Parliamentary legality: The current parliament has full powers

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On 6/3/2021 at 7:46 AM, yota691 said:

Blackshart: Iraq is on the verge of early elections that require security stability

Sometimes I wish I was famous and then I could say things that are completely obvious and have everyone quote me like I was some international guru.  And then I come to myself and think, "Naaaa!"

 

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Was Iraq affected by the global holidays? .. Communications respond and reveal their preparations to secure the Internet for elections

•  Time: 06/09/2021 15:27:36
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{Local: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Communications announced that the country was not affected by the sudden cessation of Internet service worldwide on Tuesday.

 

Ministry spokesman, Raad al-Mashhadani told {Euphrates News}, "During the internet shutdown in Europe, our networks or the withdrawn midwives were not affected by any symptom, and the internet service in Iraq did not stop at this time completely."
He added, "Our engineering cadres are serious about their work according to the minister's directives, as he had a continuous follow-up of all cadres."
Al-Mashhadani continued, "With regard to securing the speed of the Internet from cyber attacks with the approach of the elections, procedures are continuing to cover the Internet and add additional high-speed capacities throughout Iraq."
He stressed that "the ministry is serious about its work, and we have already noted that on the eleventh of last month, all networks contracted with by the Ministry of Communications were provided with additional high-speed services over the Internet."
The outage, which occurred on Tuesday, raised questions about the dependence of internet service on a few infrastructure companies, and the Fastly problem caused the disruption of high-visit sites including news sites such as the Guardian and the New York Times, and sites of the British government, Reddit and Amazon.
Fastly, which is behind the worldwide outage, revealed this week that it was the result of a software glitch that occurred when one of its customers changed its settings.
Fastly operates a portfolio of servers located in strategic locations around the world to help customers move content and store it close to end users quickly and securely.
The Iraqi Electoral Commission states that it relies on the Internet to enter polling results data for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for October 10, especially since these elections will witness voting using the biometric card.

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The Commission hints at the possibility of returning the candidacy of the excluded

Sunday 13 June 2021 114

 

 Baghdad: Huda Al-Azzawi 

 

The Electoral Commission has resolved the controversy over the number of candidates excluded from the legislative elections, scheduled to take place on the tenth of next October, hinting at the possibility of returning their candidacy after the court overturned the exclusion decision and accepted the appeal.

The assistant media spokesman for the Electoral Commission, Nibras Abu Souda, told Al-Sabah that the commission's decision to exclude the candidates is "initially" subject to appeal by the court, noting that the number of candidates for the upcoming elections has reached 3,523 candidates.

Abu Souda criticized the media intimidation about the exclusion, stressing that those who were excluded 25 candidates, including 5 soldiers, and not, as was reported by the media, from the exclusion of 135 candidates from the Ministry of Defense, calling for not adopting any documents without verifying their official source in the Electoral Commission. 

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Parliamentary legality: The current parliament has full powers

Monday 14 June 2021 71

 

 Baghdad: Muhannad Abd al-Wahhab

 

The Parliamentary Legal Committee announced that the current parliament has wide powers until it dissolves itself and until October 7 of this year.

Committee member Bahar Mahmoud said in an interview with "Al-Sabah": "The current parliament still has the right to pass laws and read them or any other task within its competence," noting that "the parliament exercises its competencies with its full powers until October 7 of this year until it dissolves itself." .

She added that "Parliament can pass laws and its powers continue until October 1 or 5," noting that "a number of special degrees will be passed in the coming period, and that this is within the powers of Parliament, and there is a preliminary agreement on a number of these degrees."

The House of Representatives voted in early April to dissolve itself on October 7, and the House explained that this comes as a prelude to holding the legislative elections on their scheduled date on the 10th of the same month. The dissolution of Parliament, whether through a vote of its members, or through the powers of the President of the Republic, results in the transformation of the government from full powers to a caretaker government, in addition to the necessity of holding elections for the new parliament, within a maximum period of sixty days.

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About 700,000 voter cards were distributed in Dhi Qar to voters

 

 

Wednesday - 06/16/2021 - 10:06

Nasiriyah News Network:
The Independent High Electoral Commission in Dhi Qar announced that nearly 700,000 voter cards have been distributed so far.
The director of the office, Qassem Zuri, told Nasiriyah News Network that the short-term biometric voter cards at the IHEC office in Dhi Qar are 690,000.
He added that 690,000 voter cards have been distributed so far, pointing out that the mobile teams make periodic visits to residential areas and districts to target voters and distribute cards to them.
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Mr. Ammar al-Hakim: Iraq is close to stabilizing its political system through the upcoming elections

•  Time: 06/17/2021 13:32:11
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{Political: Al Furat News} The head of the National State Forces Alliance, Ammar al-Hakim, announced that Iraq is close to the stage of consolidating its political system through the early parliamentary elections scheduled for October 10.

