Region: Joint Committee will soon begin to resolve the differences between Erbil and Baghdad

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Patriotic Union of Kurdistan held a meeting today to discuss the results of counting and sorting and the formation of the next government

Editorial Date: 2018/8/11 11:36 • 103 times read

(Sulaymaniyah: Euphrates News) is scheduled to hold the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a meeting, on Saturday, to discuss the issue of elections of the Parliament of Kurdistan, and the results of counting and sorting manual announced by the Commission, and the formation of the next federal government.

The Union's Information Office quoted Saadi Bireh, spokesman for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, as saying that "the Political Bureau will be held before noon today, a meeting will discuss the announcement of the results of the process of counting and sorting by hand, and dialogues to form the next federal government, pointing out that the visit of the Kurdish delegation to Baghdad waiting for the parties Political presence there. " 

Bira added that "the meeting of the Political Bureau, will discuss the holding of parliamentary elections in Kurdistan, and the security situation in the region, in addition to examining the living conditions of the people of the Kurdistan Region." is over

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A meeting of the National Union coincided with another of the opposition leaders in Sulaymaniyah to resolve the files

 

 Twilight News    
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A meeting of the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Sulaymaniyah began on Saturday to discuss two dominant issues in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.

An informed source told Twilight News that the meeting was held shortly under the direct supervision of the First Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Kosrat Rasul Ali.

The source added that the meeting will discuss the party's project with the Kurdistan Democratic Party to participate in the next federal government, and the formation of a delegation from the National Union to persuade the other opposition parties to participate in it.

The source added that the meeting will also discuss the parliamentary elections for the Kurdistan Region

This comes at the start of another meeting of the four opposition parties in Sulaymaniyah on Saturday morning to resolve its position on participation in the next federal government after the announcement of disappointing results for the counting and hand counting of the results of the Iraqi legislative elections held in May.

A source familiar with the twilight news said that the meeting started at the headquarters of the Movement of Change in "Zorkata" in Sulaymaniyah in the presence of its general coordinator Omar Sayyid Ali, the Secretary General of the Alliance for Democracy and Justice Barham Saleh, the leader of the Kurdistan Islamic Group Ali Babir, and the Secretary General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union Salahuddin Bahaa El Din.

The source said that the meeting will discuss the participation of parties in the new federal government or not, and parliamentary elections for the Kurdistan region scheduled for the thirtieth of next September.

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The Kurdistan Commission urges voters to update their records

12/8/2018 12:00 am   Erbil / Al-Sabah The Independent Electoral Commission for Elections and Referendum in Kurdistan called on voters to review voter registration centers, which come within the framework of the procedures of the Commission to conduct the electoral process on 30 of next month for the provincial parliament elections. "We call on all voters to go to the centers of modernization spread throughout the governorates of the region by 215 centers," the spokesman said, adding that voters should review the modernization centers because the record adopted by the UNHCR in the government Central elections in the Iraqi parliament is different and there are changes in the names and voter registration. "   Hassan added that "the proportion of the review of voters to the centers vary from one province to another in Sulaymaniyah turnout is weak, while the proportion is in Erbil well, and Dohuk in the forefront very good estimate," pointing out that "within the work of the Commission to conduct intensive media campaigns In order to urge voters to go to the modernization centers through all the Kurdish media institutions as well as social networking sites, explaining that the Commission will rely on the process of counting and sorting by hand after the election process to be held at the end of next month.

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Kurdistan Commission: 773 candidates compete for 111 seats allocated to the Parliament of the Territory

05:03 - 15/08/2018

 

 

 

Special - Mawazin News 
Revealed a spokesman for the High Commission for the referendum and elections in the Kurdistan region, Shirwan Zarara, on Wednesday, the nomination of 773 candidates to compete for 111 seats allocated to the parliament of the region. 
Zerara told Mawazine News that "201 candidates and 572 candidates are competing for 111 seats, including 6 seats allocated to (quotas) of the components of Christianity, Yazidis and Turkmen." 
He added that "all names have been submitted to the Ministry of Interior in the Kurdistan region before ratification," pointing out that "the ministry excluded one candidate from the names raised." 
He pointed out that "29 lists and parties and coalitions are competing in the elections scheduled for the end of September next," stressing that "the Commission completed all preparations and technical equipment and completed the audit of the voters' records."
"A large number of organizations, media and observers of political entities have registered with the Commission to provide them with special packages that allow them to monitor the elections," he said. 
And on the demands for postponement of the elections, said Zarara, "The Commission is fully prepared to conduct the elections and ordered or postponed for the Government of the province and it is decided."

