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The judges tasked with the work of the Commission are discussing with Kubic the latter's support for implementing the amendment of the electoral law

 

 

 

 

The judges tasked with the work of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Wednesday discussed with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq, Jan Kubic, the latest support for the implementation of the amendment of the election law. 

"The judges assigned to the Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) have today joined the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Jan Kubic," Judge Abdul Sattar Birqdar, spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council, said in a statement. 

The statement added that 'the judges discussed with Kubic ways to support the United Nations Mission in Iraq to work the Board of Commissioners to implement the Third Amendment Law to the law of the House of Representatives'. 

"The two sides also discussed issues related to overcoming the complexities that accompanied the announcement of the results of the recent parliamentary elections and seeking to implement the provisions of the law in a fair and transparent manner," the statement said.

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The Iraqi High Federation rejects a request to the Commission to cancel the amended election law

 

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Baghdad / Iraqi National News Agency / nina / The Federal Supreme Court responded to the request of the Electoral Commission to issue a (state) decision to stop the implementation of the provisions of the Third Amendment Law to the law of elections of the House of Representatives. 
"The Federal Supreme Court held its session today under the chairmanship of Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud and the attendance of all members of the judges, and considered five requests to issue a decision to stop the implementation of the provisions of the law of the third amendment to the law of elections of the Council of Representatives No. 45 of 2013 amended. 
He added that after the deliberation, the Federal Supreme Court found that the decision on the applications and the issuance of the decision thereon before standing on the other party's statements in the cases challenged by the provisions of the Third Amendment Law referred to negatively or positively, which would give a sense of the opinion of the court in the original case in advance.
The Federal Supreme Court affirmed that the established judicial norms prohibit the court from expressing an opinion or a hint on the original case before it, except when issuing the sentence. Therefore, the court decided unanimously to respond to the request of issuing the (state) Deputies ".

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highest judicial authority in Iraq The request for a decision to stop the implementation of the amendment of the Parliament to the election law

 

 

 

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The Supreme Federal Court, the highest judicial authority in Iraq on Wednesday, responded to requests to issue a "state order" to stop the third amendment by the outgoing House of Representatives on the election law.

The Iraqi parliament decided last Wednesday to re-count and hand counting of votes in the last legislative elections held on May 12 last year, where the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr won a surprise.

The decisions of the Parliament included the withdrawal of the Office of the Commission in the Electoral Commission, the assignment of nine judges to manage their functions, and the elimination of reliance on the electronic results accelerator.

"The Federal Supreme Court held its session today under the chairmanship of Judge Medhat Al-Mahmoud and the attendance of all the members of the judges," said the court's spokesman Ayas al-Samuk in a statement today. "Five applications were considered for issuing a state decision to suspend the implementation of the provisions of the Third Amendment Law ).

The Mahmud had announced on Tuesday received a request from the Electoral Commission for elections to stop the third amendment to the election law, which was approved by the outgoing House of Representatives recently.

Al-Samok added that "after the deliberation, the Federal Supreme Court found that the decision on the requests and the issuance of a decision on them before standing on the other party's statements in cases challenged by the provisions of the Third Amendment Law referred to negatively or positively, would give a sense of the opinion of the court in the original case in advance.

"The Federal Supreme Court has affirmed that the established judicial norms prohibit the court from expressing an opinion or a hint on the original case before it when issuing the ruling," the spokesman said. The provisions of the Third Amendment to the Law of Elections of the House of Representatives. "

The Supreme Judicial Council announced on Monday a meeting of judges assigned to the functions of the Board of Commissioners, during which the president and his deputy and the director of the electoral district were named.

"The judges assigned to carry out the duties of the Board of Commissioners held a meeting this morning at the Council's headquarters, during which the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and his deputy were named," Judge Abdul Sattar Birqdar, spokesman of the Supreme Judicial Council, told AFP.

Berkdar added that "the meeting also included the naming of a decision of the Board of Commissioners as well as naming the media spokesman on behalf of the Independent High Electoral Commission was also approached the Kurdistan Regional Council to nominate three judges to manage the offices of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk.

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Mullah: Manual counting will reveal major fraud and punish those involved will restore Iraq's prestige

BAGHDAD - The leader of the National Coalition Haider Mulla, the concerned parties to expose the Iraqi people and briefed him on those involved in burning the warehouses of the Electoral Commission in Rusafa.

"The Iraqi people are waiting to punish those who have been corrupt and involved in fraudulent files since 2003," Mullah said in a televised interview with Iraq Press. "The maximum penalty for those involved in this crime and other frauds, whatever their political positions, is a step in the right direction. .

 

"Iraq needs the confidence of the international community to solve its internal problems related to reconstruction, infrastructure and public services, but the restoration of this lost confidence will not be achieved without the maximum punishment of the forgers and corruptors who have brought Iraq to the lowest rank among the countries of the world," Mullah said.