 

A statement by his office, of which Al-Furat News received a copy, stated that Mr. Ammar Al-Hakim "stressed, during his meeting with the Tunisian ambassador in Baghdad, {Rida Zeidan), the importance of strengthening bilateral relations between Iraq and Tunisia, and developing relations with the Maghreb countries on the basis of commonalities and mutual interests and on all levels".
And between "the nature of the roles that Iraq awaits from its Arab brothers after overcoming the stage of obsessions from the Iraqi experience."
Mr. Ammar al-Hakim stressed, "Iraq is open to everyone and accumulates its positives and is approaching the end of the stage of establishing the political system to the stage of establishing the political system through the upcoming elections."
The two sides discussed "the roles that Iraq plays in bringing the views of the region's parties closer and hosting direct dialogues between the parties."
Mr. Ammar al-Hakim said that "this is due to Iraq's historical position and its acceptance by all," calling for "greater openness to Iraq and the investment of the opportunities it offers at this stage."
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The President of the Republic: The Fatwa of Sufficient Jihad is a National Project to Save Iraq

Sunday 20 June 2021 127

 

 Baghdad: morning 

 

The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, said yesterday, Saturday, that Iraq faces great challenges represented in the integrity of the elections and keeping pace with the new conditions in the region, noting that there are deficiencies that need solutions that are out of the ordinary.

Saleh added, at the Bahr al-Ulum Dialogue Forum, which was attended by "Al-Sabah": that the religious authority in Najaf had historically important roles, and its positions were in support of the national decision and Iraqi sovereignty since the twentieth revolution until now, noting that the fatwa of sufficient jihad came at a fateful moment and was legitimate. nationally to save Iraq.

He pointed out that the reference historically stood by the oppressed and stood up to defend the Kurds, Christians and Yazidis, noting that the youth came from the south to liberate Mosul and the western regions, which is a distinct national moment and a national and sovereign position, and without that position, we would have been in a completely different position.

The President of the Republic considered that the biggest flaw that violates the sovereignty of Iraq is the violation of the will of the Iraqi voter and the manipulation of his vote, pointing out that sovereignty begins with respecting the citizen’s voice in the elections, and achieving the legitimacy of the system and the state that is based on free and fair elections without value, fraud and manipulation.

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This week, the commission approves the names of the candidates

Sunday 20 June 2021 138

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

 

The Independent High Electoral Commission suggested ratifying the names of the candidates for the parliament elections this week, while the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee confirmed the ability of the security forces to secure the polling day. The Director of Media and Mass Communication in the Commission, Hassan Salman, explained to Al-Sabah the delay in approving the names of the candidates until now The election law requires that the names be sent to the party that determines the eligibility of the candidate or not, but some concerned parties were late in responding, especially the National Commission for Accountability and Justice. Salman explained the mechanism used to certify the names, noting that the final names received to determine eligibility from the concerned authority are submitted to the electoral administration in the commission, and then to the Board of Commissioners for approval. He expected the final approval of the names of the candidates this week in the event that all the answers from the authorities are received. concerned. 

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Cancellation of the “good conduct” requirement for the candidate ignites controversy

Monday, June 21, 2021 95

 

 Baghdad: Huda Al-Azzawi 

 

There are many and branching loopholes raised by the Elections Law No. (9) of 2020, which was approved by the House of Representatives. As soon as some voices fade in regarding the unfairness of the “multiple districts” system, others rise regarding restricting the ballot to the “biometric card”, and one of the articles of the mentioned law has sparked a new controversy. It is related to the abolition of the "good conduct" requirement for candidates for the upcoming elections, meaning that it is permissible to run even if the candidate does not meet this condition, and the law did not prevent a person who committed a crime of integrity (financial or administrative corruption) from running for elections in accordance with Article (8). of this law.

A member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Hussein Al-Aqabi, confirmed to Al-Sabah, that "there is a legal problem in the Elections Law No. (9) for the year 2020, and it is summarized in the law not including that the candidate be of good conduct and behavior, and this is an important issue."

