The coordinating body between the provinces is considering holding elections and confirms: America is a friend and Iran is a neighbor

[Pitcher]

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq will host a major diplomatic event when delegates from the 15-member UN Security Council visit Iraq for the first time in April or May.

Speaking to reporters at the UN in New York, Holland’s ambassador to the UN said the visit, scheduled to take place ahead of Iraq’s May 12 parliamentary elections, will send a clear message that the UNSC supports the democratic process in Iraq.

It remains unclear whether the delegation will also visit the Kurdistan Region.

“Although the details have not yet been finalized, the UNSC’s visit is a message to Iraq and the international community also that Iraq has risen up again and returned to the international arena in full force,” Mohammad Hussein Ali Bahr Aluloom, the Iraqi ambassador to the UN, told reporters.

“The message we carried during the fight against ISIS was clear to the whole world, the whole international community supported the unity of Iraq and that they supported Iraq in the fight against terror.”

According to three diplomats of the council preparing for the visit, the purpose is to show support for the political process in Iraq after the defeat of ISIS there in December 2017.

The Iraqi parliamentary elections will be held on May 12. Official election campaigning will begin on April 14 across Iraq, but will be delayed by one day in the Kurdistan Region, as Kurds will commemorate the Anfal Campaign on April 14.

Iraqi and Kurdish entities will compete for 325 seats in parliament. Of this number, 43 seats are entitled to the Kurdistan Region and 13 for Kirkuk.

 

http://www.rudaw.net/mobile/english/middleeast/iraq/07042018

 

[davis411]

Uhhhh

ok 

[yota691]

The Commission approves all lists participating in the upcoming elections

Date of release: 2018/4/7 13:10 • 356 times read

[Ayna-Baghdad] 
Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission for elections, Rizgar Hama, on Saturday, the Commission's endorsement of all lists and entities and candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The names of all the candidates for the elections are to be officially published later. 
"In the past, all the political parties have been informed of the change of candidates and given sufficient time in this regard," Rizkar Hama told a news briefing. 
The deputy head of the Electoral Commission for elections that "now listed the names of all the candidates in the voting system, which counts the votes, so can not be amended, and anyone who requests any other amendment, will be rejected, because the previously granted duration Sufficient for the parties to make any amendment. "

[yota691]

 

Masoum receives his election card at the Republican Palace in Baghdad

 

 

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BAGHDAD / Al-Ghad Press: 

On Sunday, President Fuad Masum received his electoral card. 

The Presidency of the Republic said in a statement received by "Al-Ghad Press" that "President Fuad Masum received at the Peace Palace in Baghdad, Sunday morning, his electoral card."

"This came during a meeting with a delegation from the Independent High Electoral Commission."

[yota691]

08-04-2018 02:33 PM

Here are the names of parties and candidates for the elections of the House of Representatives 2018

 

 

 

You have 'names' final lists of names of parties and candidates for the elections of the House of Representatives ...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s8PaqhIMTd5gRq_uV76HC6X59nG1-Fu_/view

[Butifldrm]

 

Iraq to host UN Security Council delegation before elections

By Rudaw 17 hours ago

Members of the UN Security Council in New York. File photo: AFP

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Iraq will host a major diplomatic event when delegates from the 15-member UN Security Council visit Iraq for the first time in April or May.

Speaking to Rudaw's Majeed Gly at the UN in New York, Holland’s ambassador to the UN said the visit, scheduled to take place ahead of Iraq’s May 12 parliamentary elections, will send a clear message that the UNSC supports the democratic process in Iraq.

It remains unclear whether the delegation will also visit the Kurdistan Region.

“Although the details have not yet been finalized, the UNSC’s visit is a message to Iraq and the international community also that Iraq has risen up again and returned to the international arena in full force,” said Mohammad Hussein Ali Bahr Aluloom, the Iraqi ambassador to the UN.

“The message we carried during the fight against ISIS was clear to the whole world, the whole international community supported the unity of Iraq and that they supported Iraq in the fight against terror.”

According to three diplomats of the council preparing for the visit, the purpose is to show support for the political process in Iraq after the defeat of ISIS there in December 2017.

The Iraqi parliamentary elections will be held on May 12. Official election campaigning will begin on April 14 across Iraq, but will be delayed by one day in the Kurdistan Region, as Kurds will commemorate the Anfal Campaign on April 14.

Iraqi and Kurdish entities will compete for 325 seats in parliament. Of this number, 43 seats are entitled to the Kurdistan Region and 13 for Kirkuk.

http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/07042018

[DWS112]

3 minutes ago, Butifldrm said:

Iraq has risen up again and returned to the international arena in full force

 

Like this statement!

[peace1221]

Actions speak so much louder than words. Let’s hope they RV before the elections. 

[skeetdog]

Thanks Yota....The intity we've been waiting on to lift the international sanctions on Iraq's economy is being 'hosted'...before the elections...With everyone trying to 'scratch their watch and whine their butts' to figure out the holdup for the RI....All that Iraq may need is one "rubber stamp"...jmho 

[ChuckFinley]

I hope they are there to view Maliki body. 