 

Mulla pointed out that "the process of manual counting will reveal large frauds greater than those that have been revealed or related to the burning of ballot boxes," pointing out that "the real losers are those who fear the counting and manual sorting because they are involved in fraud, and they are the same who object to the formation Two investigative committees by the Council of Ministers and the Parliament. "

"The government and the parliament were not responsible for investigating the rigging of elections. Who is responsible for this after the election commission proved its independence and impartiality?" He asked. "He said. Finished (1)

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The judiciary announces the execution of 9 arrest warrants out of 17 on the issue of burning ballot boxes

 

Editor Ammar Tariq - Thursday, June 14

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad  announced the Supreme Judicial Council, Thursday, on the implementation of memorandums of 9 out of 17 were arrested on the issue of the burning of ballot boxes.  "The Al-Rusafa Investigation Court has issued 17 arrest warrants against a number of suspects for the crime of burning the organs and ballot boxes," Justice Council spokesman Abdul Sattar Birqdar said in a statement received by Alsumaria News.  "Nine arrest warrants have been executed so far," he said.  The Supreme Judicial Council announced on Wednesday the arrest of six accused of burning the organs of the elections in Rusafa.     Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi said on June 12 that the preliminary report on the burning of the Rusafa stores containing the ballot boxes indicated that he was intentional, while he pointed to the existence of organized work to introduce the country to the unknown.  It is worth mentioning that a fire broke out in (10 June 2018) inside the warehouses of the Ministry of Commerce in the Rusafa side of the subject of the ballot boxes, while the Prime Minister Haider Abadi orders all the leaders of operations in the provinces to tighten procedures on the warehouses of the Electoral Commission, Tampering with security and elections.

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The judiciary: the issuance of an arrest warrant for 17 suspects in the fire of the Commission and the implementation of 9 of them {expanded}

History of edits:: 2018/6/14 13:56 • 118 times readable

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Supreme Judicial Council announced the issuance of arrest warrants against 17 suspects in the burning of the warehouses of the Electoral Commission last Sunday.

A spokesman for the Higher Judicial Council, Abdul Sattar Birqdar, said in a brief statement that the "Al-Furat News" copy of it, "the Court of Inquiry Rusafa issued 17 arrest warrants against a number of suspects to commit the crime of burning the organs and ballot boxes and nine of them are now implemented." 
A huge fire broke out in the warehouses of the Electoral Commission in the Rusafa side east of Baghdad last Sunday, causing damage to the organs to accelerate the results and update the data «Biometric». 
The judiciary revealed Tuesday, the arrest of six accused of fire, including police and staff of the Commission. 
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday that the fire was "done by an actor and it is a crime and the Ministry of the Interior to find the perpetrator and issued arrest warrants against a number of accused of this work and we will find the perpetrators."
He said that "no one owns the keys to the stores of the ballot boxes, but the Electoral Commission and there is a fire for cameras in the stores before the fire in the stores confirms that the act deliberate."

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Delay in the manual recount of the results of the Iraqi elections due to political differences and pressures

 

Baghdad Baraa al - Shammari

14 June 2018

 

Despite the announcement of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider Abadi , earlier, the start of the process of re-counting and manual counting of the results of the legislative elections , but this process did not start for several reasons, including differences and political pressures .

The member of the Iraqi parliament, Joseph Saliwa, the existence of differences between the large political blocs winning and other blocks on the re-counting and manual sorting, explaining, during a press statement, that the large blocs want to violate the procedures of parliament and violating the laws by demanding the conduct of counting and sorting by hand ranging between 5 And only 15% of the funds, despite the parliament's vote on re-counting and sorting manually in all provinces and electoral stations, according to the amendment of the election law.

Saliwa pointed out that there is another reason related to the technical matters required by the judiciary supervising the elections , expected to resolve matters after Eid al-Fitr because of the constitutional "timings" that will enter the country in a constitutional vacuum unless the new government is formed.

In a related context, a source close to the judiciary overseeing the elections that the process of re-counting and manual sorting delayed due to lack of appropriate conditions, as well as not resolve the order of funds burned in Baghdad, likely to start the process during "very soon".

The source ruled out that the results of re-counting and sorting within ten days, stressing that "the process difficult and complex and require at least two to three weeks."

The Iraqi Prime Minister has announced last week near the start of the process of re-counting and sorting, the process to be completed within ten days.

In the meantime, the Iraqi authorities continue their investigations into the fire, which was charged by the ballot boxes in the warehouses of the Electoral Commission in Baghdad last Sunday.
A spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council, Abdul Sattar al-Birqdar, said in a brief statement that the judiciary carried out nine arrest warrants against 9 out of 17 suspected of involvement in the fire of ballot boxes, one day after the Iraqi judiciary announced the arrest of six accused of burning stores Commission The election.

Abadi said earlier that the fire that broke out in the warehouses of the Electoral Commission and caused the burning of the ballot boxes on the 12th of this month was deliberate in accordance with the preliminary report, which indicated the existence of organized work aimed at "bringing Iraq into the unknown and returning it" .