Al-Uqabi attributed this defect to the fact that “the law was enacted hastily and it contains many loopholes that need to be reconsidered, and one of these loopholes is the lack of a requirement that the representative of the people enjoy good conduct and behavior, and the phrase that (not be convicted of a felony). or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude) did not love you in a legal and sound manner, so these problems are valid and significant in relation to issues of financial and administrative corruption.

The former head of the Electoral Commission and an expert in electoral affairs, Adel Al-Lami, said in an interview with Al-Sabah: “The Elections Law No. (9) stipulated in one of its articles that one of the conditions for the voter is that he has not been convicted of a crime or felony involving moral turpitude or enriched at the expense of money. general".

He pointed out that "some bodies deal with legal articles and their penalties within financial and administrative corruption as ordinary misdemeanors and are not included in this classification, and they are not covered by crimes that prevent participation in the elections, and there are other crimes that are not against honor, but they are against their biography and behavior and were not mentioned or stipulated in it." He called for a review of more than 30 articles in the election law, including the issue of multiple constituencies, "provided that the amendments do not prejudice the election date scheduled for 10/10."

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The overlapping of districts is a “new loophole” in the electoral law

Thursday 24 June 2021 165

 

 

 Baghdad: Muhannad Abdul Wahhab

Representatives and jurists warned against the overlapping of multiple electoral districts. This paragraph is usually one of the biggest loopholes facing the electoral law and can cause major problems that will arise when the elections are held. Committee member Salim Hamza told Al-Sabah that "one of the biggest loopholes in the election law is the overlap of multiple electoral districts in more than 70 regions," noting that "there are no clear tables showing the distribution of electoral districts between regions, which will cause major problems that will emerge. in the elections."

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Commission: 100 candidates may withdraw from the elections

Wednesday 23 June 2021 391

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif 

 

The Independent High Electoral Commission suggested that the number of candidates withdrawing from the electoral race would reach more than 100 candidates. 

The Director of Media and Mass Communication at the Commission, Hassan Salman, told Al-Sabah: The number has not been accurately determined so far, as there are many requests that may be rejected, indicating that the withdrawal decision may not be retracted, and it must be accompanied by the approval of the candidate and the party if the withdrawal belongs to a party or An alliance, and Salman added that the Commission has nothing to do with the withdrawal, whether the withdrawal was a personal decision or under pressure, indicating that what is important to it is that the withdrawal request be in accordance with the controls.

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The commission threatens to impose “punishments” on those who violate the electoral campaign system

Monday 28 June 2021 94

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

 

The Independent High Electoral Commission threatened to impose penalties on parties and candidates if they violate the electoral campaign system.

The Director of Media and Mass Communication, Hassan Salman, told Al-Sabah: “There are measures that the commission will take, including imposing financial penalties on all parties and candidates who are indicated by a proven complaint that violates the electoral campaign system, revealing the formation of committees to monitor these campaigns and establish violations. Meanwhile, the commission confirmed that the announcement of the preliminary results and the end of the voting process will be separated by only 24 hours.

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The Electoral Commission announces the start of printing the voter register and the ballot paper

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Baghdad - Mawazine News

Today, Wednesday, the Independent High Electoral Commission announced the start of printing the voter register, as well as the ballot paper.
The Commission stated in a statement received by Mawazine News, a copy of it, that "the Electoral Commission held today, an extensive conference, with representatives of political parties, alliances and individual candidates, in the building of the Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad, to deliberate on the procedures for the electoral process." 
In his speech that opened the conference, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Judge Jalil Adnan Khalaf, stressed, according to the statement, that "what the commission is assessing today is an affirmation of its continuous approach to communication with everyone, whether from voters or candidates from the electoral process partners, especially since the operations schedule is in accordance with Precise steps leading up to polling day on October 10, 2021. Communication with the candidates face-to-face is an affirmation of this partnership and responsibility for the success of the elections.
The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners clarified, among other things, “the stages of verifying the eligibility of candidates in which the commission was committed to the law and was keen to urge the excluded to submit appeals, with the aim of allowing the largest number of applicants to run for candidacy.” He also indicated that “the voter register has begun to be printed as well as Ballot paper.
The Commission explained that "a detailed explanation was provided by the Operations Department of the Commission on the total procedures that control the process of using the short card, which will be divided into announced procedures and others that will be announced on the election day, according to the outcome of its content that there are 17 million voters who will vote according to the biometric card, after it allowed The commission has the largest voter update and registration period over a period of 4 months.
She added that, "This was followed by a clarification from the same operations department for the attendees regarding the verification body and the examining company, noting that" the Media and Mass Communication Department dealt with the axes of the withdrawal of candidates and the lottery of candidates, in addition to electoral propaganda and creating a healthy atmosphere of competition between candidates.
" In the end, the floor was opened to the audience from representatives of parties and individual candidates, as their interventions touched on some cases of exclusion from running for the elections, the voting of the displaced, and finally the security of the elections, on which Major General Mohamed Razuki, Secretary of the Supreme Security Committee for Elections, commented, stressing that there is a different work that has been done. By this committee. Ended 29/A87

