Commission confirms the possibility of government elections Anbar and Mosul next month
Commission confirms the possibility of government elections Anbar and Mosul next month
03/04/2013 (00:01 pm)
Baghdad / term Press
Commission proposed Electoral Council of Ministers set up local elections in Nineveh and Anbar in the eighteenth of the month of May next, as identified thirteenth of this month as the date for the special voting Bmnzbe security.
director said constituency in Commission Mekdad Sharifi yesterday in a press conference held with the head of Supreme Security Committee overseeing the protection of the elections, Major General Ahmed al-Khafaji, in the hall of the center Mesopotamia Bmscharia National Security Iraqi Green Zone and attended by “long-Press”
that “the proposal to postpone the elections in the provinces of Anbar and Nineveh to the eighteenth of the month of May next came after visiting delegation from the Commission to Nineveh and meeting with leaders of the security services in it. ”
said Sharifi that “the decision was taken on a professional basis after consultation with the Supreme Security Committee supervising the elections,” calling the security agencies to make great efforts to protect polling stations and the Iraqi voter. ”
For his part, President Supreme Security Committee in charge of protecting the elections, Major General Ahmed al-Khafaji, said “the proposal establish elections in Nineveh and Anbar in the eighteenth of May next was taken after a meeting with the Election Commission on Monday, noting that” the Commission raised the proposal to the prime minister to decide by the appropriate decision thereon. ”
explained Khafaji that “there is a plan for al-Qaeda to launch an attack range to target the electoral process impedes the organization of elections in the country,” pointing out that “the security services are trying to stop this attack through intelligence operations and continue raids and inspections.”
A delegation from the Electoral Commission visited Mosul and Anbar a few days ago and held a meeting with the political blocs to participate in elections and security leaders, and said she is ready administratively and logistically, but it faces security challenges in some areas of Nineveh.
government decided on 19 of this month postponement of local elections in the provinces of Nineveh and Anbar at the request of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for Six months ago, but dozens of political entities in both provinces have expressed disapproval with the government’s decision and considered the decision politically, with the exception of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit Baghdad last week the government’s arguments to postpone the election is justified.
Moreover Commission announced in press conference identification thirteenth of the month this April date for the special voting Bmnzbe security services, confirmed the opening of 420 polling stations to conduct special ballot military, and expressed Astaadadaha to provide political entities names security agents who will participate in the elections.
said Sharifi “The Commission has identified the thirteenth of the month of April the current date for the special ballot Bmnzbe security services, “noting that” the previous elections was a special ballot with the military is two days before the election in general. ”
and explained that “the Commission adopted a record voters were adopted in accordance with the records provided by the security ministries were matched with a database record voter year,” stressing that “the Commission will allow only the adherents of existing names in the record to cast their votes, after deleted names from the public record.”
The manager of the constituency in the Commission that “the Commission will open 420 centers comprising 1845 stations in 14 provinces on the day of the special election for the security forces,” noting that he “will be the opening of these centers from six in the morning until five o’clock evening.”
and called Sharifi “all political entities participating in the elections to urge their monitors to go to the stations your vote on polling day for the security forces and urged them to work on election monitoring,” expressing his “The willingness of the Electoral Commission to provide private entities names of the security elements that will participate in the special ballot process.”
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