Amidst continuing differences ... the Iraqi parliament holds a session to resolve the new election law

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Amidst continuing differences ... the Iraqi parliament holds a session to resolve the new election law

 

Baghdad

Just representatives

October 24, 2020

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The demonstrations demanded early elections (Haydar Hadi / Anatolia)

The Iraqi Council of Representatives intends to hold a session at noon today, Saturday, for the purpose of resolving the new election law , amid continuing political disputes over the electoral districts , while parliamentary circles have warned of the parliament’s failure to resolve the law as popular demonstrations await tomorrow, Sunday, on the occasion of the lapse of a year since the popular uprising.

Last Wednesday, the House of Representatives failed to settle the entitlement of the electoral districts in the new election law, while the political forces continue dialogues among themselves in order to reach a final agreement, to fully vote on the law, and Parliament raised its open session, until a consensus is reached between the blocs on the electoral districts.

 

In early August, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi set June 6, 2021, as a date for holding early elections, a date that did not win the approval of all political forces, some of which suggested moving the date two months to avoid holding the elections in the summer due to the heat that may lead to low Participation rate in the elections.

 

The deputy for the Al-Fateh coalition, Mukhtar Al-Mousawi, said in a telephone conversation with Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that, "Up to now, the political forces have not reached a final agreement regarding resolving the electoral districts file in the new election law, as differences still exist, and there is no agreement on resolving File today. "

Moussawi indicated that "the political forces will hold intensive meetings in the coming hours, within the House of Representatives, in order to reach solutions regarding the election law, before the deputies enter the chamber, in order to vote on the entire new election law."

He added, "Every political bloc, but every deputy in a governorate, wants the electoral districts to be according to their own size, in order to ensure that they obtain parliamentary seats in early elections, and for this, the differences are still deep due to personal and partisan interests, between all the blocs and all representatives. .

 

In addition, Intisar al-Jubouri, the representative of the "Iraqi Forces" coalition, said in an interview with Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, that "the Iraqi parliament resolving the election law during today's session is possible, but it is unlikely due to the continuing political disputes over electoral districts, and the absence of any Political consensus in this regard. "

Al-Jubouri pointed out that "the Presidency of the Council of Representatives is intent on resolving the election law during today's session, and it seeks to do this by holding intensive dialogues and meetings before holding the session, and the deputies entering the base of the parliament."

According to al-Jubouri, “According to the current data, the parliament will fail again to resolve the election law, due to disagreements between all political forces.” However, he said, on the other hand, “an agreement will be reached to resolve this controversial file, and this matter depends on the dialogues and meetings that the presidency will conduct.” Parliament with leaders of parliamentary blocs, in the coming hours. "

On the other hand, Sabah Al-Ukaili, the deputy of the “Sairoun” coalition, said in a press statement, “The political blocs are still conducting negotiations on dividing regions because there are objections to the method of division, whether it is longitudinal or transverse, and which areas will overlap in the same circle, and thus The situation is difficult and needs more time to agree on it. "

 

Al-Aqili added: "We exclude the parliament voting on the election law in the parliament session today, because each bloc wants certain areas without others according to their popularity in those areas within the same district for all provinces."

In December 2019, the parliament voted on a new election law that divides the governorates into multiple electoral districts in which the candidacy is individual, in response to the demands of the popular movement that was also able to change the election commission, as well as its continuous pressure to hold early parliamentary elections, except So far, the paragraph related to the number of electoral districts and their geographical distribution has not been resolved in the new law.

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A closed parliamentary meeting to discuss the borrowing law

 

Baghdad / .. The Parliamentary Finance Committee held a closed meeting to discuss the law on financing the fiscal deficit "borrowing" for the remaining months of the current year 2020, which is scheduled to be presented for the first reading in the agenda of the parliament session for this Saturday.

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Urgent .. Meetings of the parliamentary blocs before the parliament session

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The parliamentary blocs began holding meetings before the House of Representatives session.

The council postponed its session for half an hour.

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Parliament adjourns its session by half an hour

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The House of Representatives decided to postpone holding its half-hour session scheduled for Saturday.

A representative source said, "The House of Representatives decided to postpone holding its session scheduled for today, for half an hour."
The session includes several paragraphs, the most important of which is the Law on Borrowing and Electoral Districts.
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{Euphrates News} publishes the electoral districts of most provinces

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} {Al Furat News} Agency obtained the electoral district tables prepared for voting, which will be presented during today's session.