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Al-Asadi reveals: More than 57 thousand dead are in the voter records in Baghdad

 

Former MP Khaled Al-Asadi revealed, on Monday, that there are more than 57,000 dead people in the voter registers in the capital, Baghdad, pointing to a great effort being made to penetrate the electronic commission systems .

Al-Asadi said, "There are more than 57,000 dead people present in the voter records in the capital, Baghdad," stressing the need to "cancel the names of the deceased to prevent the exploitation of voter records ."

He added that "there are certain parties trying to exploit the voter records in Baghdad," warning that "a great effort is being made to penetrate the commission's electronic systems ."

Al-Asadi indicated that "there is a state of concern among the political forces about the date of the elections," noting that "the political atmosphere is currently based on questioning the integrity of the elections."

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The Commission: We will conduct 3 simulations of the electoral process with an international presence

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Baghdad - Mawazine News

Today, Monday, the Independent High Electoral Commission confirmed its full readiness to hold the elections on schedule, while revealing its intention to conduct 3 electoral simulations with an international presence.
Commission spokeswoman Jumana al-Ghalay said, "The commission has completed what it is, and is now working within the preparations for the voting process," stressing that "the commission is fully prepared to hold the elections on schedule."
She added, "The logistical materials for the electoral process have been secured, and they are sensitive and insensitive materials, in addition to the fact that the candidates' lottery will be in the next few days, followed by the first simulation."
And she added, "There will be three simulations for the polling day, the first of which will be one station for each registration center, and we have 1079 registration centers, and the second and third simulation will be two stations."
She pointed out that "the simulation will be an actual polling process, and there will be a manual and electronic counting, and the results will be sent to the national office."
And she indicated that "the Korean company, Mira, the manufacturer of electronic devices, the German company that examines these electronic devices, and the United Nations will attend the simulation for electoral assistance, as well as the International Agency for Electoral Systems and a number of media."
She pointed out that "a number of Arab and foreign ambassadors visited the Electoral Commission and met with the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and members of the Council, and expressed their willingness to participate in the electoral observation, as well as there are a number of international organizations that responded to the invitation to participate in the electoral observation, such as the European Union and the statement issued by them agreeing to participate in the electoral observation." High-level government coordination.
She stressed that "there are many guarantees to ensure the integrity of the electoral process, and things are smooth, and we hope that they will culminate in a wide participation of citizens on polling day, which is the biggest guarantee for the integrity of the elections."
She stated that "the Electoral Commission has set instructions regarding voting complaints and electoral appeals, as after the announcement of the preliminary results, there will be appeals," explaining that "the Commission issued a decision, that the appeal in any center or station requires re-counting and manual counting."
She pointed out that "re-counting and manual sorting is done by providing insurances of one million Iraqi dinars, and this amount is recorded as a final revenue to the state treasury in the event that electronic results match with manual ones, and if they do not match, the insurances are returned."
Regarding requests to change the names of the parties, Al-Ghalai indicated that “the parties that wish to change their name, must review the Department of Parties and Political Organizations Affairs, and submit an application on this subject while keeping the number and date of the license number, if the party is under incorporation or has a certificate of incorporation, and if it wants to change the name of the party. The party, while keeping the number and date of its license, has to pay 12 million and 500 thousand Iraqi dinars, and submit an application signed by the party leader or his representative, along with submitting this amount for the purpose of changing the party’s name. Ended 29/A87

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The completion of the lottery for the numbers of candidates for the parliamentary elections

Thursday 08 July 2021 113

 

 Baghdad: morning 

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Independent High Electoral Commission completed the lottery for the numbers of candidates for the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 10, with the participation of 3,243 candidates competing in 83 constituencies to win 329 parliamentary seats.

IHEC spokeswoman Jumana Al-Ghalai said: "The names of the lottery for the candidates' numbers for the elections are organized in alphabetical order, starting with the number 20 in all governorates," adding that "the approval of the candidates by the Board of Commissioners is final," noting that "the Commission is awaiting the decision of the Board of Commissioners to launch the electoral campaign. ".

