Iraq's provincial elections will be held next December 22

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Informed sources reveal the "agreement" Abadi and the Quds Force to involve the popular crowd in the elections

02-11-2017 01:06 PM

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Informed sources said on Thursday that there were understandings between Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Qasim Soleimani, while confirming their agreement to involve the crowd in the elections. 

"Abadi and Sulaimani agreed during their meeting yesterday in Baghdad to postpone the elections to allow the government to search for legal arguments to allow the mobilization to participate, which led to the Prime Minister to instruct some parliamentary blocs to resort to the Federal Court to obtain A judicial order allowing all political forces to participate '.

She added that 'understandings reached between the Prime Minister Haider Abadi and the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Guard Qassim Soleimani, allowing the popular mobilization, to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, after he was declared that the mobilization of a security institution is not entitled to participate in the elections, Which angered the leadership of the 'crowd' that rejected the decision Abbadi '. 

The report concluded that 'effective movements started from blocks close to the Prime Minister, in addition to some Sunni blocs, to postpone the elections by a judicial decision, while the National Alliance ruling meetings with the Electoral Commission to discuss the legality of postponement of the elections in the presence of Abadi and Nuri al-Maliki, Vice President of Iraq.

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05-11-2017 12:35 PM

UNHCR announces May 15, 2018 as the date for the parliamentary elections

 

 

 

UNHCR announces 15 May 2018 as the date for the parliamentary elections. 

 

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UNHCR confirms its ability to hold parliamentary elections on time

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The Independent High Electoral Commission confirmed on Sunday its ability to conduct parliamentary elections on time, stressing the keenness of Prime Minister Haider Abadi to conduct them in the areas of displaced in the liberated provinces.

"The referendum in the region will not be a part of the Commission," said the head of the electoral administration, Riad Badran, in a press conference held by the UNHCR and attended by "Al-Ghad Press". "We are going to the parliamentary elections and we have the adequate organs that contribute to the elections on time and speed up the announcement of results." 
For his part, said a member of the Commission Karim Tamimi, it is "ready to conduct the elections from the technical point of view," referring to the Commission's demand the speaker of parliament and the government to "complete the laws on the elections." 
Tamimi said that "there are extraordinary efforts to share all the provinces, especially in the provinces that include displaced people," noting that "we will have plans, and we will have in the coming days visits to the provinces to follow up the provinces." 
He pointed out that "
"We need six months to pass the election law," Speaker of the Board of Commissioners Maan Abdul Hantoush said. "If the election law is not passed by our parliament, it is possible to hold elections according to the law in force." 
"Hantoush that" the Commission will hold elections in all provinces, "pointing out that" there is a card for displaced people in the areas where they have been displaced and through which they can vote for the provinces belonging to them. " 
He pointed out that "the Commission was able to overcome the difficulties and we are able to hold elections on time." 
The President of the Council stressed that "without the presence of the card can not vote for any voter," stressing that "a few days ago the card reached six provinces and accepted to three others." 
Hantoush concluded his speech during the conference by saying that "

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Nuri al-Maliki: I do not adopt a project to postpone the legislative elections

Editorial Date: 2017/11/6 14:17 • 19 times read

The Vice President of the Republic Nuri al-Maliki said that rumors circulating within the political and media circles about his approval to postpone the elections and the inclusion of names and other political addresses in support of this matter, is only a desperate and futile attempt, because it is a step contrary to the Constitution and the law, And enter the political process in a legislative and executive vacuum, stressing the need to adhere to the constitutional deadlines, and the holding of elections on time.

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05-11-2017 03:24 PM

The new commission is ready to hold parliamentary elections in all governorates on time

 

 

 

The head of the Independent Electoral Commission, Maan al-Hitawi, said Sunday that the new commission is ready to hold parliamentary elections in all governorates according to the legal and constitutional date. 

He said that the new Council of the Commission took on the work 'in the spirit of one team', stressing that the Commission is ready to hold parliamentary elections in all provinces according to the legal and constitutional date. 

He added that 'there is a card for the displaced in the areas they have been displaced and can vote for the provinces belonging to them,' noting that 'the Commission was able to overcome the difficulties and we are able to hold elections on time'. 

It should be noted that the Iraqi Council of Ministers, had proposed to hold elections to the House of Representatives on May 15, 2018.

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State of law: Some parties want to postpone the elections to 2020

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MP of the coalition of state law, Abdul Hadi Mohan, the desire of some political parties to postpone the elections to 2020, indicating that it is unacceptable in toto. 
Mohan said that "some political parties have a desire to postpone the parliamentary elections until 2020, which is totally unacceptable," stressing the desire of the mass "to hold elections as scheduled by the federal government."

He added that "there is a regional and international trend for the purpose of postponing the elections for the next two years for the purpose of some parties to gain partisan," noting that "we refuse to postpone it as a violation in legal contexts." 
He continued that "the Independent Commission is close to the completion of all administrative and technical procedures regarding the parliamentary elections." 
"There are 25 million Iraqi voters who have received more than 10 million of them on vital cards, in addition to completing the procedures of all areas of the displaced on the vital card, and therefore the Commission can hold elections in all regions without exception," Mohan said.

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The Vice-President is important 

"Abadi and Hamoudi" confirm the holding of the elections by their exact date and the final victory on the daisy

 November 17, 2017 3 Views

Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council Sheikh Dr. Hammam Hamoudi and his accompanying delegation.

And blessed Sheikh Hamoudi, the victories achieved by our security forces in various formations and gangs on the gangs, calling for terrorism, citing government crimes that have preserved the unity of the country.