[yota691]

Soon .. High international delegation to visit Iraq in support of the electoral process

09/4/2018 12:00 am  Baghdad / morning / Omar Abdul Latif / Kirkuk / Renaissance Ali   got the "morning" on the final lists of candidates from political entities and parties approved by the Electoral Commission totaling 6986 candidates , male and female, as the Commission approved the election campaigns of candidates system in preparation for its launch on 14 While the Media and Communications Commission prepared a code of professional conduct for the media during the candidates' propaganda campaigns.  This comes at a time when Western reports reported on Sunday that a large delegation of representatives of the 15 States in the Security Council, will visit Iraq (for the first time) ahead of the elections to be held on May 12 in support of the democratic process.  "Although the details have not been finalized, the visit of the UN Security Council delegation is a message to Iraq and the international community that Iraq has re-emerged and returned to the international arena," the report quoted Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Hussein Bahr al-Ulum as saying. "Our messages to the world during the war against Da'ash were very clear, and the international community was supporting the unity of Iraq, as well as the international community's support for Iraq in the war against Da'ash, which led to positive results. "He said. The Permanent Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United Nations, Karl van Astrom, stressed that "the visit to be held before the parliamentary elections on 12 May next will send a clear message that the UN Security Council supports the democratic process in Iraq," adding that a delegation composed of representatives of 15 countries In the Security Council, is scheduled to visit Baghdad for the first time, and said: "If we look at the date of the visit to Iraq, it comes before the date of the elections, as the message is clear as the UN Security Council supports the draft Iraqi elections."  According to diplomats in the UN Security Council, preparations are underway in full swing for this visit, and the declared goal is to support the political project in Iraq after the war, "urging." Advertising campaign system In addition, the Electoral Commission approved the final lists of candidates in the May elections. The total number of candidates was 6,986. The number of male candidates was 4,972, while the female candidates from 2014 were candidates.  A member of the Board of Commissioners, Dr. Said Kakai said in a statement singled out by "morning": "After the approval of the Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission on the names of candidates; the Council approved the system of advertising campaigns for candidates, which will begin on April 14, to stop before 24 hours of "The Secretariat of Baghdad and the municipalities in the provinces determine in coordination with the Commission places where it is prohibited to practice propaganda and paste electoral ads for the duration allowed and prohibits the publication of any advertisement or programs or pictures of candidates in polling stations or stations." He added that "political entities, coalitions and candidates must ensure that their campaigns in any location within the stipulated conditions, as it prevents the practice of advertising and pasting electoral declarations of the political entities of the candidates for a distance of less than 100 meters from polling stations or buildings of the Office and exploitation or The use of any means of electoral propaganda for the Commission by political entities, coalitions or candidates for the purposes of their election campaign, "he said," It prevents the use of adhesives or graffiti in the election campaign and the exploitation of buildings Ministries and various state institutions, places of worship and religious symbols for any propaganda or electoral activities of political entities and candidates. It is also prohibited to use the official logo of the State in meetings, advertisements, electoral leaflets and in the writings and drawings used in the electoral campaign. " "State employees and local authorities can not use their professional influence, state resources, means and equipment for themselves or any candidate, including their security and military apparatus, to campaign or influence voters," he said. Ministries, Waqf funds or external support funds and the exercise of any form of pressure or coercion or the granting of material and moral gains or promises to influence the election results or the issuance of false statements or the use of defamation method against a candidate or political entity involved in the process Election or against UNHCR ". "The Commission has prevented any political entity or coalition participating in the elections to ensure that the election campaign ideas to raise sectarian, national, religious, tribal or territorial among citizens or to provide gifts or donations or any other benefits or promises to provide During the election campaign with the intent to influence voters, violence, hatred or intimidation in order to influence the results, a commitment to non-aggression or any other election propaganda of political entities, coalitions or candidates, and not to place advertisements or distribute work programs or publications Cards or cards in the name of a candidate not registered in the lists of candidates approved by the Commission or the use of places of worship in the election campaign of an entity, coalition or candidate and allows its use in urging voters to participate in elections and promote the electoral process. He pointed out that "the problem committees in the National Office and electoral offices in Baghdad and the provinces in coordination with the directorates and municipal departments will monitor the irregularities of election campaigns, as the Commission impose a fine or deprive the candidates of the entity to run for the electoral cycle against those who violate the rules and behavior of political entities As well as to take legal measures to implement the penalties provided for in the electoral law, and inform political entities contrary to the election campaigns to lift the violation within (3) days from the date of notification, So they will be fined and their names published in the media. " He warned the member of the Commission, "political entities to the need to remove the vocabulary of all election propaganda within (30) days of the day following the day of the ballot and otherwise will be charged the cost of removing these violations, which are determined by the directorates and the municipal services and do not return the insurance of the political entities winning only after payment of To remove the irregularities of the municipality, but if the insurance is not enough to pay this amount, or it was a non-winning entities, it must pay the amount within a period of (10) days and bring what supports this, and otherwise will be taken legal action against them. Electronic sorting In turn, said a member of the Board of Commissioners Hazem al-Ridini in statements followed by "morning": "The process of counting votes after the elections in May next will be purely electronic process, far from the manual counting demanded by many politicians," noting that "the Commission completed preparations for the process Electronic sorting, through the preparation of devices used in the process of counting votes and connect them together through a complex system is difficult to penetrate. He added that "the devices used in the screening process will transmit data encrypted and via a special satellite for this purpose," explaining that "everyone expects a breakthrough for the sorting and rigging of the elections, but the data indicate that this is impossible because of the devices "He pointed out that" the Commission did not object to the arrival of international observers, as their presence will be confined to certain centers and can not be all centers subject to such control because it requires a very large number of international observers " . He added that "the Commission will take punitive measures against the promoters of the same sectarian during their election campaigns for the purpose of stirring the street and gain votes," pointing out that "punitive measures will reach to prevent the candidate from the electoral race and impose fines on violators," adding that " Campaigning for the purpose of monitoring the work of candidates during their upcoming campaigns, "warning" of the use of some of the sectarian language in the election campaigns that will be launched this month. " Media and Communications Commission for its part, has prepared the CMC code of professional conduct , which must abide by the media during the duration of the propaganda campaigns of the candidates. The Board of Trustees Salem said in a statement singled out by the "morning": "The Board of Trustees approved during the elections of the House of Representatives in 2014 on a blog concerned with the behavior of media professional during the campaign period and signed by the means at the time is still valid so far, Monitoring of the licensed and unlicensed television channels, "adding that" the Commission will take legal action against media that violate the Code. "  "The blog included a lot of taboo, including the commitment to unify the timing of the propaganda campaign among all candidates and to prevent overtaking and defamation by political entities against another," he added. Controls of the Secretariat of Baghdad The Directorate of Media and Relations in a statement received by the "morning", "The design department has prepared a new design for use in the electoral propaganda of the candidates in a mechanical installation can be installed and removed easily. Causing damage to the streets and sidewalks, "adding that" the Secretariat of Baghdad has prepared an area of (500) thousand square meters covering the entire electoral propaganda for candidates in all areas of the capital, specific controls the erection of electoral propaganda in the streets, which are not less than (3) meters and carrots Moderation to which at least width (3) meters, "and indicated that" there is joint coordination with the Independent Electoral Commission for the preparation of the electoral controls Baldaiat and take legal action against violators so as to contribute to the prevention of distorting the appearance of the capital. " The Secretariat of Baghdad in another statement, its commitment to the legal controls with regard to candidates for the elections, and a statement to the Secretariat: "The Secretariat of Baghdad denies issuing orders on lifting the images of martyrs deployed in the streets of the capital and replace them with the images of candidates," the statement, "It also confirms its adherence to the legal controls and instructions that Issued in this regard and calls the secretariat of Baghdad all the media to be accurate in the dissemination and dissemination of false news and health. " Kirkuk Office On the other hand, the Electoral Commission (Kirkuk Office / Division of Monitoring of Violations and Candidates Affairs of the Iraqi Council of Representatives) held a seminar in the office hall in the center of the governorate to highlight the campaigning and propaganda campaigns and the system in force. "The committee affiliated with the Kirkuk Office of the Electoral Commission organized a seminar in the presence of representatives and authorized parties and political coalitions, including two lectures to clarify the mechanism of election campaigns and propaganda, which will begin on April 14 and the need to abide by the controls And the rules and conduct during those campaigns, and the mechanism to take agents of entities, "noting that" the committees in their office to follow up and monitor violations and is informed of the owner of the breach to remove within three days, and in the contrary make recommendations to the Office of Baghdad. "  In turn, Yashar Shawkat, a member of the Monitoring Committee, confirmed that "