 

 

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Change: Intended intentions to counterfeit counting and sorting in the region and the United Nations and Baghdad direct supervision

Release date: 2018/6/16 7:53 • 172 times read

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MP on the bloc of change Hoshyar Abdullah, the United Nations and the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council directly supervise the counting and sorting in the Kurdistan region because of the existence of intentions built by the ruling parties in the region to falsify the results again. "

Abdullah said in a statement today, the agency received all of Iraq [where] that "while we had hoped that the appointment of the three judges assigned to oversee the counting and sorting in the Kurdistan region through the Supreme Judicial Council, were appointed, and unfortunately directly by the Authority The judiciary in the region, although everyone is aware that the ruling parties [the Kurdistan Democratic Union] control all institutions within the territory, including the judiciary, which became politicized because of their blatant interference in all joints of the judicial institution. 
"The two ruling parties today are preparing for another round of systematic fraud through the use of their party power and pressure on the judiciary and rigging the results of counting and sorting," Abdullah said.
He stressed the need for the United Nations to have a large and extensive presence in the process of counting and sorting in the Kurdistan region, with the importance of supervision of the Supreme Judicial Council directly on counting and sorting to ensure transparency, especially as the refusal of the two parties to amend the election law, as they announced publicly means that they have Deliberate intentions to falsify the results of counting and sorting again. "

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Special: Najib: The losing parties are sticking to the United Nations to save them

 

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The deputy of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan Najib Najib, on Sunday, the calls for the intervention of the United Nations in the conduct of manual counting and sorting in Kurdistan, "saying: These are the calls of the losing blocs only."

Najib made it clear during a special statement to "Trend Press" that the Kurdish political parties that lost the elections are demanding the intervention of the United Nations in the process of counting and sorting in the region, "noting that" these parties did not prove their ability to win the confidence of citizens and their misguided policies in the management of programs and promises Election ".

She added: We are governed by the election law issued by the Federal Council of Representatives, which voted on all the political blocs, which gave the authority to the Electoral Commission to be responsible for this file.

It is noteworthy that the five opposition parties in Kurdistan demanded earlier that there be direct intervention by the United Nations to conduct manual counting and sorting to check the results of new, "accusing the main Kurdish parties to rig the results of the legislative elections held mid-last month."

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Judicial source reveals the date of hearing appeals to amend the election law

 

 

A judicial source said Sunday (June 17th, 2018) that a hearing on the amendment of the electoral law was scheduled for Thursday 21 June 2018.

The source told local media that "Thursday, June 21, 2018, was set as a date for considering the appeals of the third amendment law of the election law."

The House of Representatives voted in its extraordinary session held on 6 June 2018 on the proposed amendment to the Third Law of the elections of the House of Representatives No. 45 of 2013 with the aim of achieving transparency in the results of the elections and maintain the democratic system of Iraq and protect the electoral process to ensure confidence in the integrity of the elections and fairness and to prove the lack of validity The acceleration of electronic results and caused by the lack of real results and for the manual counting and counting in the whole of Iraq.

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Deputies: The process of manual counting and sorting has not yet begun

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The Legal Committee in the House of Representatives confirmed on Sunday that the counting of the manual counting has not yet been carried out by the Judicial Committee supervising the Electoral Commission.

The Committee member Zana Said said in a statement to / information /, "The Judicial Committee supervising the Electoral Commission did not begin to re-counting and counting, despite promises to start last Wednesday."

Said added that "the most important reasons why the Committee does not start its work is to disrupt the official time on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr to check results continuously without interruption."

"The completion of the process within one week from the day of the Committee directly," adding that "the manual recount will reveal a massive fraud in the Kurdistan region and some provinces." Ending / 25 d

 

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Fact-finding: We provided important and serious information to the investigation committee in the fire of the Rusafa stores

 

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Alsumaria News / Baghdad , head of the fact - finding parliamentary Adel Nouri, Sunday, confirmed that thecommittee provided information described as "important and serious" to the committee charged with investigating the fire of the Electoral Commission stores in Rusafa , indicating access to advanced results on the causes of the fire and the parties involved in it.  Nuri said in an interview with Alsumaria News, "The Committee is working with great efforts in coordination with the government committee formed to investigate the fire Rusafa stores and we have direct contact with the Prime Minister in this regard," noting that " the parliamentary committee provided important information and serious to the State Committee."     He pointed out that "the joint investigative committee reached important and advanced results in the causes of the fire and the parties involved in it," adding that "the investigations led to the arrest of a group of perpetrators and suspects of symbols that we believe is important."  Nuri stressed that "the sensitivity of the subject and its seriousness and its direct impact on the political process makes us obliged not to disclose the details of names or entities involved in the incident Rusafa stores until the completion of investigations in its final form."  The fire broke out on Sunday (June 10, 2018), inside the warehouses of the Electoral Commission in the Office of the elections Rusafa, and announced the Electoral Commission, that the fire "included all the acceleration of the results and electronic verification devices of the Office of the elections of Rusafa Baghdad," but pointed out that the fire " Extends to the ballot boxes and ballot papers. "

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The Judicial Committee: The Judicial Committee has not started counting and counting until now because of the Eid holiday

 

BAGHDAD, June 18 (KUNA) - The Judicial Committee of the Electoral Commission has not started manual counting and counting until now because of the Eid holiday, the parliamentary legal committee revealed.