The two sides stressed that the Constitution must be adhered to as a basis for preserving the unity of Iraq, stressing the holding of elections on time as a constitutional entitlement.

 

http://ar.parliament.iq/2017/11/17/العبادي-وحمودي-يؤكدان-على-اجراء-الان/

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Presidential President Important 

Sheikh Hamoudi agrees with the UN mission: postponement of the elections go to the unknown, and confirms: We have exceeded the risk of tearing apart the "unity of Iraq"

 November 17, 2017 7 Views

During a meeting with the representative of the United Nations in Iraq .. 
Sheikh Hamoudi agrees with the UN mission: the postponement of the elections go to the unknown, and confirms: we have exceeded the risk of tearing apart the "unity of Iraq"

A member of the Presidency of the House of Representatives Sheikh d. Hammoudi that the crisis with the Kurdistan region towards the "solution" to ensure compliance with the Constitution and the decisions of the Federal Court, calling to take advantage of the previous wrong experience of "the referendum," pointing out that the country has exceeded the risk of ripping "the unity of Iraq," This came during a meeting with the Representative UN special envoy for Iraq, Jan Kubic, in his office today.

Sheikh Hamoudi agreed with Kubic that the elections should not be delayed because the failure to meet the scheduled date means going to the unknown and the constitutional vacuum of the country, which enshrines the language of imposing the status quo, as well as the absence of sensitive sites in the country.

Dr. Hamoudi called on the UN Mission to take its role in removing the suspicions that call for postponement, stressing the government's keenness to speed up the return of the displaced and ensure their stability and to provide funds for the reconstruction of their cities in order to preserve the voter's freedom to perform his vote. Sectarian and violence and terrorism. "

In turn, Kubic expressed the readiness of the UN mission to promote effective solutions to the current crisis with the region and to help in the preparations for the elections in a timely manner and to provide assistance under the mandate of the United Nations, indicating the importance of starting serious discussions between Baghdad and Erbil on outstanding issues and build a high level of understanding according to the Constitution, Parliament to form a new election commission.

http://ar.parliament.iq/2017/11/17/الشيخ-حمودي-يتفق-مع-البعثة-الأممية-تأج/

 

 

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Abadi stresses the importance of holding the elections on time

18/11/2017 12:00 am  During a meeting with Hamoudi  Baghdad / Sabah  between Prime Minister Haider Abadi, the President of the Islamic Supreme Council, Hammoud Hamoudi, the government's keenness to hold elections on time, as a constitutional entitlement.  "The meeting met with the President of the Islamic Supreme Council Hamam Hamoudi," the statement said. "The meeting blessed the victories achieved by our heroic forces against the terrorist gangs, and the support and praise of Abadi steps that have preserved the unity of the country."  The statement added that "the meeting discussed the political and security situation and confirm the government's keenness to hold the elections on time, as a constitutional entitlement."

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Allawi's policy : Iraq's debt amounted to 133 billion dollars and the upcoming elections will witness significant changes

 

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The Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi, on Saturday, that the Iraqi Bureau amounted to 133 billion dollars, noting that the upcoming elections will witness significant changes.

Allawi said in a press statement that "the upcoming elections will witness great changes if they are conducted fairly, and we do not accept the intervention of any state in the elections, and we seek to achieve a state of citizenship based on the rule of law."

Allawi said that "the debt of Iraq amounted to 133 billion, despite the wealth of large owned by."

He pointed out that "there is an unstable consensus between America and Russia, and the situation of Syria has begun to worry the region, Russia is sticking to the unity of Syria and fear that it will happen to what happened to Iraq."

 

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Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi: Elections will be held on its constitutional date

 

 

			18 November 2017 Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi said that the elections will be held on a constitutional date, contrary to what a number of politicians are talking about, indicating that the Council of Ministers has set a date for its implementation.  This came during the receipt of the Prime Minister on Saturday a voter card from a voter center in Baghdad.  He also referred to the nature of the registration and turnout of citizens and urged them to participate in the elections.  He stressed that he received today voter card, calling on citizens to review the centers to receive their electoral cards and participate in the elections, indicating that the country is on the right path. Dr. Haidar al-Abadi said that after the completion of the campaign there is a campaign to fight corruption, which requires the concerted efforts of everyone to eliminate it as we spent on the gangs of terrorist advocates.       Prime Minister's Media Office  18 November 2017   http://pmo.iq/press2017/18-11-201702.htm

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Abadi: Elections will be held on constitutional date

19/11/2017 12:00 am   Baghdad / Al-Sabah In a letter to the Iraqis, the Islamic nation and the world, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi called on the people of Iraq to adhere to the rope of Allah and spread peace, renounce the division and end disputes and disputes to ensure security and stability. By a number of politicians. "I extend my deepest condolences to our dear people, the Islamic nation and the whole world on the anniversary of the death of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, which was sent by God to the worlds," he said. Abadi added " We are committed to following the path of our noble Prophet (PBUH) in adhering to the rope of God, spreading peace, renouncing the division and ending disputes and conflicts, so that we can all enjoy security and stability. We offer the world the shining face of our true religion of peace, fraternity and tolerance. "I renew my sincere condolences to God Almighty, to provide us with more strength and determination to complete the path of victory and to extend security and stability in every part of the land of Al-'Ara," the Prime Minister said. "The Prime Minister, Dr. Haider al-Abadi, said that the elections will be held on a constitutional date, contrary to what is spoken by a number of politicians, indicating that the Council of Ministers has set a date for the meeting, came during the receipt of Abadi on Saturday voter card From a polling station in Baghdad. "Abadi listened to an explanation of the nature of registration and turnout by citizens and urged them to participate in the elections," a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said. "He called on citizens to review the centers to receive their electoral cards and participate in the elections. The Prime Minister pointed out that after the completion of the campaign there is a campaign to fight corruption, which requires the concerted efforts of everyone to eliminate it, just as we have spent on gangs to support terrorism.