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Soon .. High international delegation to visit Iraq in support of the electoral process

  Admin Yesterday at 5:59 pm

 

09/4/2018 12:00 am

Baghdad / Sabah / Omar Abdul Latif / Kirkuk / Nahdet Ali
Al-Sabah received the final lists of candidates from political entities and parties approved by the Electoral Commission of 6986 male and female candidates. The Commission also approved the electoral campaign system for candidates in preparation for its launch on April 14, while the Media and Communications Commission prepared a Code of Conduct Professional media during campaigning for candidates.
This comes at a time when Western reports reported on Sunday that a large delegation of representatives of the 15 States in the Security Council, will visit Iraq (for the first time) ahead of the elections to be held on May 12 in support of the democratic process.
"Although the details have not been finalized, the visit of the UN Security Council delegation is a message to Iraq and the international community that Iraq has risen again and has returned to the international arena," the report quoted Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Hussein Bahr al-Ulum as commenting on the upcoming visit of the international delegation. "Our messages to the world during the war against Da'ash were very clear, and the international community was supporting the unity of Iraq, as well as the international community's support for Iraq in the war against Da'ash, which led to positive results. "He said.
The Permanent Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United Nations, Karl van Astrom, stressed that "the visit to be held before the parliamentary elections on 12 May next will send a clear message that the UN Security Council supports the democratic process in Iraq," adding that a delegation composed of representatives of 15 countries In the Security Council, is scheduled to visit Baghdad for the first time, and said: "If we look at the date of the visit to Iraq, it comes before the date of the elections, as the message is clear as the UN Security Council supports the draft Iraqi elections."
According to diplomats in the UN Security Council, preparations are underway in full swing for this visit, and the declared goal is to support the political project in Iraq after the war, "urging."


