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Legal representative: reducing the number of members of Parliament need to be a constitutional amendment and a popular referendum 9 hours ago Last updated 05:08 PM BAGHDAD / tomorrow Press: A member of the legal committee in Parliament, Salim Chawki, on Thursday, said that reducing the number of members of the House of Representatives need to be a constitutional amendment and present it to Parliament and the people 's vote, noting that the parliamentary legal is still debated provincial elections law and there is a lot of comments on it. He said Shawki told the "tomorrow Press" that " the provincial council elections law was discussed after the first reading and are involved in the final drafting him , " noting that "elections Third Amendment Act came from the government and we are involved it was discussed and there are a lot of comments about it." He pointed out that "modifying the House of Representatives election law and asked some lawmakers reduced the number of members of Parliament need to be aconstitutional amendment and a vote in parliament and then a referendum." The House of Representatives has postponed the end of the month of January , the first reading of the draft election of the House bill, at the request of the competent committees for the purpose of review and currently on the agenda of the Council later, and just days from being sent by the legal chancellor in the presidency after. It is worth mentioning that the number of members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives is currently composed of 328 deputies.