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/ Mawazin News / published the names of candidates for the elections of the Parliament of Kurdistan

07:05 - 15/08/2018

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazin News 
published / Mawazin News / Wednesday, the names of candidates for the elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament of 773 candidates. 
Kurdish parties are poised to run for parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan region, which is due to take place on September 30. The parties are competing for 111 seats, six of which are reserved for minorities. 
Click on the following link to know the lists and names of the candidates for the elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament: - 
http://www.khec.krd/pdf/2014111582018_candid%20name.pdf
The Supreme Commission for the referendum and elections in the Kurdistan region, 3 days to challenge the list of candidates for the upcoming elections, In the Electoral Judiciary of the Court of Appeal in the Kurdistan Region. 
The following are the candidates of the main parties participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections: 
- KDP: 100 candidates
- PUK: 100 candidates 
- Movement for Change: 100 candidates 
- Alliance of Democracy and Justice: 100 candidates -  
Alliance of the age (Sardam) between the Kurdistan Democratic Socialist Party and Kurdistan Workers Party and Kurdistan Democratic Union Party: 100 candidates 
- Alliance for Reform Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Islamic Movement): 61 candidates 
- the new generation movement: 50 candidates 
- the Kurdistan Communist Party: 43 candidates 
- the Kurdistan Islamic Group: 40 candidates 
Revealed the spokesman for the High Commission for the referendum and elections in the Kurdistan region, Shirwan Zarara, Earlier than the Om Wednesday, about 773 candidates nominated to compete for the 111 seats reserved for the Parliament of the region. 
Zerara said that "201 candidates and 572 candidates are competing for 111 seats, including 6 seats allocated to (quota) of the components of Christianity, Yazidis and Turkmen." 
He added that "all names have been submitted to the Ministry of Interior in the Kurdistan region before ratification," pointing out that "the ministry excluded one candidate from the names raised." 
He pointed out that "29 lists and parties and coalitions are competing in the elections scheduled for the end of September next," stressing that "the Commission completed all preparations and technical equipment and completed the audit of the voters' records." 
"A large number of organizations, media and observers of political entities have registered with the Commission to provide them with special packages that allow them to monitor the elections," he said.
And on the demands for postponement of the elections, said Zarara, "The Commission is fully prepared to conduct the elections and ordered or postponed for the Government of the province and it is decided."

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Patriotic Union of Kurdistan: We are committed to holding the provincial parliament elections by the end of September

 

Thursday, August 23,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad ,  said a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ) Ghyath Surja , Thursday, that the EU is committed to the date of the province 's parliament to hold elections Kurdistan at the end of the next month of September, while noting that raises the opinions and remarks "do not represent the official positions of the parties."  "Most of the parties in the Kurdistan region agree on the need to hold regional elections on time by the end of next September," Surgi said in an interview with Alsumaria News. "There are claims that we hear from some political figures to postpone the elections according to the justifications put forward, The views do not represent an official address of the political parties in the region. "     "Some of the political parties in the region accuse the National Union of wanting to postpone the elections in the region for reasons of the Union, which is far from the health and we are serious about the desire to conduct elections on time," adding that "there are observations on the date of the elections, although we did not refuse to hold them on time Specified ".  "Among these observations is that the date in September next to the parliamentary elections that took place last May and precedes the provincial elections scheduled for the end of this year, which means the participation of voters in three elections one year and the subsequent election propaganda and prepare for the elections of Financial expenses, "noting that" some political leaders expressed their opinion on the need to hold elections in the province the same date of provincial elections to pressure the expenditure on the state and reduce pressure on voters. " The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nihirvan Barzani early May this year on September 30 next date for the elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament.

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Good morning Yota. 

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Yota, lets hope something get done soon. 

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13 minutes ago, ChuckFinley said:

Thanks Yota, lets hope something get done soon. 

 

 Not holding my breath on this now CF . . . I’m calling what I see here as “ constructive negligence “ - their House is on fire, and they don’t see it and worse still, they can’t even smell the smoke.

If this is what they define as “ a sense of urgency “ the people better start rising up right now .