Advertising campaign system
In addition, the Electoral Commission approved the final lists of candidates in the May elections. The total number of candidates was 6,986. The number of male candidates was 4,972, while the female candidates from 2014 were candidates.
A member of the Board of Commissioners, Dr. Said Kakai said in a statement singled out by "morning": "After the approval of the Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission on the names of candidates; the Council approved the system of advertising campaigns for candidates, which will begin on April 14, to stop before 24 hours of "The Secretariat of Baghdad and the municipalities in the provinces determine in coordination with the Commission places where it is prohibited to practice propaganda and paste electoral ads for the duration allowed and prohibits the publication of any advertisement or programs or pictures of candidates in polling stations or stations."
He added that "political entities, coalitions and candidates must ensure that their campaigns in any location within the stipulated conditions, as it prevents the practice of advertising and pasting electoral declarations of the political entities of the candidates for a distance of less than 100 meters from polling stations or buildings of the Office and exploitation or The use of any means of electoral propaganda for the Commission by political entities, coalitions or candidates for the purposes of their election campaign, "he said," It prevents the use of adhesives or graffiti in the election campaign and the exploitation of buildings Ministries and various state institutions, places of worship and religious symbols for any propaganda or electoral activities of political entities and candidates. It is also prohibited to use the official logo of the State in meetings, advertisements, electoral leaflets and in the writings and drawings used in the electoral campaign. "
"State employees and local authorities can not use their professional influence, state resources, means and equipment for themselves or any candidate, including their security and military apparatus, to campaign or influence voters," he said. Ministries, Waqf funds or external support funds and the exercise of any form of pressure or coercion or the granting of material and moral gains or promises to influence the election results or the issuance of false statements or the use of defamation method against a candidate or political entity involved in the process Election or against UNHCR ".
"The Commission has prevented any political entity or coalition participating in the elections to ensure that the election campaign ideas to raise sectarian, national, religious, tribal or territorial among citizens or to provide gifts or donations or any other benefits or promises to provide During the election campaign with the intent to influence voters, violence, hatred or intimidation in order to influence the results, a commitment to non-aggression or any other election propaganda of political entities, coalitions or candidates, and not to place advertisements or distribute work programs or publications Cards or cards in the name of a candidate not registered in the lists of candidates approved by the Commission or the use of places of worship in the election campaign of an entity, coalition or candidate and allows its use in urging voters to participate in elections and promote the electoral process.
He pointed out that Kakaai, "the committees in the problem of the National Office and electoral offices in Baghdad and the provinces in coordination with the directorates and municipal departments will monitor the irregularities of election campaigns, as the Commissioner The imposition of a fine or depriving the candidates of the entity from running for the electoral cycle against those who violate the rules and behavior of the political entities signed by them, as well as taking the legal procedures to implement the penalties stipulated in the electoral law, and inform political entities contrary to election campaigns to lift the violation during the period of ( 3) days of the date of notification, and in case of non-compliance with this will be fined and published in the media. "He warned the member of the Commission," political entities to the need to remove the vocabulary of all election propaganda within (30) days of the day following the day of the ballot, The cost of removing these irregularities, which are determined by the directorates and the municipal departments, is not returned. The insurance of the winning political entities is not returned unless after payment of the amount of removal of the irregularities to the municipality. If the insurance does not pay for this amount or it was one of the non-winning entities, (10) days and bring what supports this, and otherwise will be taken legal action against them. "

Electronic sorting
In turn, said a member of the Board of Commissioners Hazem al-Ridini in statements followed by "morning": "The process of counting votes after the elections in May next will be purely electronic process, far from the manual counting demanded by many politicians," noting that "the Commission completed preparations for the process Electronic sorting, through the preparation of devices used in the process of counting votes and connect them together through a complex system is difficult to penetrate.
He added that "the devices used in the screening process will transmit data encrypted and via a special satellite for this purpose," explaining that "everyone expects a breakthrough for the sorting and rigging of the elections, but the data indicate that this is impossible because of the devices "He pointed out that" the Commission did not object to the arrival of international observers, as their presence will be confined to certain centers and can not be all centers subject to such control because it requires a very large number of international observers " .
He added that "the Commission will take punitive measures against the promoters of the same sectarian during their election campaigns for the purpose of stirring the street and gain votes," pointing out that "punitive measures will reach to prevent the candidate from the electoral race and impose fines on violators," adding that " Campaigning for the purpose of monitoring the work of candidates during their upcoming campaigns, "warning" of the use of some of the sectarian language in the election campaigns that will be launched this month. "


Information and Communication Authority
For its part, the Media and Communications Commission prepared a code of professional conduct that the media must adhere to during the campaign period for candidates.
The Board of Trustees Salem said in a statement singled out by the "morning": "The Board of Trustees ratified during the elections of the House of Representatives in 2014 on the blog concerned with the behavior of media professional during the campaign period and signed by the means at the time is still valid until now, Monitoring of the licensed and unlicensed television channels, "adding that" the Commission will take legal action against media that violate the Code. "
"The blog included a lot of taboo, including the commitment to unify the timing of the propaganda campaign among all candidates and to prevent overtaking and defamation by political entities against another," he added.


