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Iraq's provincial elections will be held next December 22


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Hakim: The upcoming elections will bring stability to the country

   
 

 
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15/1/2018 12:00 am 

Society will not accept the sectarian discourse again 
Baghdad / Sabah

The head of the National Alliance, Mr. Ammar al-Hakim, said that the society will not accept the sectarian discourse again, stressing that the upcoming elections will represent a transition to the country to the stage of stability. According to a coalition statement received by al-Sabah, al-Hakim stressed that Iraq, after its success in the military, political and societal challenges, faces a fourth challenge of building the state and institutions, making the need for vision, plan, program and team "The next elections will represent a transition to Iraq to the stage of stability," adding that "the community will not accept the sectarian discourse again, and that the roles that can be played by Iraq will restore it to its international and regional status" .
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On 1/11/2018 at 6:25 AM, Butifldrm said:

Sources: Al-Abbadi wing to request the Commission to withdraw the entity of the Dawa Party of the coalition of the rule of law

Sources: Al-Abbadi wing to request the Commission to withdraw the entity of the Dawa Party of the coalition of the rule of law

Baghdad / NRT

Informed sources said on Thursday that the wing of Prime Minister Haider Abadi in the Dawa Party, has submitted a request to withdraw the party entity from the coalition of state law, led by Vice President Nuri al-Maliki.

 

http://www.nrttv.com/AR/Detail.aspx?Jimare=67800

 

This could be the most significant period of change for Iraq, politically, as it could bring them into a modern age and as a result create change in the ME. Good luck to them. If it works out, it will likely work out for us all.

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On 1/11/2018 at 6:25 AM, Butifldrm said:

Baghdad / NRT

Informed sources said on Thursday that the wing of Prime Minister Haider Abadi in the Dawa Party, has submitted a request to withdraw the party entity from the coalition of state law, led by Vice President Nuri al-Maliki

Surely hope Abadi is successful in this endeavor. Lord, I wish Maliki would evaporate because no matter what goes on in Iraq, there will be no stability with Malik and his ilk above ground level. 😒

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5 minutes ago, Bama Girl said:

Surely hope Abadi is successful in this endeavor. Lord, I wish Maliki would evaporate because no matter what goes on in Iraq, there will be no stability with Malik and his ilk above ground level. 😒

I hear you. I am hoping for an RV before the election or this could go south if the wrong guy gets elected. 

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2 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

I hear you. I am hoping for an RV before the election or this could go south if the wrong guy gets elected. 

 

" I am hoping for an RV before the election or this could [ this keeps me up t 'nite - go south if the wrong guy gets elected. " 

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28 minutes ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

 

" I am hoping for an RV before the election or this could [ this keeps me up t 'nite - go south if the wrong guy gets elected. " 

Agreed if the wrong guys gets elected I believe I will take my losses and get out, there in the best position they have been for many years. And there for they could add value to there currency without repercussions. But we wait and if they do elect someone else other then Albadi my fingers are crossed he isn't connected in anyway to Maliki or goons. 

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  • yota691 changed the title to The Alliance of Forces formally requests that the elections be postponed for at least one year until the return of all the displaced

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Number of readings: 91 17-01-2018 01:15 PM

 
 

17-01-2018 01:15 PM 

 

The Coalition of Iraqi Forces officially submitted a request to postpone the Iraqi elections.

According to a document obtained by the Tigris channel that due to the Cairo conditions in the affected provinces, and because of the lack of the necessary conditions set by the Council of Ministers to hold the elections in particular the restoration of stability of liberated areas and the return of all displaced and the creation of the electoral climate and the inventory of weapons by the state, Postponement of parliamentary elections and provincial councils for a period not less than one year .. 

As the document states, a second demand for the Alliance of Forces provides that in the event of elections on time, it is imperative to postpone the elections in the provinces occupied by terrorist organizations and limited to the establishment in other provinces ..

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  • yota691 changed the title to Maliki: efforts to postpone the provincial elections for several months

Maliki: efforts to postpone the provincial elections for several months

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Maliki: efforts to postpone the provincial elections for several months

 

01-02-2018 03:11 PM

 

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Revealed the head of a coalition of state law Nuri al-Maliki on the determination of his coalition and the rest of the political blocs in the coalitions and electoral alliances put the issue of postponement of the provincial elections for 3 to 6 months on the House of Representatives on Thursday, in turn to submit a request to the federal government in this regard. 