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Abadi’s got my vote ✅

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There are so many Mutant Screw Heads that Demand Everything be delayed because they're entirely incapable of linear, long term thinking & thinking on they're feet.

 

Thankfully, Abadi is Light Years Ahead of these Idiots. I'm sure like most of us here, he doesn't Tolerate Fools & Idiots either.

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 political shake-up in the Dawa Party .. Abadi and Maliki are running on two separate lists

 

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BAGHDAD - Sources close to the ruling party "Islamic Call" in Iraq, he will contest the next parliamentary elections on two separate lists, leading the first leader of the party leader Haider Abadi, while the second is headed by the Secretary-General of the party Vice President Nuri al-Maliki.

She pointed out that what was a few months ago, not exceeding the limits of speculation, on the division of the party into two wings competing in the next general elections, «has become a confirmed fact, in the light of the unwillingness of Maliki and Abadi to enter into a unified electoral alliance».

The sources pointed out that senior leaders of the «Dawa» and «coalition rule of law», sought under the pressure to arrange the situation of the party to participate in the general elections scheduled mid-May, to «bridge the gap» between Abadi and Maliki, but the parties « Adhering to their desire to run on two different lists. "

One source did not rule out that the parties would resort to a parliamentary alliance after the elections, but that also depends on the coalition of each party to take parliamentary seats in the next session.

As it will depend on the «nature of alliances each party», as the parties that will be allied with Abadi may intersect with the groups allied with al-Maliki, which may complicate matters between them.

Ebadi is determined to form an electoral list called "Liberation and Construction". Sources close to the party say his future depends on the outcome of the power struggle between Maliki and Abadi. And believes that the leadership of the current al-Maliki «threatened to retreat under the growing popularity of the popular Abadi, after the military victories achieved by the« dashing »and the decisive position taken on the referendum in the Kurdistan region and disputed areas, and restore the control of the federal government on the province of Kirkuk, in the whole is in the interest of Abadi influence within the party.

But these circles do not reduce Maliki's chances of dominating the party as a result of the network of interests he woven with many of his members during his premiership between 2006 and 2014, and many party cadres still owe him allegiance.

However, based on the history of the continuing schism in the ranks of the Da'wa, observers see that the party is "facing a major political upheaval," stemming from the choice of its two poles (Abadi and Maliki) to enter two electoral lists, which implies "dividing the party into two competing wings, And perhaps later rivals. "

The party's former spokesman, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, was transformed into a rival once it split and established the "reformist trend" in 2005. The period of dissent in the party dates back to the "decision to delete" the right of the cleric Kazem Haeri. A legal reference to the party represented by Haeri.

Subsequent splits followed the emergence of the "Basra Group" in the 1990s, and then the Dawa Party - the Organization of Iraq. Years ago, a group split from this party and established the Dawa Party - the Organization of the Interior.

It is noteworthy that «Dawa Party» dominated the prime minister since 2005 when he took the former leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari as prime minister for one year, and then took al-Maliki for two consecutive terms, before Abadi succeeded in 2014.

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 Prime Minister Abadi bans Iraq militia leaders from elections

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Prime Minister Abadi bans Iraq militia leaders from elections

Iraq's paramilitary forces were key to the defeat of IS [Getty]

Date of publication: 20 November, 2017

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Abadi has banned militia leaders from standing in next year's elections, as the Iraqi prime minister attempts to limit the power of paramilitary forces.

 

 

 

 

Iraq militia leaders will not be allowed to stand in next year's provincial and national elections, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said this weekend.

His comments come amid fears of the growing power and influence of Iran and paramilitary forces in Iraq, following the defeat of the Islamic State group.

In an attempt to limit their influence in national politics, Abadi has said militia leaders must lay down their arms and enter civilian life if they wish to stand in elections.

"There must be a clear separation between political and armed groups," the prime minister warned on the weekend.

"It's vital that people choose the politicians that they want... The government's anti-corruption campaign requires unity of all Iraqis in order to combat this issue, just like our defeat against IS."

Abadi came to power in 2014, promising to rein in the rampant corruption that thrived under his predecessor Nouri al-Maliki. 

With little progress made in stamping out graft, Iraqis took to the streets to protest against frequent power cuts.

These died down with the Iraqi army's offensive against IS, which relied on the crucial support of Shia militias, who joined forces under the umbrella formation the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces or Hashd al-Shaabi.

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Their lead role in the battles against IS and status as a quasi-independent army force has given Tehran an ever stronger role in the country.

Iraq's political leadership hope next May's elections will bring some harmony to the country and embolden the civilian government.

Iraq's last parliamentary elections were held in April 2014, which saw Maliki's Shia-dominated party win and form a coalition with smaller parties.

Abadi will have to deal with security issues, continued corruption, internal power feuds, and the issue of Iraqi-Kurdistan's independence bid as he prepares for the elections slated for 12 May.

The Iraq Report is a weekly feature at The New Arab.