Controls of the Secretariat of Baghdad
The Directorate of Media and Relations in a statement received by the "morning", "The design department has prepared a new design for use in the electoral propaganda of the candidates in a mechanical installation can be installed and removed easily. Causing damage to the streets and sidewalks, "adding that" the secretariat of Baghdad has prepared an area of (500) thousand square meters covering all electoral advertisements for candidates in all areas of the capital, specific controls for the erection of electoral propaganda on streets with a minimum of 3 meters and carrots Moderation to which at least width (3) meters, "and indicated that" there is joint coordination with the Independent Electoral Commission for the preparation of the electoral controls Baldaiat and take legal action against violators so as to contribute to the prevention of distorting the appearance of the capital. "
The Secretariat of Baghdad in another statement, its commitment to the legal controls with regard to candidates for the elections, and a statement to the Secretariat: "The Secretariat of Baghdad denies issuing orders on lifting the images of martyrs deployed in the streets of the capital and replace them with the images of candidates," the statement, "It also confirms its adherence to the legal controls and instructions that Issued in this regard and calls the secretariat of Baghdad all the media to be accurate in the dissemination and dissemination of false news and health. "


Office of Kirkuk
On the other hand, the Electoral Commission (Kirkuk Office / Monitoring of Violations and Candidates Affairs for the Iraqi Council of Representatives) held a seminar in the office hall in the center of the province to highlight the campaigning and propaganda campaigns and the system in force, as well as violations and electoral crimes.
"The committee affiliated with the Kirkuk Office of the Electoral Commission organized a seminar in the presence of representatives and authorized parties and political coalitions, including two lectures to clarify the mechanism of election campaigns and propaganda, which will begin on April 14 and the need to abide by the controls And the rules and conduct during those campaigns, and the mechanism to take agents of entities, "noting that" the committees in their office to follow up and monitor violations and is informed of the owner of the breach to remove within three days, and in the contrary make recommendations to the Office of Baghdad. "
Yashar Shawkat, a member of the monitoring committee, said that "the distribution of voter cards in Kirkuk has increased recently, after the printing of 130,000 voter cards for the people of the liberated areas, which were considered lost according to the circumstances that prevailed in those areas before their liberation and were exposed to it by gangs Terrorism ".

http://www.alsabaah.iq/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=155338

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So another impotent, shoe throwing, foot dragging, money grabbing, Holiday taking, non attendance miscreant, inbred mutant screw heads can carry on, the the same way the previous one did - you bet I’m cynical-we’ll maybe just a wee bit.  

 

Good luck Iraqis in the elections - hope you get a better Bunch this time around.

[nannab]

5 minutes ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

you bet I’m cynical-we’ll maybe just a wee bit

 

Just a wee bit 

[Laid Back]

This will help to prevent manipulation and fraud in the elections

 

I'm sure that's Maliki's plan with the help of Iran 

 

Go Abadi

Go reelection

Go success 

[jeepguy]

A lot of money , /  countries ,. Have big bucks tied up with Iraq and the products that are related to Iraq exports .  I can bet they have the u.n. and  political oversight committee involved with the voting process ...

[10 YEARS LATER]

4 hours ago, nannab said:

 

Just a wee bit 

 

Evening nannab   I was Grumpy today . . . This evening, I'm not quite sure which of the other 6 of the 7 Dwarves I should be  get back to ya on that . . . 

[Butifldrm]