Maliki said in a press statement that the large number of political blocs that entered the election is currently facing great difficulty in obtaining the candidates to run in the parliamentary elections as well as the provincial council elections, as well as those blocs believe that it is difficult for citizens to elect members of parliament and provincial councils at the same time, Explaining that it is difficult to use the new apparatus allocated for the conduct of the electoral process nominally by people who can not read and write, which leads to confusion in the process of selecting the appropriate personalities, especially for the membership of the provincial councils, which he said it is incumbent on them to provide servants T. citizens.

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OSTED ON 2018-02-02 BY SOTALIRAQ

US report reveals Washington fears and "serious shift" in the Iraqi elections began by Abadi

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced this month an unexpected political alliance with the pro-Iranian militia leader, Foreign Policy said in a report Thursday. Hadi al-Amiri, head of the Badr Organization, was to join Ebadi's political parties coalition, which is due to run for elections next May.

This alliance between Abadi and al-Amiri exposed some criticism from different political circles in Iraq. The prime minister, long regarded by Western governments nationally as one of the political enemies of al-Amiri. A few days earlier, the two sides exchanged insults and accusations, with Abbadi criticizing militias allied with Amiri.

Although the proposed coalition was dissolved a day later, it raised concerns within the United States and other Western governments, which have always considered the so-called Popular Popular Forces, such as Badr, to be the fifth Iranian columnist, US policy.

Ryan Crocker, the former US ambassador to Iraq, said: "I would like to see this through what I think is Iran's major policy in the region. You establish, fund, regulate and train non-international parties that will follow your directions and not the directives of those parties that administer the State. "

As the fighting against the "Islamic state" subsides, the issue of popular mobilization forces becomes increasingly important, raising international fears of sectarian tension and increasing Iranian influence in Iraq against the established political and military forces within the state.

The popular mobilization forces, formed in the wake of 2014, are a group of militias formed in the face of the march of a nationwide organization. Although most powerful and influential groups are Iranian-backed Shiite groups, including the Badr Organization, many of them are local units that have responded to nationalist calls by powerful religious figures such as Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Not all of these groups are linked to Tehran, the US military said.

"Popular mobilization forces are a comprehensive term," said Major Adrian Rankin Galloway, a spokesman for the Pentagon. There are Christian, Yezidi and Shiite forces that are not connected to Iran. "

Popular crowd forces provide support to the army

Now that the fighting has slowed down in most parts of the country, many of these militia units, especially at the local level, continue to provide support to the Iraqi army deployed throughout the country. "Police and the army are deployed in most parts of the country," said Sajjad Jayyad, head of the Center for Planning and Studies, a Baghdad-based research center. The popular crowd forces are not elite units, but they are contributing to an increase in the number of personnel that are already required. "

However, the process of finding effective wording for integrating these groups into the Iraqi security forces is now emerging as a sensitive issue in Iraq following the fall of a hawkish organization. Some current officials believe that US policy is not yet in line.

"Most of the decisions made in Iraq and Syria over the past years have been aimed at eliminating an oppressive organization," said one foreign policy aide to Congress. "Despite our success in achieving that goal, our choices have not changed now to consider how to eliminate the idea of organizing an Islamic state in an effective way."

Without the US budget for 2018, US military assistance to the Iraqi army - one of the main ways the United States takes power in this process - is also limited. Military assistance can stop the demobilization of some groups. Otherwise, the only way for the United States to exercise influence is to hold "bilateral talks through the State Department and the military," said one of the other congressional deputies.

Some US policy makers have acknowledged the role of the popular mobilization forces over the past years, as well as the political path that the Iraqi prime minister must now take. Many units throughout Iraqi society have been commended for their role in defeating the Dahesh organization. An American official, who declined to be named to talk about the ongoing discussions, likened it to a moderate Republican candidate.

"There is a political balance between Abadi and the desire to reintegrate the popular mobilization forces and to completely disband them," Foreign Policy quoted the official as saying.

Elections are the entry point for militias with political ambitions

However, other current and former officials have pointed out that the failure to formally integrate parts of the popular mobilization forces into the official Iraqi security forces or dismantle some militias in full could destabilize the government and exacerbate sectarian animosity across the country.

The May 2018 elections provide a potential entry point for some groups with political ambitions. After the call by Ayatollah Sistani in late 2017, calling on the groups to give up their weapons, some of these groups separated their military and political wings. The leaders of other popular mobilization forces, such as Amiri, are former cabinet ministers seeking to regain their posts.