 

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/11/20/prime-minister-abadi-bans-iraq-militia-leaders-from-elections

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Law amending the law of elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives No. (45) for the year 2013

 November 20, 2017 112 Views

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Law amending the law of elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives No. (45) for the year 2013

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2017/11/20 In the name of the people Presidency On the basis of what was approved by the House of Representatives and ratified by the President of the Republic based on the provisions of item (I) of Article (61) and Article (III) of Article (73) of the Constitution The following law was issued: No. (2017) The first reading of the law to amend the law of elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives No. (45) for the year 2013Chapter One Definitions, objectives and flow Article (1) For the purposes of this Law, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby set forth. Council: Iraqi Council of Representatives. Commission: Independent High Electoral Commission.

 

Voter: An Iraqi who meets the legal and eligibility requirements for voting in elections. Exiled Voter: The Iraqi who was forcibly evicted from a permanent residence to another place inside Iraq after 9/4/2003 for any reason whatsoever.

 

Primary voter register: The register containing the names and data of the voters, which are prepared and published by the Commission to view and submit appeals Final voter register: A record of irrevocable voter names and statements published after the end of the objection period.

 

Candidate: is every Iraqi has been officially accepted by the Electoral Commission for elections to the membership of the Iraqi Council of Representatives.

 

Single List: The list for which one individual is entitled to run for election and to be registered with the Commission.

 

Open List: The list containing the names of the candidates declared. The electoral district: Each specific area has been allocated a number of seats in accordance with the provisions of this law.

 

Election Center: The place designated by the Commission within the electoral district to conduct the voting process.

 

Article (2) This law aims to:

1 - Participation of voters in the selection of their representatives in the Iraqi Council of Representatives.

 

II. Equality in electoral participation.

 

Third: Ensuring the rights of voters and candidates in 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.

 

Article (3) This law applies to the elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives.

Chapter II ( Voting right )

 

Article (4) I. Election Every Iraqi who has met the conditions provided for in this Law shall be entitled to exercise this right without distinction as to race, race, nationality, origin, color, religion, creed, belief, opinion, economic or social status. Each voter shall exercise his right to vote for free, direct, secret and individual elections.

 

Article (5) The voter must be:

First: Iraqi nationality.

II. Full eligibility.

Third - At the age of eighteen years in the year in which the elections are held.

Fourthly, he shall be registered in the register of voters in accordance with the provisions of this law and the regulations and procedures issued by the Commission.

 

Article (6) Voting takes place in one day throughout the Republic of Iraq.

 

Article (7) First: Elections of the House of Representatives must be held 45 days before the end of the previous electoral cycle at least. The elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives shall be held for its third session no later than 1/5/2014. The date of the elections shall be determined by a decision of the Council of Ministers and in coordination with the Independent High Electoral Commission, endorsed by the House of Representatives and issued by presidential decree and announced by all media before the scheduled date for a period not less than 90 days.

Chapter III (Right of nomination)

 

Article (8) The candidate for membership in the Chamber of Deputies shall be required to add the following conditions to the voter:

First, he must be at least 30 years of age at the time of nomination.

Secondly, it should not be covered by the law of accountability and justice or any other law to replace it.

3- He should be good conduct and not convicted of a crime that violates honor.

(4) He must have a preparatory certificate as a minimum or equivalent.

Fifthly, it should not have been illegally enriched at the expense of the homeland or public money.

VI. He should not be a member of the armed forces or security institutions when he is nominated.

Proposed Amendment Article (8) The provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (4) of this Article shall be repealed and replaced by the following:First: He must be at least 28 years of age at the time of nomination. Fourth: To have a university degree equivalent to the nomination.

 

Article (9) Firstly, the Commission shall send the lists of candidates to the National Commission for Accountability and Justice for decision within fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt. Candidates are subject to the approval of the Commission.

 

Article (10) The number of candidates on the list does not exceed the number of seats allocated to the electoral district. the fourth chapter ( Constituencies )

 

Article (11) The Council of Representatives consists of (328) three hundred and twenty-eight seats distributed (320) three hundred and twenty seats on the provinces according to administrative limits according to the table annexed to the law and (8) eight seats, including quota (quota) of the components.

 

The following components shall be granted a quota (quota) calculated from the allocated seats, provided that this does not affect their percentage in the case of their participation in the national lists as follows:

(5) five seats distributed to the provinces (Baghdad, Nineveh, Kirkuk, Dahuk and Erbil).

B - The Yazidi component (1) one seat in the province of Nineveh.

C) The Mandaean Sabean component (1) one seat in Baghdad governorate.

(D) the network component (1) one seat in Nineveh Governorate.

Thirdly, seats reserved for the Christians and the Mandaeans shall be within one constituency.

 

Article (12) The nomination shall be in the manner of the open list and the number of candidates shall not be less than three. The voter shall have the right to vote for the list and the candidate and one of the candidates.

 

Article (13) First, the number of female candidates should not be less than 25% in the list, and women should not be less than 25%.

Second: When presenting the list, it is necessary to take into account the sequence of women by one woman after every three men.

 

Article (14) The seats on the competing lists are distributed according to the modified Saint Leco system as follows:

First, the correct votes for competing lists shall be divided into serial numbers (6,1, 9,7,5,3 ... etc.) and the number of seats assigned to the electoral district.

Second, this shall ensure that women receive at least 25% of the seats.

3 - The distribution of seats within the list of rearranging the sequence of candidates based on the number of votes obtained by each of them, and be the first winner to get the highest votes and so for the rest of the candidates.

Fourth: In the case of equal votes of candidates for the last seat is resorted to the lottery in the presence of candidates or representatives of the blocks concerned.