Yesterday, Wednesday, the ballot numbers were drawn for the candidates for the elections for the Iraqi Parliament 2021, in the offices of Baghdad (Al-Karkh / Al-Rasafa), and in the electoral offices of all governorates.

Yesterday, Tuesday, the Board of Commissioners approved the lists of candidates for the 2021 Iraqi parliament elections, which number 3,243 candidates belonging to 276 parties and 44 coalitions. The names of the candidates were published on the official website of the Commission.

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The judiciary clarifies its procedures regarding appeals against decisions of accountability and the commission

July 7, 2021

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The judiciary clarifies its procedures regarding appeals against decisions of accountability and the commission

 

155 candidates were excluded from the elections, including the former Minister of the Interior

 

 

 

Baghdad - Qusay Munzer

 

The Independent High Electoral Commission excluded 155 candidates from the electoral race in a procedure described by the excluded as unfair and without prior warning after the Commission received the appeal decisions related to the procedures of the Accountability and Justice Commission. The excluded candidates told (Al-Zaman) yesterday that (the Commission did not inform us of the sudden exclusion decision, despite receiving the appeal decisions on the accountability and justice procedures issued by the Discriminatory Commission in the Supreme Judicial Council according to the timings it previously specified), stressing that (this decision is unfair and its reasons are unknown, it may hide between It includes political intentions to exclude independents from the expected electoral race), calling on the judiciary to intervene and stop the decisions of the Commission that did not take into account the established contexts and its insistence on excluding patriotic and honest personalities despite having gained judicial decisions that support their lack of accountability and justice), wondering (why these personalities were excluded in conjunction with a procedure The lottery for the serial numbers among the candidates in the electoral districts?).

 The Board of Commissioners approved the lists of 3,243 candidates for the House of Representatives elections. The Commission stated in a statement received by (Al-Zaman) yesterday that "the Board of Commissioners approved the lists of candidates for the elections, numbering 3,243 candidates and conducted a lottery for the serial numbers among the candidates in the electoral districts." He pointed out that "155 candidates were excluded from running in the upcoming elections in October, including the Minister of Interior The race is Yassin Taher Al-Yasiri, without mentioning the reasons). While the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faeq Zeidan, discussed with the advisors of the President of the Republic, Ali Al-Shukri and Amir Al-Kinani, judicial procedures regarding appeals to the decisions of accountability and justice and the Board of Commissioners.

 A statement received by (Al-Zaman) yesterday said that (the meeting discussed, in the presence of the two Vice-Presidents of the Court of Cassation, Kazem Abbas, head of the Cassation Commission, which is competent to consider appeals against the decisions of the Accountability and Justice Commission, and Hassan Fouad, head of the Judicial Commission, which is competent to consider appeals that respond to the decisions of the Commission Council). He added that (the work of the cassation committee concerned with issues of accountability and justice is limited to examining the objections filed by those covered by the provisions of Article 6 of the Commission’s law, especially that the provisions included in this article relate to the public office only and the continuation or not of those covered by that job and did not address in all its paragraphs to The issue of candidacy for the parliamentary elections and the acceptance of the candidate or not), and he continued that (the judiciary body for elections formed according to Article 19 / first of the law of the Commission is exclusively competent to consider matters related to the electoral process, as the decisions of the Board of Commissioners have not been challenged before it and no other body has this competence According to the explicit textThe second paragraph of the same article, including checking the validity of the candidates’ conditions and accepting their candidacy or not), noting that (Article 7 of the 2005 constitution has prohibited the approach of the Baath Party and its symbols in Iraq under any name, and this may not be part of political pluralism and prevented its return under any named to power, political life, or the nomination of its members for general and local elections), stressing that “there is no contradiction or conflict between the decisions of the Discriminatory Commission for Accountability and Justice not to include the candidate in the Commission’s law, and the decisions of the Judicial Commission not to allow them to run for elections because the competencies of each commission differ from other competencies.” And this is what the work of the Judicial Authority for Elections has established since the beginning of its formation and in light of the canceled Commission Law No. 11 of 2007).

 The electoral judiciary in the Federal Court of Cassation had set the standard for participation in the parliamentary elections, confirming the exclusion of 25 candidates for the elections so far due to their convictions for crimes against honor, including terrorist crimes. It was reconstituted under the effective Commission Law No. 31 of 2019 with Article 19 first thereof.