To view the electoral district tables prepared for voting, click here

 

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Parliament holds its session headed by Mohammed Al-Halbousi

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(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The House of Representatives held its 12th session on Saturday, headed by Muhammad al-Halbousi.

A statement by the council’s media department stated that “Parliament held its 12th session today of the fourth parliamentary session of the third legislative year in the first legislative term headed by Muhammad al-Halbousi.
The session is scheduled to witness the passage of the Borrowing and Constituencies Act.
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The House of Representatives ends the first reading of the bill to finance the fiscal deficit

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The House of Representatives ended the first reading of the bill to finance the fiscal deficit.

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Al-Halbousi: The session will continue until the completion of the electoral districts

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{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} The Speaker of the House of Representatives confirmed that the session would continue until voting was completed on the electoral districts completing the House of Representatives election law.

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Parliament ends the first reading of the bill to finance the fiscal deficit

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2020-10-24 | 08:13

 

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On Saturday, the House of Representatives ended the first reading of the fiscal deficit financing bill.

A representative source said to Alsumaria News, "The House of Representatives finished during its session, today, the first reading of the draft law on financing the fiscal deficit."

Earlier today, Saturday, the House of Representatives held its session chaired by Muhammad Al-Halbousi, in the presence of 170 deputies.

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Parliament holds its session and ends the first reading of the bill to finance the fiscal deficit

 

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Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi opened the session devoted to resolving the new election law, in the presence of 170 deputies.
During the session, Al-Halbousi explained that meetings are continuing between the legal committee and heads of parliamentary blocs to finalize the completion of electoral districts, stressing that the parliament session will remain open until the vote on the annex to the election law.
On the other hand, the House of Representatives ended the first reading of the bill to finance the fiscal deficit.

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Postponing the electoral districts clause in the Parliament session until the Legal Committee finishes its meeting with the heads of the blocs

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2020-10-24 | 23:04

 

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A parliamentary source said, Saturday, that the electoral districts clause in the parliament session has been postponed until the legal committee finishes its meeting with the heads of the blocs.
 

The source said in an interview with Alsumaria News that it had been decided to "postpone the electoral districts clause in the parliament session."

He added that the postponement comes "until the legal committee ends its meeting with the heads of the blocks."

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Parliament finishes reading the draft law on Iraq's accession to the international convention for the search and rescue of sailing

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The House of Representatives finalizes the report and discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention for Search and Rescue at Sea SAR 1979.

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The heads of the parliamentary blocs and the legal committee meet on the electoral districts

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The heads of the blocs and the legal committee and the Speaker of Parliament Muhammad al-Halbousi held a meeting on completing the electoral districts.

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Disclosure of the division of electoral districts for some provinces

 

The head of the Badr Parliamentary Bloc, Hassan Shaker Al-Kaabi, revealed, on Saturday, the division of electoral districts for some provinces, while voting on them is expected during today's session .

Al-Kaabi said, "An agreement occurred between most of the political forces to resolve the issue of dividing multiple constituencies according to the women's quota, and as it was voted on in the previous session, and discussions are still ongoing regarding the remaining districts in some provinces, including Mosul and Diyala, in response to the demands of the peaceful demonstrators and within the directives of the authority to hold fair elections." Transparent and meets the people's demands in those who represent them . "

Al-Kaabi pointed out that "there was an agreement to vote in today's session on resolving the divisions if the quorum was completed and the session was held," explaining that "among the divisions that were settled in some governorates in Basra, they were divided into 11 departments on the basis of Qurna and Al-Hartha, two circles, the center two circles, and the Juburiya and al-Muqal are two and the Republic five. Circles . "

He continued, "As for Dhi Qar, it divided into Nasiriyah five departments and the governorate center two departments of 7 deputies. As for Diwaniyah, it was divided into three departments 433, as Al-Diwaniyah and Shafi’i centers 4 as for Al-Shamiya, Al-Saniya 3, Shinafiya and Al-Daghara 4, while Samawah was divided into two departments, Al-Samawah center with 4 deputies. In the district of Al-Rumaitha, there are 3 deputies in a district, while Babylon has been divided into four departments 4 4 4 5 Al-Sadah Al-Musayyib, Alexandria 5 and Al-Kifl.