 

Article (15) First - If the vacant seat belongs to a woman, it is not required to be replaced by a woman unless it affects the representation of women. Second: If the vacant seat belongs to a political entity or a list that has exhausted the candidates, the seat shall be allocated to another candidate for a political entity that has obtained the minimum number of votes for a seat.

 

Chapter V (Voter register)

Article (16) First: The Commission shall register the voters for those who meet the conditions stipulated in this law. Second: The Commission shall prepare and update the primary voter register in cooperation and coordination with the UNHCR offices in the region and the governorates.Any person who meets the conditions of the election shall have the right to request the registration of his name in the primary register of voters and to verify his name if he is not present.

IV. Registration shall be done in person or in accordance with the instructions of the Commission.

V. The voter may not be registered in more than one constituency. The Independent High Electoral Commission during the modernization of the voter register must use mobile teams on citizens' homes to ensure that as many citizens as possible participate in the modernization process.

 

Article (17) The Commission relies on the preparation of the voters register on the latest database of voters register prepared according to the ration card database with updated in the voter registration centers until the census of the population.

 

Article (18) The voter register for each constituency with the names of voters in alphabetical order is shown by UNHCR in a prominent place within the registration centers for easy access.

 

Article (19) First: Any person whose name is not mentioned in the primary voter register or if there is a mistake in the data relating to his registration shall submit an objection to the National Office of the High Commission or its branches in the governorates to include his name or correct his data in the register.

Second: The objection shall be submitted in writing in accordance with the provisions of this law within a period determined by the Commission starting from the date of presentation of the primary voter register in the constituencies.

III. The Office of the Commission shall decide on the objection within a period determined by the Commission and its decision shall be subject to objection before the Board of Commissioners and its decision shall be subject to appeal in accordance with the law.

 

Article (20) The initial record shall be final and the balloting shall be carried out after the expiry of the term of objection or the resolution of the objections submitted thereon. The Commission shall publish it in the registration centers after the period determined by it. Chapter six (Electoral propaganda)

 

Article (21) Free election propaganda is guaranteed to the candidate under the provisions of this law, starting from the date of approval of the lists of candidates by the Commission and ends before (24) hours from the start of the ballot.

 

Article (22) Election propaganda is exempted from any fees.

 

Article (23) First, the Municipality of Baghdad and the concerned municipalities in the governorates shall determine, in coordination with the Commission, the places in which electoral propaganda is prohibited and prohibit the publication of any advertisement, programs or pictures of the candidates in polling stations and stations.

 

Second: The political entities participating in the elections must remove the electoral propaganda and the instructions issued by the Commission.

 

Article (24) It is prohibited to organize the election meetings held by the candidate or his supporters, the purpose of which is to publicize the candidate during the period specified in this law in the buildings occupied by the various ministries and departments of the state.

 

Article (25) The exploitation of the buildings of ministries, various state institutions, places of worship and religious symbols is prohibited for any propaganda or electoral activities of political entities and candidates.

 

Article (26) 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 (27) Employees of the State Departments and local authorities shall not use their professional influence or resources of the State, its means or organs for the benefit of themselves or of any candidate, including its security and military organs, by electoral propaganda or by influencing voters.

 

Article (28) It is prohibited to practice any form of pressure or coercion or to grant material or moral gains or promises in order to influence the election results.

 

Article (29) It is prohibited to spend on electoral advertising from public funds or from the budget of ministries or waqf funds or from external support system" rel="">support funds.

 

Article (30)

I. No candidate shall, on the day of the voting, distribute work programs, publications, cards or other documents himself or through others.

Secondly, no person working in the State or local authorities may, on the day of the vote, distribute work programs by himself or through others.

Thirdly, advertisements or distribution of work programs, publications or cards may not be placed in the name of a candidate not registered in the lists of candidates approved by the Commission.

 

 

Chapter VII (Electoral crimes)

 

Article (31) A penalty of not less than (6) six months and a fine of not less than (250,000) two hundred and fifty thousand dinars shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than (6) months and not exceeding (1000000) First - deliberately inserting a false name, names or characteristics in the voter register or deliberately not to include a name contrary to the provisions of this law.

Second, he has decided to include his name or the name of another without the required legal conditions, and it is proven that he knows this and anyone who decides not to include another name or delete it.

Thirdly, he cast his vote in the election knowing that his name was included in the voter register in violation of the law or that he had lost the legal conditions required to exercise his right to elections.

IV - deliberately vote on behalf of others.

V - The secret of the vote of a voter without his consent.

Sixth, he used his right to vote once more.

Seventh - the will of the illiterate voter and wrote Asma Ao referred to a symbol that was not intended by the voter or obstructed any voter to prevent him from exercising his right to vote.

 

Article 32 The following shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than one year:

I. Use force or threat to prevent a voter from using his or her right to vote or to abstain from voting.

(Ii) Give, offer or promise to give a voter an interest to himself or to others to induce him to vote in a particular way or to abstain from voting.

Third - Before or requesting interest for himself or for others who was charged with performing public service in the electoral process.

Fourthly, any voter behavior or reputation with a view to influencing the views of the electorate in the election result shall be published or broadcast among the voters.

Fifth - He entered the electoral headquarters with a firearm or a victim in violation of the provisions of this law.

VI. Spoiling, slapping or beatings of workers at polling stations.

Seventh - tampering with the ballot boxes or voter registers or any documents related to the electoral process.

Eighth - Nominated for more than one constituency or electoral list.