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The Commission: The number of candidates for the elections is 3,244

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Baghdad - Mawazine News
, the Election Commission announced, on Sunday, that the number of candidates for the elections is 3,244 candidates.
The Commission stated in a statement that Mawazine News received a copy of it, that "in light of the rapid developments in the preparations of the Electoral Commission within the stages of the electoral process, and with the start of the actual countdown to the polling day for the election of the Iraqi Parliament on the tenth of October of this year, and after it ended IHEC is a lottery process for the numbers of the 3,244 candidates whose names have been approved by the Board of Commissioners throughout Iraq and to allow them to start electoral campaigning on 7/8/2021, which will continue until 6 a.m. on Thursday, 7/10/2021.
The statement added, "The commission is preparing to implement the first simulations of public and private voting, which are scheduled to take place on July 12, with one station in each registration center of (1079) centers spread throughout Iraq, to ensure the accuracy and speed of electoral electronic devices and the possibility of Sending the results easily from the stations and receiving them at the National Office through the specialized staff of the Simulation Committee in cooperation with the “Korean Miro” company and under the supervision of the German Examiner Company and in the presence of the United Nations Electoral Assistance Team (UNAMI) and the International Team for Electoral Systems (IFES) and with media coverage.”
He continued, "Its work is in accordance with Article 39 of the Elections Law No. (9) of 2020, which stipulates that "private voting shall take place (48) hours before the date of the general poll, according to the biometric voter card exclusively."
And between: “Therefore, the Operations and Information Technology Department, one of the formations of the Electoral Commission, completed the final deployment schedule for special voting voters from the security forces, which includes: (Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Counter-Terrorism Service, Ministry of Interior of Kurdistan Region, Ministry of Peshmerga) who will vote for their constituencies using The biometric card of (1,075,727) voters distributed among the (595) polling stations, and (2,584) polling stations, in addition to the aforementioned Operations Department providing the final table of (120) IDPs.126) displaced voters distributed among their (86) polling stations, with (296) polling stations. From October of this year.
She indicated that, "Within the framework of institutional support for the electoral process, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Jalil Adnan Khalaf, met the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research on 7/8/2021 to discuss the mechanism adopted by the Commission to implement Cabinet Resolution No. 174 of 2021, which includes seeking the assistance of With university professors, it was agreed to assign supervision tasks on polling day to academics from among more than eight thousand teachers who are distributed among sixteen electoral centers, provided that there is a sufficient number of reserves, and to open training centers in each university in coordination with the electoral offices in the governorates. Ended 29/A 43

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Al-Kazemi affirms the government's determination to meet all the needs of the Commission to ensure the integrity of the electoral process

•  Time: 07/11/2021 16:22:18
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{Political: Al-Furat News} Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi affirmed, today, Sunday, the government's determination to meet all the needs of the commission in a manner that guarantees the integrity of the electoral process.

 

And the government statement, which {Al-Furat News} received a copy of, stated, “During his meeting with the Chairman and members of the Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission, Al-Kazemi listened to a detailed explanation of the commission’s plans and preparations for holding the upcoming parliamentary elections on their scheduled date on the tenth of next October.”
During the meeting, Al-Kazemi stressed, "The government's determination to meet all the needs of the commission in a manner that guarantees the integrity and transparency of the electoral process, and achieves broad participation in it."
While he praised the work of the commission, its preparations and efforts to hold the elections in a smooth manner, stressing that "the government agencies received instructions from us to provide all forms of support and backing to the commission, and to facilitate the required procedures that ensure the holding of the elections on their scheduled date without any obstacles or technical problems."

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Al-Kazemi: We are working to achieve the integrity and transparency of the electoral process

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 Baghdad: Muhammad Al-Ansari

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi affirmed the government's determination to meet all the needs of the Independent High Electoral Commission to ensure the integrity and transparency of the electoral process, and achieve broad participation in it.

Yesterday, Sunday, Al-Kazemi received the Chairman and members of the Board of Commissioners of the Independent High Electoral Commission, and a statement by his media office stated that the Prime Minister listened at the beginning of the meeting to a detailed explanation of the Commission's plans and preparations for holding the upcoming parliamentary elections on their scheduled date on the tenth of next October.

Al-Kazemi affirmed the government’s determination to meet all the needs of the commission in a manner that ensures the integrity and transparency of the electoral process, and achieves wide participation in it, and praised the commission’s work, preparations and efforts to conduct elections in a high flow, stressing that government agencies received instructions from us to provide all forms of support and attribution to the commission, and to facilitate the required procedures that Ensures that the elections are held on schedule without any obstacles 

or technical problems.