2018-04-11 BY SOTALIRAQ

A ruling on the nomination of members of the Electoral Commission to Parliament

The Federal Supreme Court issued a constitutional ruling on the nomination of high-ranking officials in the Independent High Electoral Commission, and members of the Board of Commissioners to the general elections of the House of Representatives. 
"The Supreme Court of Justice held its session today under the chairmanship of Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud and the presence of all members, and considered the appeal against the unconstitutionality of the text of Article (3) of the First Amendment Law No. (1) of 2018, 45) for the year 2013 ". 
He added that "this article added paragraph (VII) to Article (8) of the law on the conditions of the candidate for the elections of the Council of Representatives, and that reads ((not be a staff of the Independent High Electoral Commission, including a member of the Board of Commissioners and senior positions in the exception, From the end of his service there at least two years before the date of nomination)).
He explained that "the plaintiff stated in his list that the text contested unconstitutional contravened the provisions of articles (14, 16, 2 and 20) of the Constitution, which provides for equality and equal opportunities, respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, and the citizen's right to participate in public affairs, Political, and that the text subject to appeal restricts the right of citizens - as the plaintiff goes - to run for membership of the House of Representatives. 
He added that "the court found that the House of Representatives issued the text subject to appeal in accordance with the legislative jurisdiction provided for in Article (61 / I) of the Constitution, based on the inclusion of the conditions of the candidate for the elections of the Council of Representatives based on the validity provided for in Article (49 / III) .
The official said that "the ruling between the election to the Council of Representatives of the member of the Board of Commissioners, and occupiers of senior positions in the Electoral Commission for elections in their positions or who left his post and asked to run directly or shortly after leaving office would affect one way or another in the line The neutrality that is required to be the Commission and become its position in the circle of doubt, which is necessary to keep away from him to restore confidence in the hearts of voters and candidates. "
He pointed out that "the court stated that the exclusion of the text subject to appeal to those who are in the Commission or after leaving them directly or shortly after leaving them does not violate the constitutional articles mentioned by the plaintiff in his petition, that equality and equal opportunities and the right to participate in public affairs, Which mentioned by these articles shall be for citizens who do not distinguish them from a specific job status in a particular party directly in the election process, which makes them candidates on the basis of the candidates on the basis of this status would prejudice this candidacy the principle of equality and equality of opportunities among citizens. 
He pointed out that "the court based on that found that the text subject to appeal proceeded according to the above-mentioned, and on the basis of the provisions (Article 49 / III) of the Constitution, and then returned the lawsuit for not based on the support of the Constitution.

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2018/04/11/صدور-حكم-بشأن-ترشح-اعضاء-مفوضية-الانتخ/

[Butifldrm]

15,000 Kirkuk IDPs deprived from voting in Iraqi election

By Farhad Dolamari yesterday at 11:39

People flee from Kirkuk into Sulaimani province in October 2017. File photo: Rudaw

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Some 15,000 people displaced from Kirkuk will be deprived from voting in May as the elections body has not prepared polling stations outside the province for the IDPs.

Awad Rahim is displaced from Kirkuk. He has been living at an unfinished building in Erbil since October 16. 

“We want ballot boxes brought to Erbil for us, so that our votes will not be wasted,” Rahim said, explaining they aren’t ready or able to return to Kirkuk to vote.

“This means, the ratio of Kurdish votes will decrease in Kirkuk,” Rahim said. “Kirkuk once was sold out, this time even the votes will disappear.”
 

Following the fall of Kirkuk to Iraqi forces after Kurdish forces withdrew from the city, some political parties and civilians alike described Kirkuk as “sold out” and “occupied,” pointing towards the removal of Kurdistan’s flags, the takeover of offices, harassment, and damage to Kurdish homes.

Kirkuk has been a PUK stronghold. Some blamed individuals within the party of colluding with Baghdad. The PUK rejects the accusations and points to areas in Nineveh and Kirkuk where the KDP also withdrew.
 

As Iraq nears parliamentary elections on May 12, the country’s elections body has decided to not set up polling stations for Kirkuk displaced persons living outside the province, most of whom are sheltering the Kurdistan Region.

 

“The Kurdish vote will go to waste,” said Adnan Abdulrahman, an IDP from Kirkuk in Erbil. “Last time Kurds secured eight seats in Kirkuk, this time it will decrease to three… I am certain that Kurds will not win more than three.”

Another IDP wants Peshmerga forces and Asayesh (Security) forces to return.
 

“If security is provided, and the Kurdistan flag is once again hoisted, then we can vote,” explained Dilshad Jabar.

Kirkuk province is entitled to 13 seats in the Iraqi parliament. Kurds gained eight seats in 2014 elections.

Other IDPs from Kirkuk fled the city during Saddam Hussein’s rule and were victims of the notorious Arabization process. They are still unhappy with Kurdish symbols being systemically removed.
 

“Kurdish positions will in no way be as it was before. Kurds will not receive the votes it used to win before if the situation remains unchanged,” said a victim of Arabization. “If the situation is changed … we will all return if there is no threat to us.

 

Some 952,000 people are eligible to vote in Kirkuk, according to the Iraqi elections body. Some 315 polling stations have been prepared. 

 

About 15,000 people from Kirkuk remain displaced in the Kurdistan Region.

Kurdish officials are also skeptical about the fate of their votes in Kirkuk in absence of Peshmerga and the Kurdistan flag. 

The KDP has announced it will not run in the province.

Kurdistan Islamic Group (Komal), Change Movement (Gorran) and the Coalition for Democracy and Justice (CDJ) formed a coalition for the disputed areas.

Kirkuk is a diverse city, claimed by both Erbil and Baghdad. The province has a special status in the Iraqi constitution. Iraqi forces supported by Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitaries took control of the city from the Peshmerga in October 2017.

Peshmerga have said they are ready to return to disputed areas like Kirkuk, but have disputed there is already an agreement in place. 

A Hashd al-Shaabi commander told Rudaw in an interview that they have no problem with the Peshmerga, but a political solution must precede their redeployment. 

http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/10042018

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URGENT Election commission to start next Saturday

Date of release: 2018/4/12 12:06 • 139 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The head of the electoral administration in the Electoral Commission, Riad Badran, announced the launch of media campaigns for coalitions and political parties participating in the electoral process and candidates.