 

Article (33) Shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than one year and a fine of not less than (1000000) million dinars and not more than (5 million) five million dinars or both penalties:

I. Acquires, conceals, executes, destroys, spoils or steals ballots or voter records or otherwise results in any way. Second, he violated the freedom of elections or his regime by force or threat. Article (34) A penalty of imprisonment for a period of not less than one month or a fine of not more than (1000000) million Dinars shall be imposed on whoever suspended the data, photographs or special electoral bulletins outside the places allocated to them.

 

Article (35) A penalty of imprisonment for a period of not less than one month and not more than one year or a fine of not less than (1000000) million dinars and not exceeding (5 million) five million dinars or both penalties shall be imposed on:

I. Intentionally attacking the photographs of the candidates or their programs published in the places assigned to them to another account or a specific body with the intention of harming this candidate or influencing the conduct of the electoral process.

Second: Declare the withdrawal of one or more candidates from the electoral process, knowing that this is not true in order to influence voters or turn the votes of the candidate.

(3) Attacks on electoral propaganda, which are permitted by law for any reason, whether it be a defect, ripping or otherwise, or any such behavior.

 

Article (36) The commencement of election offenses provided for in this Law shall be punishable by the penalty of the full offense.

 

Article (37) In the case of proven political entity's contribution to the commission of any of the electoral crimes stipulated in this law, a fine of JD (25000000) twenty five million dinars.

 

 

Chapter VIII (General and final provisions)

 

Article (38) The counting process, the counting of votes and the completion of its forms shall take place immediately after the end of the voting process at each polling station. The representatives of the political entities shall be provided with a paper copy thereof after being authenticated by the director of the electoral station. The form shall be placed in a place dedicated to the media at each polling station. Re-counting of all stations and polling stations and provides representatives of political entities paper copies of the results of counting and sorting.

 

Article (39) The elections may be postponed in one or more districts if the circumstances so require. The postponement shall be at the request of the Council of the Elections Commission and by a decision of the Council of Ministers and by the approval of the Council of Representatives.

 

Article (40) The special vote shall be 48 hours before the date of the general ballot, and shall include:

First: The employees of the Ministry of Defense, Interior and all other security agencies according to special procedures established by the Commission and approved on official lists provided by the competent authorities included in the special vote 60 days before the date of the poll and their names are removed from the general register of voters.

Second: The inmates and detainees based on lists submitted by the Ministry of the Interior and Justice within a period not less than thirty days from the date of the ballot and their names shall be removed from the general register of voters.

Third: Patients who stay in hospitals and other clinics and shall be based on lists provided by these authorities before the direct in the ballot according to the procedures of the Commission.

Fourth: The displaced shall vote according to the latest official statistics provided by the commissioner of the Ministries of Immigration and Displaced Persons and the merchants under which the displaced has the right to vote in the place where he resides and vote for his original department.

Fifth: Iraqis vote abroad in favor of their governorates according to procedures established by the Commission.

 

Article (41) The elections shall be held in Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, Ninewa, Baghdad, Basra, Dhi Qar, Babil, Sulaymaniyah, Anbar, Arbil, Diyala, Najaf, Wasit, Qadisiyah, Maysan, Dohuk, Karbala and Muthanna.

Second: The Chamber of Deputies shall form a committee of the governorates mentioned in paragraph

(1) above if the increase in its records (5%) is five percent of the total number of representatives of the members of the House of Representatives for that governorate and the membership of a representative of the Ministry of Planning, To review and verify the error and the increase in the voter registers and according to the official data and standards contained in this law to correct the voters register, and the Committee shall complete its work within one year from the date of its operation. The results of the elections in the governorates mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall not be counted before the completion of the audit of the voters' registers in them as the basis for any future electoral process or precedent for any political or administrative situation.

 

Article (42) The following criteria shall be adopted for the implementation of the provisions of Article (41):

First, the difference between the number of registered in the 2004 register before the update and the number of registered in the 2014 elections.

II. The audit of the difference is conducted in (i) above and in additions for years (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) with the following focus:

A) Population additions (births, deaths and transfer of entries from the governorate) for the period from 2004 to 2013.

B - returnees according to official records.

(C) any other demographic changes during this period;

Thirdly, the auditing process shall be based on the validity of the restrictions, their legality and the illegal cases, and the number of differences and the seats represented shall be calculated.

The number of members of the Council of Representatives representing the governorates mentioned in Article (41) shall be determined by the percentage of population to be adopted by the Council after subtracting the number of seats resulting from the violations.

Fifth: The owners of the governorate shall be considered the correct numbers and the registration of numbers outside the maintenance of the national quota.

 

Article (43) In the event of the adoption of electronic voting, the instructions issued by the Commission shall be approved for the conduct of the polling, counting and counting.

 

Article (44) The Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Finance shall allocate the funds allocated for the elections to the Independent High Electoral Commission within (15) fifteen days from the date of determining the date of the ballot.

 

Article (45) The Ministries of Education, Higher Education, Scientific Research, the Accountability and Justice Commission and all relevant departments must answer the Commission's inquiries about the validity of candidacy within a maximum period of fifteen days. Article (46) The Commission may issue instructions to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this law.

 

Article (47) The Law of Elections of the Council of Representatives No. 16 of 2005 and its amendments shall be repealed.

 

Article (48) The provisions of this Law shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this Law and shall be effective from the date of its ratification and shall be published in the Official Gazette. Positive reasons With a view to holding free, fair and transparent elections in order to genuinely represent the will of the voter and to allow for legitimate competition, away from external influences and for the purpose of advancing the democratic process This law was enacted.