In addition, in preparation for the upcoming elections, the Independent High Electoral Commission will conduct the first simulations of public and private voting on Monday, with one station in all (1079) registration centers spread throughout the country. 

across Iraq.

The IHEC stated in a statement yesterday, Sunday, that "in light of the rapid developments in the preparations of the Electoral Commission within the stages of the electoral process, and with the start of the actual countdown to the polling day for the election of the Iraqi Parliament on the tenth of October of this year, and after the commission concluded the process of drawing the numbers of candidates Of the 3244 candidates whose names were approved by the Board of Commissioners throughout Iraq, the Commission is preparing (today, Monday, July 12) to implement the first simulations of public and private voting with one station in each 

Recording Center. 

The Commission indicated that the simulation process comes "to ensure the accuracy and speed of electoral electronic devices and the possibility of sending the results easily from the stations and receiving them at the National Office through the specialized staff of the simulation committee in cooperation with the (Korean Miro) company and under the supervision of the German examiner company and in the presence of the United Nations Electoral Assistance Team (UNAMI). ) and the International Team for Electoral Systems (IFES) 

With media coverage.

And she added, "Its work is according to Article 39 of the Elections Law No. (9) of 2020, which stipulates that (private voting shall be 48 hours before the date of the general poll, according to the biometric voter card exclusively), and therefore the Operations and Information Technology Department ended one of the formations The Electoral Commission, the final deployment schedule for special voting voters from the security forces, which includes: (Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Counter-Terrorism Service, Ministry of Interior of the Kurdistan Region, 

The Ministry of Peshmerga) who will vote for their constituencies using the biometric card numbering (1,075,727) voters distributed among the (595) polling stations, and the (2,584) polling stations,  

In addition, the aforementioned Operations Department presented the final table of the distribution of the displaced and the displaced, which numbered (120,126) displaced voters distributed among their (86) polling stations, with (296) polling stations, as the displaced have the right to vote in the place where they reside for their constituency The original one from which he was displaced using the biometric card exclusively in the election of the Iraqi Parliament on the eighth of October 

of the current year.”

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In her weekly speech, the Electoral Commission: Tomorrow is the first simulation of public and private voting

Sunday 11 July 2021 09:07 | political Number of readings: 717

Baghdad / NINA / - The Electoral Commission announced that it is preparing to implement the first simulations of public and private voting, which is scheduled to take place tomorrow, July 12th.

She stated in her weekly speech that: the operations will be carried out by one station in each registration center, which number (1079) centers spread throughout Iraq; To ensure the accuracy and speed of electoral electronic devices and the possibility of sending results easily from stations and receiving them at the National Office through the specialized staff of the Simulation Committee in cooperation with the “Korean Miro” company and under the supervision of the German Examiner Company and in the presence of the United Nations Electoral Assistance Team (UNAMI) and the International Team for Electoral Systems (IFES) ) with media coverage.

And she added: It operates according to Article 39 of the Elections Law No. (9) of 2020, which stipulates that “private voting shall be (48) hours before the date of the general poll, according to the biometric voter card exclusively...”, and therefore the Operations and Technology Department ended The information is one of the formations of the Electoral Commission, the final deployment schedule for special voting voters from the security forces, which includes: (Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Counter-Terrorism Service, Ministry of Interior of the Kurdistan Region, Ministry of Peshmerga) who will vote for their constituencies using the biometric card (1,075,727 ) voters distributed among the 595 polling stations and the 2,584 polling stations.

And she continued: The Operations Department will present the final table of the deployment of the displaced and the displaced, which numbered (120,126) displaced voters, distributed among their (86) polling stations, with (296) polling stations, as the displaced have the right to vote in the place where they reside in favor of their original constituency. From which he was displaced using the biometric card exclusively in the election of the Iraqi Parliament on the eighth of October of this year./End 3

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Commission conducts successful pilot polling simulation

Tuesday 13 July 2021 88

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif   

   And Isra Al-Samarrai

The Independent High Electoral Commission intends to conduct a simulation process to examine the efficiency of the equipment and the speed of transmission in preparation for the polling day during the next stage. This comes after conducting the first successful simulation operation yesterday, Monday, with the participation of more than 8,000 voters from the Commission’s employees, while the Commission threatened to impose fines of up to 5 million dinars. Candidates who violate the instructions of advertising promotion in the electoral campaigns.

 

The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Jalil Adnan, said: "The Commission conducted a pilot simulation with the participation of more than 8,000 voters from the Commission's employees in all governorates," noting that "the simulation began at ten o'clock and ended at 12 noon," and added that "the aim of the simulation is to bypass The negatives in the voting process,” he said, noting that “we tested the devices and the election kit in another voting process.”