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Postponing voting on electoral districts after the withdrawal of deputies

 

 

2020-10-24 08:14

Shafaq News / On Saturday, the Iraqi parliament postponed voting on the electoral districts clause, after deputies withdrew from the session, objecting to the inclusion of the paragraph on the agenda.

A parliamentary source told Shafaq News that Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi postponed voting on the electoral districts clause after deputies withdrew from the session to object to the inclusion of the paragraph on the agenda before resolving disputes regarding it.

Al-Halbousi said during the session, "The meeting is still continuing between the legal committee and the heads of parliamentary blocs to finalize the completion of the electoral districts clause in the Iraqi parliament election law."

Al-Halbousi also informed members of Parliament that the session would continue until voting on the electoral districts clause was completed.

Parliament had opened its session in the presence of 170 deputies. 

Parliament had voted to approve, at the beginning of last week, a proposal to determine the number of electoral districts in each governorate.

The proposal stated that "the number of constituencies in each governorate shall be distributed equal to the number of seats allocated to the women's quota in the governorate."

Women hold 25 percent of parliament seats under the quota.

Based on the women's seats in each governorate, the distribution of electoral districts will be as follows: 17 in Baghdad, 8 in Nineveh, 6 in Basra, 5 in Dhi Qar and Sulaymaniyah, 4 in Babel, Anbar, Erbil and Diyala, and 3 in each of Kirkuk, Najaf and Salah al-Din. Dohuk, Diwaniyah, Karbala, Wasit, Maysan, and two seats in Muthanna. 

The proposal faced the objection of political blocs, most notably Al-Fateh led by Hadi Al-Amiri, the State of Law coalition led by Nuri Al-Maliki, the Kurdistan Islamic Union deputies, the new generation, and some Nineveh MPs.

 

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Documents .. Clarification from the Finance Committee regarding the draft law on financing the fiscal deficit

 

 

238 Policy 2020/10/24 15:21 Baghdad Today -

Baghdad The Parliamentary Finance Committee issued, on Saturday (October 24, 2020), a clarification regarding the draft law on financing the fiscal deficit. The clarification stipulated the signature of the Chairman of the Finance Committee, MP Muthanna Al-Sameri, that a draft (Law on Financing Financial Deficit) (borrowing) was received in the House of Representatives and was included in the agenda of today's session directly by the Presidency of Parliament, and regarding this law we would like to show, contrary to the Administration Law Federal Finance No. (6) for the year 2019, the government did not send the Federal Budget Law for the year 2020, and the borrowing plan must have been included in the draft budget, and the submission of the budget bill should not be replaced by quarterly borrowing laws. He added that "the principle of borrowing that depends on (the law of financing the fiscal deficit), and before it the borrowing law is not in the interest of the country and the people and leads to an economic collapse and flooding the country with debt. Below is the text of the explanation: Earlier in the day, the House of Representatives ended, during its session, the first reading of the draft (Law on Financing Fiscal Deficit) (borrowing).

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The House of Representatives ends reading a bill on paid study leave

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The House of Representatives ends the first reading of the draft law abolishing Law No. (10) of 1979 regarding paid study leave and the Arab Recommendation No. (3) of 1979 attached to it.

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IN THE DOCUMENT, THE PARLIAMENTARY FINANCE COMMITTEE CALLS ON THE GOVERNMENT TO SEND THE 2021 BUDGET

Saturday, 24 October 2020 3:22 PM

 

 

Baghdad / National News Center -

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The House of Representatives ends the first reading of the proposed law of genocide for the Yezidis

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  {Baghdad: Al Furat News} In its regular session, the House of Representatives ended today, Saturday, the first reading of the proposed law of genocide for the Yezidis.

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The House of Representatives completes the report and discussion of the Air Force College bill
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Postponing voting on electoral districts after the withdrawal of deputies

 

 

2020-10-24 08:14

Shafaq News / On Saturday, the Iraqi parliament postponed voting on the electoral districts clause, after deputies withdrew from the session, objecting to the inclusion of the paragraph on the agenda.

A parliamentary source told Shafaq News that Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi postponed voting on the electoral districts clause after deputies withdrew from the session to object to the inclusion of the paragraph on the agenda before resolving disputes regarding it.

 

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Al-Haddad: The session will continue until it is agreed to complete the electoral districts

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bashir Al-Haddad, announced that the session will continue until it is agreed that the electoral districts will complete the Iraqi Parliament elections law.

