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again raises the parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region sensation because of the additional terms that come out of this party or that, and that leads Commission Electoral to revise its procedures to accommodate as much as possible between the political forces in order to ensure the elections in accordance with accepted standards.
After provide National Union via mass parliamentary request to the presidency of the parliament to scrutinize records of voters and write the names of 170 thousand of the deceased during the past four years, there was a problem with the Electoral Commission to comply with the date conducted on 21 September next, and therefore submitted a proposal to the presidency of the parliament to postpone the elections to November 21 (November) of the current year to conduct parliamentary elections and the date and provincial one, and to be able to the Commission during this period, the remainder of the meet the demand of political parties audited records and delete duplicate names. The contract Commission President Serbst Mustafa Yesterday a meeting for this purpose with the Presidency of the Parliament included Dr. Arslan Baez and his deputy and secretary of Parliament discuss during which the two sides on the issue of postponement.
said Tariq essence Sarmma media advisor to the Speaker of Parliament told «Middle East» The meeting was devoted to discuss the proposed Commission to postpone the elections to November to give it sufficient time to audit the records, and raise the duplicate names and dead ones, but the presidency of the Parliament stressed the need to organize parliamentary elections, the timing nor specified in the September 21, although they did not mind postponed in case of secured Commission approval of parties and political forces that have representation in parliament Kurdistan, and after obtaining the consent of all the parties concerned, the presidency of the parliament will determine its position on the Commission's request.
Representatives of the parliamentary blocs have agreed on no reluctance to postpone the elections on the condition to ensure transparency. In a statement from the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by regional president Massoud Barzani, a statement that is a retreat from his party to its previous position and tightened to organize these elections the timing nor specified, said Dr. Omar Nordena Although the election date has been set an Act of Parliament which set September 21 as the date her If, however, a matter of ensuring that the organization of transparent and fair elections, this demand will be a project, nor harm the postponement of the elections on the condition to ensure fairness.
For his part, the Cardo Mohammed, head of the mass change opposition in parliament that they were with the election timing nor specified, but if the goal UNHCR is cleared voter registration of any doubts, guaranteed for fair elections do not mind us.
Oshz Member of Parliament for the Patriotic Union of this consensus, where he confirmed Curran Azad to delay the elections and conduct in conjunction with the provincial elections will create many problems for voters, because they will hold lists semi-open What requires the voter to cast his vote for the candidate and list Balantkhaban, and this is very difficult, and I myself support the exact timing nor elections in September and is not postponed. Recall that in the event agreed Kurdish parties on the postponement will highlight another problem, which is to extend the mandate of parliamentary, it is known that the parliament extended the current session for two months completed by the first of November, and as the elections will be held in 21 of the same month, there will be a legal vacuum for a period of twenty days, This command will cause a problem, especially since the previous extension was without the consent of the opposition parties and parliamentary masses, which requires once again to pass a law to extend the last simple majority of the two ruling parties.
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