 

And now back the Ball Game !⚾️

[ChuckFinley]

20 minutes ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

 

 Not holding my breath on this now CF . . . I’m calling what I see here as “ constructive negligence “ - their House is on fire, and they don’t see it and worse still, they can’t even smell the smoke.

If this is what they define as “ a sense of urgency “ the people better start rising up right now .

 

And now back the Ball Game !⚾️

I agree this is turning into one big CLUSTER. 

[yota691]

Change denies its request to postpone the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan

01:49 - 10/09/2018

 

 

 

Special - Mawazin News 
Kurdish Movement for Change denied Monday, its intention to submit a request to postpone the parliamentary elections of Kurdistan, scheduled to take place on 30 September. 
The movement's leader, Adnan Othman, told Al-Mawazin News that "it is a source of news that a number of media outlets have circulated about the intention of the movement to submit a request to postpone the provincial parliament elections." 
Othman added that "the movement is ready to hold elections and has nominated the candidates, and will start its propaganda campaign, but we call for intensified monitoring to ensure the integrity of the elections." 
He added that "there are concerns by all the opposition parties from rigging the elections and manipulation of the results and the will and the voice of citizens, as happened in the elections of the Iraqi parliament," adding: "Therefore, we call for international and international monitoring guarantees fair elections and real results."
The leader of the movement, that "the National Council of the Movement will hold today, a meeting to discuss the participation of the movement in the elections and other topics related to the situation of the political process in Baghdad and ongoing dialogues to form a government." 
The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nigirvan Barzani, (September 30, 2018), a deadline for legislative elections in the Kurdistan region, which was supposed to be held in October; but the military and political repercussions that followed the failed referendum on the fate of the Kurdistan region, September 2017, prevented it from widening political differences

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EU announces support for elections in Kurdistan region

01:08 - 11/09/2018

 

 

 

Baghdad - 
The European Union announced on Tuesday its support for the elections in the Kurdistan region, which will take place at the end of this month. 
"Barzani received, today, the consuls and representatives of the European Union countries in the Kurdistan region," the Information Office of the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nigervan Barzani, said in a statement received by Mawazine News. 
The statement added that "the meeting was discussed during the meeting on the latest political developments and the conditions of the province and the ongoing preparations for the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan on the thirtieth of September." 
The Consul and representatives of the European Union states, according to the statement, "their satisfaction with the holding of elections in Kurdistan on time," Mardvin: "We hope that the process of voting successfully." 
They stressed, "EU support for the political process and elections and the development of democratic life in the Kurdistan region."
The statement continued that "the meeting dealt with the political process in Iraq and the efforts to form a new Iraqi government to search, and consider the role of the region, as a key partner in the formation of that government and the political process in Iraq, an important role."

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Kurdistan Commission: Preparations for the parliamentary elections are continuing

22/9/2018 12:00 am  Set the date of electoral silence  Erbil / Sondos Abdel Wahab The Independent Electoral Commission for Elections and Referendum in the Kurdistan Region continues its efforts to elect the provincial parliament on the 30th of this month, while setting a date for the silence of the election campaigns. The Spokesperson for the Commission, Director General of the Department of Relations and Information, Shorsh Hassan, told "Al Sabah": preparations are under way and ongoing in full swing for the conduct of the electoral process with all flexibility and transparency, indicating that the number of entities approved was 28 entities and the number of 653 candidates competing for 111 parliamentary seats.  According to the statistics of the Commission for the provinces and cities of the region, the number of polling stations is 1269 centers, and the sub-centers 215 centers, and 5933 stations, while the number of voters 2 million and 911 thousand and 312 voters, while the number of stations in the private voting 450 stations and the number of voters from the employees of the security institutions of the Interior Peshmerga 172 thousand associate. Hassan added that the Council of the Commission imposed fines on a number of entities and candidates participating in the fifth session of the Parliament of Kurdistan because of their lack of commitment to the laws and instructions of the Commission in relation to the election campaign, such as start advertising campaign ahead of time and advertising in sites and places not allowed by institutions, government departments and security as well as the use of materials Adhesive images of candidates in an incorrect manner are difficult to remove.  Hassan explained that the entities that imposed the fines, is the new generation, 10 million dinars, the National Union and the Kurdistan Democratic each of 3 million dinars, towards reform and reform Turkmen and Turkmen development and the People's Assembly Chaldean and Assyrian each one million dinars, and the Armenian entity 500 thousand dinars. Hassan pointed out that 140 thousand polling staff were appointed throughout Kurdistan. He pointed out that the Commission continues to register the names of media institutions, international and local organizations and representatives of the parties and issue the dossiers that allow them to monitor and follow the electoral process on public and private polling days.  In turn, the Commission's decision, Ismail Khormali, said in a press statement: According to the instructions of the Commission, the campaign continues until 8 am on September 28, with the start of a special vote for the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan.  The special vote will begin at 8 am on 28 September 2018, while the general voting will begin at 8 am on   30 September 2018, and the voting will continue until evening.  The election campaigns for the Kurdistan Parliament elections were launched on September 11, 2018.