The Committee member Zana Said said that "the most important reasons for the failure of the Committee's work is to disrupt the official time on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr to audit the results continuously without interruption and that the Judicial Committee overseeing the Electoral Commission did not begin to re-counting and sorting despite promises to start on Wednesday, "That" the manual recount will reveal massive fraud in the Kurdistan region and some provinces and the completion of the process will end within one week from the day of the committee directly concerned, "as he claimed. Ending AH   

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United Nations: We have full confidence in Iraq in running the electoral process

Release date: 2018/6/18 23:33 • 115 times read

[Ayn-Baghdad] 
The spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations Stephane Dujarric, on Monday, full confidence in Iraq in the management of the electoral process.

"The Secretary-General has full confidence in Iraq's ability to manage the electoral process in accordance with the Constitution and in conformity with the relevant laws as well as the procedures established by the institutions," Dujarric said in response to a question on the demands of counting and counting the results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections and the resolution passed by the House of Representatives. Independent in the country. " 
He added that "the United Nations will continue to provide advice and assistance to Iraq, according to the previous authorization, I mean, as you know that in every country where the elections are held, there is a special mechanism to challenge and re-counting and sorting, to ensure that the process proceeded under the Constitution and the law."
The House of Representatives voted in its extraordinary session held on June 6, on the proposed amendment to the Third Law of the elections of the House of Representatives No. 45 of 2013 "with the aim of achieving transparency in the election results and maintain the democratic system of Iraq and protect the electoral process to ensure confidence in the integrity of the elections and fairness and The validity of the acceleration of electronic results and caused by the lack of real results and for the manual counting and counting in the whole of Iraq. " 
And appointed the Supreme Judicial Council, 18 judges to administer the offices of the Electoral Commission and supervise the process of counting and counting the results of the election under the amendment of the election law.

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The parliamentary prosecution reveals the reasons for not starting the manual counting process until now

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The Parliamentary Legal Committee revealed on Monday the reasons for the failure of the Judicial Committee supervising the Electoral Commission to process the counting and manual sorting of the results of the parliamentary elections.

The committee member Sadik al-Labban said in a statement to the "Information", "The failure to start the process of counting and sorting the results of the election depends on the opinion of the Federal Court on the appeals submitted on the third amendment to the parliamentary elections law," pointing out that "a number of political parties submitted a lot of appeals On the amendment of the election law. "

He added that "the Judicial Committee supervising the Electoral Commission will exercise the process of manual counting and sorting after the Federal Court expressed its opinion on electoral appeals."

The Legal Committee in the House of Representatives has confirmed, on Sunday, the non-direct counting and manual counting so far by the Judicial Committee supervising the Electoral Commission, indicating that one of the reasons for postponement of direct manual counting is the Eid holiday. End 25 T

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Ahmed al-Jubouri: the judiciary is waiting for the results of the meeting of political leaders Abadi before considering appeals in the amendment of the election law

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The governor of Nineveh province Ahmed al-Jubouri postponed the decision of the Federal Court on appeals filed in the third amendment to the election law after the meeting called by Prime Minister Haider Abadi.

"The decisions of the Federal Court on controversial issues often coincide with the general political situation," Jubouri said in a televised interview. "The outcome of the meeting will be influential on the court's decision and in line with the public interest of the people." Iraqi. "

"The court will make its decision within the next two days," he said, pointing out that "the identification of fraud through the process of manual counting expected will push the Federal Court to count and a comprehensive sorting and if proved to be a large difference in the results, the judiciary may take a decision to cancel the election results" .

He added that "all the political alliances that have been announced will not be final before the completion of manual counting and ratification of the elimination of results, which will be the real engine of coalitions and the formation of the government expected."

The spokesman of the Federal Supreme Court, Iyas Samok, said in a brief statement that "to consider the public hearing of the suits made by the President of the Republic / in addition to his function and the Board of Commissioners and the Kurdistan Democratic Party to challenge the law of the third amendment to the law of the elections of the House of Representatives, Federal High at ten o'clock on Thursday 21 June 2018 as the date. " Finished (1)

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Provincial and district council elections law

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According to the provisions of Article (1) of Article (61) and Article (III) of Article (73) of the Constitution and Article (IV) of Article (122) of the Constitution. The following law was issued: No. (2016) Law Elections of provincial and district councils Chapter One Definitions, objectives and applicability

 