 

http://ar.parliament.iq/2017/11/20/القراءة-الاولى-لقانون-تعديل-قانون-انت/

[yota691]

Deputy: Some of the political blocs moving America and Iran in their alliances ahead

 From 2017-11-22 at 11:47 (Baghdad time)

Special Mawazine News

The MP in the parliament Abdul Rahman al-Loizi, Wednesday, the orientation of some of the political blocs American and Iranian alliances in the future, referring to efforts to form alliances between Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds.

"There are two vertical alliances, in the sense that the divisions that will be witnessed by the political blocs are vertical divisions," he told Mawazine News. "We will find common alliances between Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds."

He added that these alliances will be on two axis axis represents the US project by making Saudi Arabia the interface of the project to support some of the political blocs, to avoid the sensitivity of the deal blocs, especially the National Alliance blocks with the Americans, especially that some political blocs refuse to deal with the United States in any form.

"Therefore, the entry of Saudi Arabia on the line will avoid the blocks deal directly with the United Nations."

He pointed out that "this alliance is matched by an Iranian alliance," explaining that "after the elections will be polarized on the first two projects the US Saudi Arabia and the second Iranian and both his allies and supporters."

The Iraqi government set the 15 of the month of 2018, a date for the elections

[Butifldrm]

Committees of the Legal Committee 

The Chairman of the Legal Committee meets with a delegation from the United Nations Mission

 November 22, 2017 20 Views

 MP Mohsen Al-Saadoun, Chairman of the Legal Committee met on Wednesday 22/11/2017 a delegation from the United Nations Mission in Iraq, in the presence of MP Faiq Sheikh Ali, a member of the Committee.

During the meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Committee, discussed the issue of the possibility of holding elections to the Council of Representatives and provincial council elections in a timely manner and the most important obstacles that stand in the way of its conduct and demands for postponement by some political forces.

Al-Saadoun asked during the meeting of the United Nations Mission to provide assistance and support in holding successful elections in Iraq that meet the aspirations and aspirations of the Iraqi people, pointing to the existence of pressure and demands from provincial deputies occupied by the organization calling for postponement of both elections in these provinces because of the large numbers of displaced and the lack of ground Appropriate for their conduct in these provinces.

The Chairman of the Committee also requested to assist in the legislative election legislation in both the parliamentary and the governorates by conducting dialogues and meetings with all Iraqi political forces to reach an agreed formula.

Al-Saadoun said that the demand of some parties to hold elections according to the previous law is unacceptable to the Iraqi people in general because it does not meet his ambitions and aspirations.

 For his part, MP Faiq Sheikh Ali said during the meeting to the existence of political differences on the Iraqi arena on the conduct of the elections or not, stressing that there is insistence on the conduct by a number of political parties and that non-action will be the House of Representatives in front of great embarrassment to the Iraqi people.

 Sheikh Ali accused political parties he did not name by pressure to postpone the elections because of what he described as their failure and convinced them not to win and re-elected by their constituency because they did not meet their demands and aspirations.

 

http://ar.parliament.iq/2017/11/22/رئيس-مجلس-النواب-يؤكد-خلال-استقباله-ال-4/

[new york kevin]

On 11/18/2017 at 2:33 PM, Butifldrm said:

 

Election cards. Election cards. Why can't we in the USA get election cards. They would eliminate all the voter ID fraud we deal with in every election. Maybe thats why we don't have election cards.

[yota691]

2017/11/23 (00:01 PM)   -   Number of readings: 1410   -   Issue (4070)

 

 

Nujaifi and Jabouri asked Washington to postpone the elections for a year

 Baghdad / Mohammed Sabah 
 

Sunni parties confirmed that the visit of Salim al-Jubouri and Osama Najafi to Washington focused on persuading the US administration to postpone the elections for one year. The parties revealed that the speaker of parliament and Vice President of the Republic made their demand to postpone the elections in exchange for guaranteeing an American presence in the Sunni provinces. While the Sunni parties recognize the declining rate of modernization of the electoral register in the Sunni areas, the Nujaifi and Jibouri talks in Washington attributed their popularity to declining in the Sunni street and that the timely elections are now "political suicide."