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Any guesses on how long it will take for these folks to seat their Parliament ? 

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1 hour ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

Any guesses on how long it will take for these folks to seat their Parliament ? 

 

good question 10 YL , I'm in complete  discombobulation ... all the best

 

Discombobulate is a fun, fancy word for “confuse.” If something has put you in a state where you don't know up from down and you can't spell your own name, you may be discombobulated.

[ChuckFinley]

2 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

Any guesses on how long it will take for these folks to seat their Parliament ? 

I am hoping by the first of the year. 

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On September 21, 2018 at 10:43 PM, ChuckFinley said:

I am hoping by the first of the year. 

 

I'm guessing the " first of the year " you're referencing 2019  That would be pretty fast work considering their speed is  . . . . 

 

 

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Barzani: We will get the lion's share of the votes during the elections in Kurdistan

01:15 - 25/09/2018

 

 

 

Baghdad - 
President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Nigervan Barzani, on Tuesday, that his party will get the lion's share of the votes during the provincial parliament elections. 
"The KDP will have the lion's share of the votes, and others must accept this fact," Barzani said in his speech during the party's election campaign in Duhok. 
He added that "the great turnout of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to the funds of the Iraqi parliamentary elections destroyed the dreams of our opponents and buried in the graves," adding that "we must prove to our enemies that the Kurdistan Democratic Party was and is still in the forefront."
He continued, "There is a new phase began in the Kurdistan region and Iraq, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party proud of its mass base and seeks to restore the well-being of our people and provide the best services." 
"This election is the most important exam for us over the course of several years, and each voice has great value to be a stronger Kurdistan. One vote is important for us," he said. "The greater the participation in the elections, Security, urbanism and well-being. " 
The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nigirvan Barzani, (30 September 2018), a deadline for legislative elections in the Kurdistan region, which was supposed to be held in October, but the military and political repercussions that followed the failed referendum on the fate of the region, which took place in (25 of September 2017), prevented it from widening political differences

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Simple to do when you’ve rigged it.

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Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament elections begin tomorrow

Are GMT 00:36 2018 Thursday, September 27 / September

 

 

Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan

Erbil - Arabs today

Campaigning ends for the fourth legislative elections in the Kurdistan region of Iraq tomorrow morning, that is with the start of the special voting process for members of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and internal security forces, as announced by the Electoral Commission in the region.

The Commission's decision, Ismail Khormali, that the number of members of the armed forces and internal security who are entitled to vote, amounting to 174 thousand elements, including 62 thousand and 465 elements in the province of Sulaymaniyah, and the rest are distributed in the provinces of Erbil and Dahuk.

The general vote will begin on Sunday morning. According to the Electoral Commission, 3 million to 300,000 voters are eligible to vote, other than members of the armed forces and internal security forces. UNHCR has opened 1,200 polling stations and 5,933 polling stations in the three governorates of Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah.

The elections are attended by 709 candidates representing 28 political entities, including three alliances: the Sardam-Modern coalition, which includes the Kurdistan Democratic Socialist Party, the Kurdistan Workers Party and the Kurdistan Democratic Union, the Union of Democratic Nationalists in Kurdistan, The Chaldean Democratic Party and the Chaldean National Council, as well as the Reform Front, which includes the Islamic Union Party of Kurdistan and the Islamic Movement in Kurdistan, Iraq".

Of the 111 seats in parliament, 11 are reserved for national and religious minorities, which are divided into 5 seats for the Turkmen component, 5 for the Christian component, and a seat for the Armenians.