Article (1) The following terms for the purposes of this Law shall have the following meanings: I. The Commission: - Independent High Electoral Commission. Second: - Voter: - Anyone who has the right to vote. Third: - Candidate: - Anyone who is officially accepted for membership of the Provincial Council or the judiciary. Fourth: - The primary voter register: - The register containing the names and data of the voters, which is prepared and published by the Commission to view it and submit appeals in it. Fifth: Final voter register: - The register of names and voter data that can not be challenged, which is published after the end of the period of objection. Sixth: The existing open list containing the names of candidates declared that the number of candidates in the list does not exceed the number of seats allocated to the electoral district and not less than four, according to which gives the voter the right to elect those who see it without being bound by the ranking of the candidate within the list. Seventh: - Individual list: - List consisting of one candidate by which one individual has the right to run for election and to be registered with the Commission. Eighth: - Electoral constituency: - Each specific area allocated to it a number of seats in accordance with this law. Ninth: - Election Center: - The place designated by the Commission within the electoral district to conduct the voting process and contains a number of polling stations. Tenth: - The polling station: - The place designated by the Commission within the electoral center for voter voting, which accommodates a number of voters determined by the Commission. Eleventh: - The displaced voter: - The Iraqi who was forcibly displaced from his permanent residence to another place inside Iraq after 9/4/2003 for any reason. The Armed Forces: The Iraqi Army, its formations and the military personnel of the Ministry of Defense or any formations or departments thereof, the Counter-Terrorism Authority, the Popular Propaganda Authority and any other military apparatus. Thirteen: - The security services: - The Ministry of Interior and its formations and the members of the security services and any departments or formations affiliated with it and the Iraqi National Intelligence Service and the National Security Adviser and the national security apparatus and any other security apparatus. Fourteenth: Biometric Registration: - Registration and collection of voter data electronically through the use of the biometric registration form and the addition of vital data for the purpose of creating a precise and up to date voter registration database.

 

Article 2: This law shall apply to the elections of provincial and district councils.

 

Article 3 - This law aims at the following: First: - Participation of voters in the selection of their representatives in the Council of provinces and districts. Second: Equality in electoral participation. Third: Ensure the rights of the voter and the candidate in the electoral participation. Fourth: Ensure the fairness, freedom and impartiality of the elections. Fifth: Providing legal protection for the stages and procedures of the electoral process. Chapter II The right to vote

 

Article 4: First: The election is a right for every Iraqi who meets the conditions stipulated in this law to exercise this right without distinction as to race, race, nationality, origin, color, religion, sect, belief, opinion or economic or social status. Second: Every voter shall exercise his right to vote for free, direct, secret and individual elections.

 

Article 5 - The voter must be: - First: - Iraqi nationality. Second: - Full eligibility. Third: - 18 (18) years of age in the year in which the elections are held. Fourth: - Registered in the register of voters in accordance with the provisions of this law and instructions issued by the Commission.

 

Article 6: First: - The Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Independent High Electoral Commission to disrupt the official time for the days of provincial councils and districts Second: - The Council of Ministers in consultation with the Independent High Electoral Commission to postpone the elections of provincial councils and districts as it postponed in one or more provinces. Chapter III Right of nomination

 

Article 7: The candidate shall be required to: First: - A full Iraqi citizen (30) thirty years of age in the year in which elections are held. Second: - Holds a bachelor's degree or equivalent at the time of nomination. Third: Good conduct and conduct that is not sentenced to a felony or financial or administrative corruption or crime against honor. Fourth: A resident of the governorate under the Civil Status Register or a permanent resident for a period of not less than (10) ten years, provided that his residence is not for the purposes of demographic change. Fifth: - Not covered by the provisions of accountability and justice or any law replaces it. Sixth: - Not convicted because of illegal enrichment at the expense of the homeland or public money by a court order. Seventh: He should not be a member of the armed forces or the security services or a judge when he is nominated.

 

Article 8: First: The Commission shall submit lists of candidates to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of the Interior and the Supreme National Authority for Accountability and Justice, each according to its competence to decide within fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt. Second: Candidates are subject to the approval of the Commission. Third: The wages of the participation of the party or the political organization or the individual in the elections shall be determined by a decision issued by the Independent High Electoral Commission.

 

Article 9 - Nomination shall be in accordance with the open list system. The voter shall have the right to vote for the list or for the list of candidates and the individual election.

 

Article 10 - No political parties or organizations shall be allowed to withdraw from the winning candidate the seat assigned to him at any time.

 

Article 11 - I. Voting is personal and confidential. Second: The voter may not vote more than once in the same election. (1, 3, 5, 7, etc.) and the number of seats in the electoral constituency. Then, the highest number of division results shall be conducted to give a seat and repeat the situation until all the seats of the constituency Elections. Second, the distribution of seats to the candidates of the list and re-arrange the candidates based on the number of votes obtained by the candidate and the first winner is the one who gets the most votes in the open list and so for the rest of the candidates to be a woman after the end of all three winners regardless of the winners of men .

 

Article (13) First, if two or more candidates in the same electoral list receive equal valid votes and their last rank within the constituency, the approved sequence of the party or political organization shall be adopted in the electoral list to determine the winner of the electoral seat. Second: (If two lists obtained an equal distribution of income that qualifies them to obtain a seat and this was the last seat in the constituency, the draw shall be taken for the seat).