Wafa Al-Fatlawi

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Parliament ends reading a bill that would "secure salaries"

 

 

2020-10-24 08:13

Shafaq News / On Saturday, the Iraqi parliament ended the first reading of the draft law on financing the fiscal deficit, which would secure the salaries of employees and retirees.

A representative source told Shafaq News, "The parliament held its session in the presence of President Muhammad al-Halbousi and his deputy, Bashir Al-Haddad, and the number of deputies is 170, during which it ended the first reading of the draft law on financing the financial deficit."

The Iraqi government recently sent a bill to borrow 41 trillion dinars (about 34 billion dollars) to Parliament for approval, with the aim of financing the deficit in paying employees' salaries for the remaining months of this year.

And last month, Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi said that the volume of foreign debts owed by his country amounted to 160 trillion dinars (about $ 133.3 billion).

The Iraqi authorities have not yet approved a budget for 2020 due to the decline in financial revenues and the impact of low oil prices in global markets due to the consequences of the "Corona" virus.

The government is struggling to secure employee salaries and other operating expenses, due to the decline in oil prices due to the Corona pandemic, which has paralyzed large sectors of the world economy.

Iraq relies on oil sales revenues to finance 95 percent of state expenditures.

For its part, the Parliamentary Finance Committee issued a clarification regarding the fiscal deficit financing bill, in which it indicated legal violations according to what was mentioned in the clarification text below:

 

 

 

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Deputy: We completed the agreement to divide the districts for Kurdistan

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The information / Baghdad ..
The MP for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jamal Shakour, confirmed, Saturday, that the Kurds have completed the agreement to divide the electoral districts for the Kurdistan region.
"The dispute is still over dividing the electoral districts in Kirkuk and the disputed areas, and the capital, Baghdad, because of the disagreement over the delineation of districts and the overlap of districts and sub-districts with each other," Shakour said in a statement to Al-Maalouma.
He added that "it is difficult to pass the election law in the parliament session for this day, but the Kurds, on their part, have reached an agreement on the law, but they are demanding a special paragraph for the disputed areas to avoid problems in the upcoming elections."
The representative of the Iraqi Forces Alliance, Zaitoun Al-Dulaimi, confirmed in a previous statement to "the information", that the political forces' differences over five provinces will not be resolved in today's session, indicating that the political forces will resolve the dispute during the current week or after at most. End / 15

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Parliament votes on electoral districts for 16 provinces

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Yesterday, Saturday, the House of Representatives voted on the electoral districts attached to the elections law for sixteen governorates, and while the vote on the governorates of Nineveh and Kirkuk was postponed to tomorrow's session, Monday, it ended the first reading of the financial deficit financing bill.

According to a statement, the council completed during the session the first reading of the draft law on financing the fiscal deficit submitted by the Finance Committee due to the delay in sending the federal budget for the year 2020, the spread of the Corona pandemic in the world and the decline in crude oil prices significantly, as the Iraqi government faces difficulty in financing public spending.

The Council completed the reading of a report and discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Loading Lines of 1966 and its amended protocol for the year 1988 amended in 2003 submitted by the Committees of Foreign Relations, Services and Reconstruction.

He also completed reading the report and discussing the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention for Search and Rescue at the Sea for the year 1979 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee, and the report and discussion of the Air Force College bill submitted by the Security and Defense Committee were completed.

The Council ended the first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Preparedness, Response and Cooperation in the Field of Oil Pollution (oprc90) of 1990 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee, which aims to protect the territorial waters of the Republic of Iraq from oil pollution incidents and the importance of preparing, responding and preparing emergency plans for the Republic of Iraq as it is Of the oil-exporting countries for the purpose of joining 

The agreement.

The Council completed the first reading of the draft law abolishing Law No. (127) for the year 1981 and the Law on Ratification of the Arab Labor Convention No. (10) for the year 1979 regarding the paid study leave and the Arab Recommendation No. (3) for the year 1979 attached to it submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee, because a long period has passed since The issuance of the law and the disappearance of the reasons for its legislation for the lack of implementation of the agreement until now and for the purpose of issuing a law to cancel it.

The council concluded the first reading of the proposed law on the genocide of the Yazidis submitted by the legal, labor, social affairs, immigration, migrant, women, family and childhood committees with the aim of recognizing genocide crimes against citizens, compensating them, protecting them from exposure to such crimes, condemning the crimes committed by ISIS terrorist gangs, and prosecuting their perpetrators before Iraqi courts. And punish them.