Yesterday, "Al-Sabah" accompanied the process of simulating voting on the Rusafa side of Baghdad, which is the largest electoral office in the country, and Director of the Rusafa Elections Office Abbas Sabah Qassem said: "The office has deployed 125 machines to all registration centers scattered on this side of Baghdad, to check their efficiency in The voting process and the speed of dispatch in preparation for the polling day, in addition to that it carried out pre-training for the commission’s staff and experimented with some of the new mechanisms that were recently introduced.”

He added, "The Rusafa Elections Office is the largest among the offices spread throughout the governorates, as it contains ten districts and 3 million and 200 thousand voters," noting that "this experiment is a mini-voting process, through which they voted with live cards belonging to the Commission's employees in order to test it." ".

Qassem added that "the commission intends to conduct a number of electoral experiments (simulation) during the next stage, and each time it increases the number of devices that are tested until the day of polling," stressing that "these operations will reveal the most prominent problems facing this process and the possibility of solving them quickly and without delay." retarded."

He cautioned that "all centers were opened for political entities and local and international observers to watch the simulation process without there being any significant problems," and hinted that "there are new mechanisms that the commission will follow during the elections that will take place on the tenth of next October, especially in the organs, and there is satisfaction Completed by political entities and observers regarding new technologies," noting that "all these measures are in order to facilitate the voter's voting process."

The director of the Rusafa office explained that "the verification device that will be used in the upcoming elections is completely different from its counterpart that was used in the previous elections, as the current device is connected to the results accelerator device (Pecos) with a cable after the connection between the two devices was through the card of the station employee, which is More accurate work, faster and shorter steps

In turn, the head of the simulation committee and the director of training at the High Elections Commission, Daoud Salman Khudair, said: "The number of stations that were opened in the simulation process is 1079, with one station in each registration center," and Khudair stressed, that "the process was an election. Reality in terms of the biometric card or the short-term, verifying the voter's data, taking fingerprints and voting, leading to the results from all stations across Iraq to the National Office.

On the other hand, the spokeswoman for the Independent High Electoral Commission Jumana Al-Ghalay told Al-Sabah: "A memorandum of understanding was signed with the Media and Communications Commission and the Baghdad Municipality to monitor any violations that may be involved in the advertising promotion process for some candidates."

She explained that "coordination has been made with the Municipality of Baghdad to determine the places for distributing posters for advertising promotion of candidates in the permitted places in Baghdad and the governorates, as well as monitoring by the Media and Communications Commission, audio-visual media institutions in their coverage of the electoral campaign to monitor the violation and hold it legally accountable and to monitor promotional campaigns through social networking sites, enhancing the work of The Monitoring Division and the Information Division of the Commission, as there is daily monitoring of the campaigns of the candidates." 

She added that "a fine imposed on violating candidates is up to five million dinars for the same candidate, or a penalty of imprisonment in some cases, or both penalties for the violator of them, as this is a penal condition for campaigns to promote the electoral law."

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Alsumaria's bulletin.. Al-Sadr boycotts the elections and the government sticks to its date

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2021-07-15 | 11:52

 

 

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= In a surprising move, Al-Sadr boycotts the early elections and withdraws his support for the current and future government.

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= The government adheres to the date of holding the general suffrage .. and calls for a reassessment of the political and democratic process in the country.

 

 

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Al-Kazemi comments on the Sadrist movement's withdrawal from the elections

•  Time: 07/15/2021 22:38:32
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi: The 
nation needs everyone's solidarity; The people, and the political forces that participate in the elections with honorable competition without tampering.
We have a historical responsibility to protect Iraq by reaching free and fair elections. 
The Sadrist movement is an important segment of society, and it is unimaginable not to participate in the elections.
Iraq is a trust in everyone's neck.

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A new development regarding Al-Sadr's withdrawal from the elections

 

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On Thursday, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, called on the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to reverse his decision to retire from politics.

The office of the President of the Republic stated in a brief statement received NRT A copy of it, today (July 15, 2021), that "Barham Salih will meet Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr tomorrow, Friday, in Al-Hanana, to ask him to reverse his decision to retire from political work," without mentioning any other details.

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, had announced earlier, Thursday, that he would not participate in the upcoming elections, which are scheduled to take place on the tenth of next October, describing what is happening in Iraq as a "satanic and international scheme to humiliate Iraq."