The seriousness of their political ambitions

However, this shift poses a threat to Iraq's policy structure and paves the way for some potentially dangerous trends, said Felix Willie, a senior Iraqi researcher at Human Rights Watch. "Until this time, when the Popular Front forces have committed any violations, they are considered stray and corrupt elements," Foreign Policy quoted them as saying. If they are now political parties, that gives them a very important cover. "

For their part, Iraqi government officials have eased concerns about the dangers posed by the popular mobilization forces. "There is a law regulating the status of the popular mobilization forces as part of the Iraqi security system," said an Iraqi official, who declined to be named. Some of these troops are likely to return to normal civilian life or give up their weapons.

Jayyad, from the center of the statement, said the matter, noting that popular opinion strongly supports the idea of demobilization. "The public does not want to see these leaders heading a party or a militia," he said.

However, the leaders of the popular mobilization forces, especially those who have made sacrifices during their struggle against a sympathetic organization, have undeniable political influence in the post-conflict phase of Iraq; in some areas with a Sunni majority.

"You find that there is confidence in the politicians of the popular mobilization forces that go beyond the confidence that politicians enjoy from the Green Zone [the heavily guarded government area in Baghdad]," he said. The politicians of the popular mobilization forces have made great efforts, fighting the "Islamic state".

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2018/02/02/تقرير-امريكي-يكشف-مخاوف-واشنطن-وتحولا/

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Date of release: 2018/2/1 22:49 • 228 times read
Political orientation to postpone local elections
(Baghdad: al-Furat News) revealed a political source familiar with the general trend, the political forces is to postpone the local elections for the provincial councils for six months after the general elections.

"The chances of merging the two elections in a single day have fallen a lot, and the predominant and general trend is that the elections will be held in a single day, " the source told Al-Furat News. Postponement, although this will cost the state large sums of money, in addition to publicity campaigns and the nomination of the parliamentary blocs. "
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  • yota691 changed the title to Presidency confirms the holding of provincial elections in November
 
 
Presidency confirms the holding of provincial elections in November

The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq stressed the holding of elections of the next provincial councils by a deadline in November next year.

"President Fuad Masum met at the Peace Palace in Baghdad with Vice-President Nuri al-Maliki Osama Najafi and discussed with them political developments and a number of national issues," a presidential statement said on Thursday. 
The meeting stressed the need to hold the upcoming provincial council elections no later than October or November of this year, pointing out that special attention should be focused on providing legal requirements and operational mechanisms to ensure that this is achieved. 
He also stressed the need to expedite the passage of the federal budget for the year 2018 after conducting frank dialogues to reach understandings with all the parties objecting, as well as the need to work on the Parliament to enact a package of laws in the remainder of the life of parliament, and discussed the issue of delay of salaries of employees and deductions and ways to address them. 
He also stressed the need to continue dialogues between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government and approve the work of the competent committees formed by both sides to reach understandings and solve the current problems as soon as possible. 
The meeting discussed the water crisis and stressed the need to develop solutions and plans to confront the crisis and reduce the impact on citizens and the agricultural reality in the country.     



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  • yota691 changed the title to National wisdom: 90% of candidates are new faces and most are young
Date of release: 2018/2/17 22:50 • 225 times read
National wisdom: 90% of candidates are new faces and most are young
(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Spokesman for the List of National Wisdom Mohamed Al-Mayahi confirmed that 90% of the proportion of candidates faces new and most of them young. 
Al-Mayahi said in a statement, received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of today, to "the existence of 90% of candidates in the list of all the provinces and new faces who are nominated for the first time." 
He pointed out that "these elections are the first practice for them and most of them young people and independents was to allow the scientific competencies that will adopt the election program for the current wisdom for the next four years."
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  • yota691 changed the title to Political meeting to discuss the upcoming elections

Political meeting to discuss the upcoming elections

 

 Since 2018-02-20 at 13:22 (Baghdad time)

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Baghdad Mawazine News

Held a political meeting, Tuesday, under the chairmanship of President Fuad Masum to discuss the file of the upcoming elections.

"A political meeting was held at the Peace Palace in Baghdad under the chairmanship of President Fuad Masum and the presence of Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jubouri and the President of the Federal Supreme Court Medhat al-Mahmoud and Vice-President of the Republic Nuri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi and Osama Najafi and Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Aram Sheikh Mohammed and a number of leaders and representatives of parties and parliamentary blocs are Ammar al-Hakim and Saleh al-Mutlaq and Hadi al-Amiri and Diaa al-Asadi. "

The Presidency added that "the meeting focuses on various aspects necessary to create the best atmosphere for the requirements of the upcoming legislative elections."

The participants, urged by the government and parliamentary bodies and the Independent Electoral Commission to "complete all the requirements of the electoral process and create the necessary conditions for success, confirming the commitment to the Constitution and relevant laws."

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