legal text governing the speech President of the Commission, it's a personal endeavor relation to the arrangements, they must start from the preparation and delivery of the Commission subsequent file the elections to the point at which he arrived."
and ruled out the legal expert, disable the local government elections and said, " that the blocks determined to establish in the beginning of next year, and that the personal interest to them and they're looking for in this period, and the principle of peaceful transfer of power is recognized constitutionally. "
The political scene in Iraq, in addition to chronic crises among the list of Iraq and a coalition of state law led by Nuri al-Maliki, a new crisis are claims of some provinces, the establishment of regions including the Declaration of the province of Salah al-Din provinces economically and administratively separate protest against the marginalization and arrest procedures, ablation, which affected dozens of children, also announced that the Iraqi List, in the province of Diyala, to submit a working paper of the central government includes nine demands to solve all the problems within the province, stressing that the province will announce the territories in the event of failure to respond within three days. in Council declared Anbar province, earlier this month, the formation of three committees identify the first views of parents on the declaration of Anbar provinces independent based on the request of ten members of the Provincial Council, and the second to follow up on detainees from the former army officers, and the third to go to Baghdad to meet with the President and the Council of Ministers and discussed about the abuses taking place.
It is noteworthy that Article 119 of the Iraqi Constitution states that the right of each province or more formation region at the request of the referendum is thus submitted either at the request of one third in each of the provincial councils intending to form a region, or at the request of ten voters in the province.
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