Badran said in a statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, "The media campaigns will be launched on Saturday, and ends 24 hours before the start of polling day to allow the candidates to announce their programs and to identify themselves to voters." 
He pointed out that "the Commission will take the legal procedures to implement the penalties provided for in the electoral law and the implementation of the paragraphs contained in the electoral campaign system No. 11 of 2018 for those who violate the controls of campaigns in accordance with Article 22 of the said system." 
Badran called on "all coalitions, parties and candidates to cooperate with the Electoral Commission and to adhere to the implementation of the vocabulary and controls of the campaign system." 
The Electoral Commission ratified the lists of candidates earlier in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections on 12/5/2018

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Billions of dinars and "Yvonne" phones landing in the streets of Diyala with elections near

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province: Diyala province has seen billions of dinars of political money being distributed to citizens, dignitaries and dignitaries as election propaganda with the upcoming parliamentary elections, not to mention gifts such as mobile phones and expensive equipment, although some of those figures that have earmarked billions for their campaigns at the moment She did not even own homes that housed her families years ago.

According to a member of the Diyala Provincial Council, Najat al-Taei, "the future of the press," that "the street in Diyala province is witnessing the current time the arrival of funds in unprecedented quantities through the electoral campaigns initiated by some candidates for the parliamentary elections." 

"There are candidates who were politicians during the previous sessions or renewed but they were contractors, they lived in rented houses years ago, but they have now allocated billions of dinars for their electoral campaigns, where the situation reached the roads and the construction of schools and infrastructure as well as the distribution of funds encapsulated in circumstances Electronic boxes and expensive iPhone phones as gifts to community figures, dignitaries and opinion leaders to win votes. "

"The money that is distributed to the citizen at the present time is the origin stolen from his rights," asserting that "what will affect negatively affect the political process in general as a result of the inability of qualified people actually to access power to serve the citizen, as a result of the overthrow by the money". 

In a related context, a source familiar with "Al-Gharab Press," that "there are new candidates in the province of Diyala, the budget of their campaigns amounted to two billion dinars and some billion dinars, not to mention the integrated media institutions that opened before the elections," noting that " It has funds but lacks immunity and nominated candidates for parliamentary elections with the aim of serving them later, which will turn the parliament as investment companies. "

Activist and observer Mehdi Shaunon confirmed to "Al-Ghad Press" that "what is being spent during the current electoral campaigns in Diyala province now does not exceed 5% of the total sum of more than one trillion dinars allocated to the province during the past years after 2003 And disappeared without any projects on the ground. " 

"There is almost no opportunity for many of the new candidates to whales who owned only their salaries while now spending money here and there to win votes," he said, adding that "there were no options for new candidates except to enter strong lists to collect votes To its leaders or civil lists, which will have few chances during the upcoming elections. "

"Is it possible to have a joint committee between the Commission and the regulatory bodies to verify the sources of funds used in the current campaigns," he said, adding that "UNHCR has a role in setting a time limit for campaign funds as is the case in some developed countries, to ensure Parity between all candidates ". 

Al-Ghad Press has revealed in a report in recent weeks that most of the candidates in Diyala province used tribal mobilization to secure the largest possible number of votes during parliamentary elections scheduled for May 12.

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The end of the month .. Security Council members are heading to Iraq

 

 Since 2018-04-13 at 09:02 (Baghdad time)

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The 15 members of the UN Security Council, from Thursday (26 April to Wednesday, 2), will visit Burma, Bangladesh and Iraq, according to the United Nations.

The Security Council has been seeking for several months to organize a visit to Burma, where 700,000 Rohingyas fled since August to neighboring Bangladesh, following military operations launched by the army and described by the United Nations as ethnic cleansing.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Gutierrez, has to appoint a special representative to resolve the crisis in Burma.

Asked if the ambassadors of the 15 countries would have the opportunity to visit Rakhine state, where the Burmese army is accused of atrocities against the Rohingya minority, a diplomatic source said, "Logistically, it is very complicated. We will ask to fly over the area by helicopter."

According to AFP, another diplomat pointed out that the objectives of this visit to Burma, is to push towards improving the living conditions of the refugees, and to deter human rights violations and talk to the Burmese authorities about Kofi Annan's plan to give identity and rights to the Muslim minority of Rohingya.

The visit of the members of the Council to Iraq is aimed at demonstrating the support of the United Nations for the elections scheduled for 12 May

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The visit of the members of the Council to Iraq is aimed at demonstrating the support system" rel="">support of the United Nations for the elections scheduled for 12 May

 

Oh how lucky for you Iraq. 

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In the days leading up to Iraq’s contentious parliamentary elections in May one might expect to see candidates tossing bags of foodstuffs from pickup trucks and aides handing out free mobile credit cards.

Such methods to sway reluctant voters have been used before by Iraq’s ruling elites who are running for re-election for the country’s fifth national parliament since the fall of former dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Iraqis head to the ballot boxes on 12 May to elect a new parliament with bleak electoral prospects. The beleaguered nation faces a woeful set of choices, as its communities remain sharply divided on ethnic and sectarian lines.