The President of the House of Representatives and Vice President of the Republic have visited the United States of America individually over the past weeks arranged by public relations companies arranged for them to meet with American officials and lectures in research centers. 
The Sunni bloc demands the return of 2 million displaced in return for participating in the parliamentary elections scheduled for mid-May, "acknowledging that it has approached international parties such as the United Nations and the United States to postpone the elections in the Western provinces 
On September 28, To the United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) calls for postponement of the elections until further notice, citing the delay in the reconstruction of the western provinces, and the return of all displaced persons to their areas.
The MP from the coalition of forces Talal al-Zobaie that "one of the most important axes addressed by the visits Jubouri and Nujaifi to Washington is the file of postponement of the upcoming elections, and the return of displaced people and the stability of the cities seized by a supporter." 
"The information leaked from these visits indicates that Washington is pushing political partners to postpone the elections," MP al-Zobaie told Al-Mada. "Nujaifi and al-Jabouri are asking Washington to postpone the elections for one year or more. 
The Sunni MP confirms the existence of near-agreement between the US side with the Sunni parties that visited Washington recently to postpone the elections. But pointed out the difficulty of achieving this, since the paragraphs of the Constitution do not allow postponement of the elections.
"The postponement of the elections is not a requirement for the Sunni component, as much as it is the demand of some figures," he said. On the question of whether the postponement scenario is presented against the establishment of permanent American military bases, al-Zobaie denies that there is a clear program for Washington on this issue. "But there is talk of American bases in Habbaniyah and a base in Ayn al-Assad in Anbar and a country in Salah al-Din and Qayara in Nineveh province." 
A member of the Union of Forces that there is "leaked information from the talks conducted by Jubouri and Nujaifi in Washington." 
"This information is still uncertain and needs American confirmation to clarify its plans to establish US bases in these areas," he said. 
The MP Talal Zubi that "one of the goals of these visits is to seek leadership of the component of the Sunni and falls within the door of competition between Najafi and Jabouri."
A few days after the visit of al-Jubouri to Washington, which followed Nujaifi's visit, the leadership of the Alliance of Forces held a meeting discussing the political and security issues that concern the Iraqi issue, foremost of which is the file of the upcoming elections and the reconstruction of liberated cities. 
"This meeting discussed the postponement of the elections, the return of displaced people and the situation of Iraq in a post-Saddam era," said MP Raad al-Dahlaki, a leader of the Alliance of Forces. He stressed that "the elections were one of the most focused files of the meeting." 
"Many blocks speak in the backstage of something different and contrary to what they are talking about in the media in terms of the election file," said Dahlaki, a member of the Diyala Our Identity bloc led by parliament speaker Salim al-Jubouri. And confirms that most of the blocs support the postponement of the elections in May.
The deputy of Diyala to "the intention of the Union of Iraqi forces to send letters to all ambassadors of States in Baghdad, explaining the conditions of citizens and serious concerns of the upcoming elections on schedule and to work to postpone." 
And on the constitutional cover on which the Sunni forces to postpone the elections, says Dahlaki that "the constitution set the parliamentary session by four calendar years, but did not specify the life of the government." He expressed his belief that "there is a legal exit permitting the government to carry out executive and legislative tasks, like the previous government of Iyad Allawi." The MP stressed Diyala that "the postponement of the elections was put on the table in the discussion of the visit by Nujaifi and Jabouri to Washington," and spoke of "almost acceptable" by the US administration to the idea of postponement of the elections.
He denied that the possession of information on the discussion of the leaders of the year on military bases with the US side, he stressed that "the presence of US bases on Iraqi territory is subject to the approval of the government." 
In turn, deputy MP for Nineveh Abdulrahman Al-Loizi on the visit Nujaifi and Jabouri to Washington, and says (to the extent) that "the characters described as Sunni leaders feel the decline in popularity following the displacement and displacement that hit the Sunni provinces, which forced them to consider postponing the elections by calling the outside worker and pressure On the government and political allies. " 
"These leaders now believe that holding the parliamentary elections on time is a political suicide at the moment," he said. "They are trying to encapsulate the election issue and link it to the non-return of the displaced as a pretext for postponing the ballot to new dates."
The MP for Nineveh justified by the Sunni forces to postpone the elections that it "hide behind a real crisis is almost personal, which is more related to the component." "Salim al-Jubouri, Usama al-Nujaifi and some other Sunni leaders are leading a campaign whose slogan is" Sunnis are displaced and did not register their voters "with the aim of postponing the elections. "I do not deny the low turnout of people in the western regions to update the voter register, which did not exceed the percentage in Nineveh 5%." It is likely that the trip of Najafi and Jibouri to Washington "in order to call the external factor and international pressure on the government and political allies." "We have criticized the popular crowd implicitly and talked about postponing the elections and hinted at a Sunni welcome to the presence of the Americans," he said.
The chairman of the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs describes al-Jubouri's comments in Washington as "strange and unusual", noting that "on the one hand it is a compliment to the United States of America and on the one hand it represents a coup d'état." "The main objective of this visit is to postpone the elections." 
"The Jubouri talk of Sunni acceptance of an American presence implies a commitment or commitment to an American presence in Sunni areas, whether in the form of bases or otherwise," al-Loisi said. He did not rule out that the statements came against the backdrop of an agreement on the establishment of US bases in the Sunni provinces at the very least.

[SnowGlobe7]

why does Jubouri  want them postponed?????

 

the answer would be quite interesting I believe!!!!!!!!

[murd11]

On ‎10‎/‎26‎/‎2017 at 10:16 PM, Laid Back said:

My vote goes to Abadi.

 

He is doing an outstanding job as PM.

 

Go Abadi

Go RV

Go reelection 

Go Success 

For all we know, Abadi could be the biggest thief of them all. They pass half laws and then let them sit, never really getting anything of importance passed. And maybe anything that is passed is only to protect their own asses. Now before you go off half cocked and blow everything out of proportion, think about it. Are we any closer than we were a year ago? Not really.. We are a long way from the end that we are hopeing for. Got to remember that they are rebuilding for scratch. It took ten years to destroy Iraq, it will take twice as long to rebuild.

[pokerplayer]

1 hour ago, murd11 said:

For all we know, Abadi could be the biggest thief of them all. They pass half laws and then let them sit, never really getting anything of importance passed. And maybe anything that is passed is only to protect their own asses. Now before you go off half cocked and blow everything out of proportion, think about it. Are we any closer than we were a year ago? Not really.. We are a long way from the end that we are hopeing for. Got to remember that they are rebuilding for scratch. It took ten years to destroy Iraq, it will take twice as long to rebuild.

 

Not sure why the Ruby but evened you out murd11

 

pp

[pokerplayer]

1 hour ago, pokerplayer said:

 

Not sure why the Ruby but evened you out murd11

 

pp

 

Really ?? A Ruby ?? Your a puzzling person. I still hope you have a good day.

 

   pp