The results of opinion polls conducted by civil society organizations indicate that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) will have the lion's share of parliament seats, followed by its partner and rival PUK, while the opposition Movement for Change is third, Islamic Group ». The Democratic Party won 38 seats in the 2013 elections, followed by Movement for Change with 24 seats and National Union with 18 seats.

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Kurdistan Commission: More than 170 thousand security personnel covered by the special vote

01:30 - 27/09/2018

 

 

 

Arbil - Mawazin News 
The Independent High Electoral Commission for the referendum in the Kurdistan region, Thursday, the numbers covered by a special vote of the Peshmerga forces and the rest of the security forces amounted to more than 170 thousand. 
"The number of those covered by the special vote is seventy-one thousand and 465 members of the Peshmerga and the rest of the security forces," UNHCR Chairman Hendri Mohammad told a news conference in Arbil attended by Mawazine News. 
"He added that" 909 polling stations will be distributed to the four provinces in the Kurdistan region on the day of the special vote on 28/9/2018. " 
"Those who did not register their electoral records will be deprived of the right to vote," he said. "We apologize for this," he said. "Unfortunately, those over 90 years of age will not be included in the general vote."

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.. the first elections in the Kurdistan region after the referendum and defeated Daash

11:17 - 28/09/2018

 

 

 

Private - Mawazin News Since Friday morning, the process of voting for the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan, scheduled to take place on Sunday with the participation of about 3.3 million voters. 
This is the first legislative elections in the Kurdistan region after the referendum on secession from Iraq on the twenty-fifth of September last year, and it is the first after the elimination of a supporter. 
The residents of the disputed areas, which the KRG says is Kurdish, did not participate in the elections. 
In terms of figures, the number of eligible voters in this election is 3 million to 300 thousand. 
The Electoral Commission in the Kurdistan region opened 1200 electoral centers and 5933 polling stations. 
In the elections, 709 candidates are competing for 111 seats in the provincial parliament.
Eleven seats in parliament are reserved for minorities in the region - five for Turkmen, five for Christians and one seat for Armenians. 
Expectations indicate that the Kurdistan Democratic Party will take the lead in the elections as in all previous sessions, and the second place in the National Union. End 29 / h

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Human Rights monitors the voting for the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan and monitors some negative indicators

01:51 - 28/09/2018

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News 
The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Friday, the arrival of a delegation to the province of Sulaymaniyah, to monitor the private ballot in the provincial parliament elections, while revealed the monitoring of some negative indicators accompanied the voting process. 
"The delegation of the High Commission for Human Rights visited a number of private polling stations in the city of Sulaymaniyah to monitor the voting process in the parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan region, which began today," the UNHCR said in a statement received by Mawazine News. 
She explained that "the delegation included members of the Board of Commissioners Basma Mohammed, Ali al-Bayati, Zidan Khalaf al-Atwani, and visited a number of polling stations during the early morning hours."
A member of the Commission, Ali al-Bayati, said that "the electoral centers welcomed the visit of the Commission and expressed its cooperation complementarity with them." He added that "the delegation monitored a number of positive indicators, including the presence of media near the centers to cover the voting." 
He pointed out that "the delegation also monitored negative indicators through the visit, including the monitoring of a number of entities observers to allow some voters to use the mobile to portray himself and the ballot paper, and the introduction of weapons by some voters, as noted by entity observers, and the presence of momentum on the stations and mismanagement of some stations And the presence of electoral propaganda near some polling stations. " 
He pointed out that "the delegation of the Commission also monitored the lack of representatives of civil society organizations in some stations and their presence in other stations amid the absence of international organizations."

"The special vote is included, members of the ministries of interior and affairs of the Peshmerga, and the Foundation Asayish Kurdistan region." 
He added that "the Electoral Commission opened 93 electoral centers distributed throughout the province to vote for private." 
"The voting process in the first hour is very intense," he said. 
More than 170,000 voters participate in the special vote

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The start of the special vote for the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan

 

 

 

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28-09-2018 02:12 PM 

 

On Friday, in the cities of the Kurdistan region, the special voting process for the parliamentary elections, which are held in general form Sunday. 

The spokesman for the Office of Elections and Referendum Sherwan Zarrar, said that 'more than 170 thousand voters are entitled to cast their votes in a special vote across 93 polling stations distributed across the region',

Adding that, 'participate in the vote for members of the Ministries of Interior and Peshmerga Affairs, and the Foundation Asayish Kurdistan region'.

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