With the ruling Shia alliance in disarray, Arab Sunni blocs disorganised, and Kurdish parties in tatters, next month’s elections are already being watched as a test of whether a new parliament and government can bring peace, stability and cohesion to the country.

The country’s Independent Higher Electoral Commission (IHEC) endorsed the lists of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary vote on 5 April. The commission said in a statement that it had approved 6,986 candidates and excluded some 337 others on the grounds that they are Saddam loyalists.

Some 220 candidates were replaced by their lists and 54 others withdrew their nominations as the commission gave the blocs one week’s notice to provide the rest of the replacements.

Iraqi law bans senior members of Saddam’s former ruling Baath Party and officials who belonged to his notorious security and intelligence apparatus from joining the government or the parliament.

But as the upcoming polls draw closer, attempts at swaying voters that include intimidation and bribery are on the increase and are making alarm bells ring over the dire state of Iraq’s fragile democratic process.

The fierce fight for seats in the country’s House of Representatives and the political survival of the entrenched political class have also raised fears of possible electoral irregularities and fraud.

The vote is seen as a referendum on the country’s political elites who face charges of graft and inefficiency, and it is crucial to restoring the country’s stability following the war to drive the Islamic State (IS) terror group out from vast areas of Iraq.

Voters in Iraq’s previous elections have been left disappointed after politicians failed to fulfil their promises to reform and end the epidemic corruption in the country.

With election season now in full swing, Iraqi political blocs and candidates are resorting to dubious tricks to persuade voters to turn out in the elections. While performing acrobatic acts of posturing remain part of the campaign chicanery, pandering to the voters is also used by candidates to get elected.

Among the methods that Iraqi media and social networks are reporting as being used to influence undecided voters in the upcoming elections are for the country’s ruling parties to manipulate the voting system and in particular to try to influence the IHEC.

Many groups have criticised the composition of the commission and accused its members of being affiliated to the main ruling factions. They fear that a biased Commission will not guarantee fair and efficient balloting.

What worries smaller groups is that the commission has also halted its biometric registration procedures for voters, a process which many hoped could help ensure accurate and reliable results.

In addition, unconfirmed reports have suggested that the commission may also suspend an electronic registration and counting system that could alter the vote during the counting process and allow tampering with the results.

Several politicians including former prime minister Ayad Allawi and leader of the Hikma Trend Ammar Al-Hakim have complained about possible electoral fraud and warned of dire consequences to come.

Both have called on the commission to work in a more professional way.

In past elections, candidates sometimes complained of rigging or irregularities in the polls through ballot-stuffing, spoiling ballots, adding extra marks or filling in leftover ballot papers.

Damaging the barcodes on tally sheets or tampering with some of the 59,000 machines that will be distributed to polling stations could also change the recording of the voting and influence the results.

However, Commission Spokesman Kareem Al-Timimi said on Saturday that some of the country’s political factions have been pushing to abolish the electronic voting system and resort to a manual system instead. He denied that there were plans to abolish the electronic system.

Another common technique that could be used to subvert the election results is intimidation or buying votes. The Iraqi Human Rights Observatory, a NGO, reported this week that candidates had been paying as much as $100 to voters to buy their registration cards.

The London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported on Saturday that some candidates in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had been offering $5 to voters for their votes in a city still reeling as a result of the destruction and instability caused by the war on IS.

In some cases, candidates have been distributing food baskets containing cooking oil, sugar and rice to voters in camps for displaced persons and to desperate people in low-income areas.

While bribery has long been commonplace in Iraq, the level of cheating in this election has been unprecedented and could be one of the highest anywhere in the world. Iraqi lawmakers are the highest paid in any parliament in the world and probably also the most corrupt as they can afford to pay extravagant bribes.

Candidates who are members of the ruling parties are offering voters applications for free plots of land and promises of government jobs in return for their ballot papers.

Al-Abadi himself has ordered the country’s municipalities to quickly pave roads after years of neglect in order to win votes in the country’s upcoming elections.

Religious symbols are being widely used to entice voters to cast their ballots for religious candidates. Some candidates have been transporting voters to Shia holy shrines by bus and making them swear to vote for them.

“If you vote [for me], you are voting for the strong and the honest,” Muwaffak Al-Rubaie, an Iraqi Shia politician, told the audience during a television talk show in Iraq last week, quoting a classical Arabic saying about the Prophet Mohamed.

Fear of rigging the voting outside Iraq is another serious issue, as polling stations for millions of Iraqis in the diaspora lack proper methods of registration and counting, and they will be controlled by Iraqi embassies and branches of the ruling political parties abroad.

All this may sound like simply more political drama, but these are all real issues that Iraqis will face during the upcoming general elections, as reports published in recent weeks have revealed.

The election campaigns paint a dire picture of a lack of trust in the democratic process in the country as Iraq looks set for more instability, with communal divisions deepening and IS returning to guerrilla warfare in many parts of Iraq.

At the heart of the national debate today in Iraq is a dilemma shared by every Iraqi voter critical of the ruling cliques. Voters can see little hope of next month’s elections offering real change, and if so, perhaps nobody will particularly care about what it is called election.

 

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/5&4