 

Article 14 - First - If the member of the Council lost his seat for any reason was replaced by the next candidate in the number of votes obtained in the list. Second: If a member of the Council loses his seat for any reason and was on a single list, allocates the seat to another candidate who holds the highest votes for a party or political organization that obtained the highest number of votes and did not get a seat Third: If the vacant seat belongs to a woman, it is not required to be replaced by another woman unless it affects the representation of women.

 

Article 15 First: The following seats shall be allocated to the components specified for each component within the seats of the provincial councils not organized in a region: (3) Three seats for Christians, Sabean Mandaeans and Fili Kurds in Baghdad. (3) Three seats for each of the Christians, Yazidis and Shabak in Nineveh. (1) one seat for Christians in Basra. (1) one seat for the Faily Kurds in Wasit. (C) (1) one seat for Mandaeans in Maysan. Second: - The seat is allocated to the list that gets the highest votes and allocated to the candidate who gets the highest votes in the list.

 

Article 16 The counting and counting process shall take place in the polling stations immediately after the completion of the polling process. The Commission shall provide the agents of the political parties, political organizations or the candidate individual with a certified copy of the counting and counting results for each polling station.

 

Article 17 First: The Commission shall register voters who meet the conditions stipulated in this law. Second: The Commission shall prepare and update the primary register of voters in cooperation and coordination with the regional offices and governorates not organized in a region. Third: Every person who meets the conditions of the election shall have the right to request that his name be registered in the primary register of voters and he shall have the right to verify his name if he is not present. Fourth: Registration shall be done in person or in accordance with procedures issued by the Commission. Fifth: The voter may not be registered in more than one constituency.

 

Article 18 - First - The Commission shall determine the number of seats in the electoral district and in the preparation of the voter register on the latest database of the voter register prepared according to the ration card database and updated with voter registration centers. Second: After the completion of the process of organizing the register of primary voters is announced so that local and international observers and journalists and the media can monitor and see it.

 

Article (19): The electoral register of each constituency with the names of the voters in alphabetical order or the biometric registration form for those who have registered with the Commission shall be displayed in a prominent place within the registration center for easy access.

 

Article 20 First: Any person whose name is not included in the primary register of voters and anyone who has a mistake in the data relating to his registration shall submit an objection to the head office of the High Commission or its branches in the regions and governorates not organized in a territory to include his name or correct his data in the register. Second: The objection shall be submitted in writing to the head office or branches in the regions and governorates not organized in a region in accordance with the provisions of this law within (7) days from the day after the end of the date of updating Voters register. Third: The Office of the Commission shall decide on the objection within three (3) days from the date of registration of the appeal. The decision shall be subject to appeal before the Board of Commissioners within three days from the date of the decision on the outcome of the appeal.

 

Article 21 The primary register shall be final and the ballot shall be held after the expiry of the term of objection against it or the dissolution of the objections submitted in respect of the provisions stipulated in Article (21) of this law. Chapter V Constituencies

 

Article 22 - Every voter shall exercise his electoral right himself in the electoral district where he is registered in the register of voters, subject to the provisions of Article (20) of this law.

 

Article -23- First: Every governorate that is not organized in a province according to the official administrative boundaries shall be one constituency in the provincial council elections. Second: Each district according to the official administrative boundaries shall be one electoral district in the district council elections. Chapter six Election campaigning

 

Article 24 - Free election advertising is guaranteed to the candidate under the provisions of this law, starting from the date of the Commission's authorization to start the election campaign officially and ends 24 hours before the date of the elections.

 

Article 25: Election propaganda shall be exempted from any fees.

 

Article (26) First: The Municipality of Baghdad and the relevant municipalities in the Region and the governorates not organized in a region in coordination with the Commission shall specify the places where electoral advertising is prohibited and the electoral ads shall be stuck throughout the period prior to the day specified for the elections and the publication of any advertisement, . Second: Political parties, political organizations or individual candidates on a single list must participate in the elections. Remove election posters according to the instructions issued by the Commission.

 

Article 27 The election meetings held by the candidate or his supporters shall be prohibited. The purpose of the elections shall be to publicize the candidate during the period specified in this law in the buildings occupied by the ministries and entities not affiliated with the ministry and the various state departments.

 

Article 28 - It is prohibited to use the official logo of the State in meetings, advertisements, electoral leaflets, writings and drawings used in the electoral campaign.

 

Article 29 The employees of the State, the public sector and the local authorities shall not use their professional influence or the resources of the State, its means or apparatus for the benefit of themselves or any candidate, including its security and military agencies, in electoral propaganda or influence on voters.

 

Article (30) First: Any party, group, organization, individuals or any entity shall be prohibited from practicing any form of pressure, intimidation, atonement, intimidation, intimidation, giving or promising material gains. Second: Any political party or organization that keeps armed militias from participating in elections shall be deprived. Thirdly: Any political party or organization is prohibited from participating in the elections and counting the votes in case it closes an electoral area by force or threatens to force the force in its favor or against others.

 

Article 31 - The use of government departments and places of worship shall be prohibited by any means for the purpose of electoral propaganda.

 

Article 32 - Candidates are prohibited from carrying out any electoral propaganda that involves deceiving, cheating or using the style of insulting or defaming others in the election campaign.

 

Article 33 The expenditure on electoral advertising shall be prohibited from public funds or from the federal budget allocated to ministries or entities not affiliated with the Ministry or from the Waqf funds or from external support funds.

 

Article (34) First: No candidate may, on the day of voting, distribute work programs, publications, cards or other documents by himself or by others. Second: It is not permissible for any of the employees of the government departments, the public sector or members of the local authorities to distribute the work programs by himself or by others. Thirdly: It is not permissible to place advertisements or distribute work programs, publications or cards in the name of a candidate who is not registered in the list of candidates. Chapter VII Governorate of Kirkuk

 

Article 35 The elections of the Kirkuk Provincial Council shall be held under the provisions of this law as follows: 1. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), in coordination with the relevant ministries (Interior, Trade, Planning and Health), shall check the records of the voters before the elections. 2. In the event that it is impossible to check before the elections, the above mechanism shall be carried out to check the records no later than six months from the commencement of the work of the elected provincial council. 3 - Determine the mechanism determined by the provincial council elected to share senior positions in the province except the federal posts, given priority to the people of the province in the event of availability of legal conditions and to ensure the representation of components. 4- The results of the local elections shall not result in any administrative or legal action concerning the future of Kirkuk governorate. 5. One seat shall be allocated by the Kirkuk Governorate Council to the Christian component "(Assyrian Chaldean Assyrians) The provisions of this Article shall apply to one electoral cycle of four years. Chapter VIII Electoral Crimes

 

Article (36): A term of not less than (6) six months or a fine of not less than (500000) five hundred thousand dinars and not exceeding (1000000) million dinars shall be punished by imprisonment for: First: - deliberately inserting a name or names or false features in the first of the voters or deliberately not to include a name contrary to the provisions of this law. Second: - The inclusion of his name or the name of another without the availability of the required legal requirements and proved that he knows this and all who reached the lack of the inclusion of another name or delete it. Thirdly: he cast his vote in the election knowing that his name was included in the voters' register contrary to the law or that he has lost the legal conditions required to use his right in the elections. Fourthly: The vote shall be taken in the name of others. Fifth: - Reveal the secret of the vote of a voter without his consent. Sixth: - used his right to one election more than once. Seventh: - The will of the illiterate voter and wrote a name or sign on a symbol other than the voter intended or obstructed any voter to prevent him from exercising his right to vote. Eighth: Nominated in more than one constituency or electoral list.

 

Article 37: A term of not less than one year shall be imposed on: First: Use force or threat to prevent a voter from using his right to force him to vote in a particular way or abstain from voting. Second: - Give or offer or promise to give a voter benefit for himself or others to make him vote on a particular face or abstain from voting. Third: - Before or requesting interest for himself or for others who was entrusted with the performance of public service in the electoral process. Fourth: - Disseminate or broadcast among the voters incorrect news about the behavior or reputation of one of the candidates in order to influence the views of voters in the result of the election. Fifth: - He entered the electoral headquarters carrying a firearm or a victim in violation of the provisions of this law. Sixth: Spoiling, slapping or hitting the Election Commission or one of its members during the election process. Seventh: - tampering with the ballot boxes or electoral lists or any documents related to the electoral process.

 

Article (38) A penalty of not less than one year or a fine of not less than (1000000) million dinars and not more than (5 million) five million shall be imposed on anyone who acquires, conceals, misses, destroys, spoils, steals the ballot papers or the first or last voters In any way.

 

Article (39) Any person who pastes data, photographs or special electoral bulletins outside the places assigned to them shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month and a fine not exceeding JD (1000000) million.

 

Article 40: A term of not less than one month and not more than one year shall be punishable by: First, deliberately attacking the photographs of candidates or their programs affixed in the places designated for them to another account or a specific party with the intent to harm this candidate or influence the conduct of the electoral process. Second: Declared the withdrawal of one or more candidates from the electoral process, knowing that this is not true, with the intention of influencing voters or turning the candidate's votes to him. Third: Attacks on the means of electoral propaganda allowed for any reason, whether it was to be destroyed or ripped or otherwise or any such behavior.

 

Article (41) First: A term of not less than (1) month and not exceeding (6) six months and a fine of not less than (1000000) million dinars and not exceeding (5 million) five million shall be punishable by imprisonment for violating the provisions of articles (30, 31) , 32, 35, 36) of this Act. Second: A temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than (10,000,000) ten million and not more than (25000000) twenty five million shall be punished by anyone who contravenes the provisions of Articles (33) and (34) of this Law.

 

Article 42 - The initiation of election offenses provided for in this Law shall be punishable by the offense of complete punishment

 

Article (43) First: If the contribution of the party or the political organization or individual candidate to a single list in committing any of the electoral crimes stipulated in this law is proven to be punishable by a fine of 50 million dinars Second: The Council of the Commission may deprive the party or the political organization or individual candidate of a single list of votes obtained in the electoral center in case of committing one of the electoral crimes stipulated in items (I), (V), (VI) and (VII) 39) and Article (40) of this law. Chapter IX General electoral provisions

 

Article (44) First: The provincial elections shall be held with the Chamber of Deputies on the same constitutional date as the parliamentary elections. Second: - The government is committed to providing security, humanitarian and technical conditions for the provincial council elections and has the right to delay them in some provinces if these conditions are not available. Third: - The provincial councils that are not organized in the province and the sub-districts in the administration of its affairs until the election of new councils.

 

Article 45: First: A special vote shall be taken for the military and internal security forces, and the conditions for participation in the general vote shall not be permitted in accordance with instructions issued by the Commission not to vote in the military units. Second: The Commission shall carry out the procedures to ensure that those covered by the special vote are removed from the final voter register.

 

Article 46. Specific electoral centers shall be allocated to displaced persons and displaced persons in their areas of residence for the purpose of casting their votes for their candidates in the areas of abandonment or displacement. UNHCR shall determine the mechanism for their registration under instructions issued by the Commission.

 

Article (47) The duration of the electoral cycle of the governorate council and the judiciary shall be four calendar years starting with the first session.

 

Article 48 The Independent Electoral Commission shall issue instructions to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this law.

 

Article 49: No provision shall be made in contradiction to the provisions of this Law.

 

Article (50) The Law of Provincial, District and District Elections No. (36) for the year 2008 shall be repealed except Article (23) of the Law until local elections are held in Kirkuk. Article 15: This Law shall be implemented from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Positive reasons For the purpose of holding free and fair elections for the provinces not organized in the province and its districts and to be democratic elections away from external influences and in order to raise these elections to the required level. This law has been initiated .

http://ar.parliament.iq/2018/03/04/قـانون-انتخابات-مجالس-المحافظات-والأ/

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Issued number (4494) of the Iraqi fact sheet in 2018/6/4

 

2018-06-20 10:46:00

1 - Law on the election of provincial councils and districts No. (12) for the year 2018.

2. Presidential Decree No. 25 of 2018.

3- The decision of the Committee for the freezing of terrorist funds No. (30) for the year 2018.

4. Rules of Procedure of the Office of the Inspector-General of the Ministry of Displacement and Migration No. (1) of 2018.

 

 

Those wishing to acquire the Iraqi facts can review the Iraqi Fact Department located in Salihiya / Haifa Street (Ministry of Justice Building) to register for the newspaper and obtain the required number.

https://www.moj.gov.iq/view.3840/

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Ok guys, this is not the Election Law  ruling we are waiting on.  This is the Provincial Election Law for the Provincial Councils which is part of the Federalism of Iraq.

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Source: Integrity summoned members of the Electoral Commission and Al-Sharifi to investigate the deal of accelerators

 

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A source familiar with the matter said Thursday that the Integrity Commission summoned the members of the Electoral Commission and Al-Sharifi to investigate the deal.

The source told "Al-Ghad Press" that "the Integrity Commission summoned members of the Electoral Commission and Al-Sharifi to investigate the deal of the organs to accelerate the results."

The source pointed out that "the members of the Electoral Commission are still attending the UNHCR building did not leave their offices."

He explained that "the judges assigned a meeting with members of the Commission and the advanced staff of the Electoral Commission on Thursday."

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Legal: The results of the new elections are subject to appeal and will take time to announce them

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The legal expert Ali al-Tamimi, on Friday, that the results of counting and sorting by hand will be subject to appeal, as it will take a long time to announce, indicating that counting and sorting will be conducted in the provinces without transferring funds to Baghdad.

"The results of the elections that will be announced after counting and manual sorting will be subject to appeal before the Council of the Commission and then appeal to the tripartite judiciary in accordance with Law No. 11 of 2007 of the Electoral Commission of the elections."

He added that "the amendment of the election law put things back to the point of zero as if the elections were conducted again, and will begin counting and counting manually without relying on previous results."

He pointed out that "the results that will appear after the counting and manual sorting will be subject to appeal in the event of the presence of a breach or tampering with."

Tamimi said that "counting and sorting by hand may take a long time, where the operation will be within the provinces, and then sent to Baghdad to announce and then consider appeals and then announced the final results."

He stressed that "the Federal Court will ratify the election results, the completion of manual counting and sorting, in accordance with Article 93 of the Constitution after consideration of the appeals submitted to the results." End 25 n

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A source in the Commission: the fall of biometric devices in the warehouses of the Commission and crash and the killing of one of the staff

 

Commission Election Counting

 

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Urgent .. A source in the Commission: the fall of biometric devices in the warehouses of the Commission and crash and the killing of one of the staff