Harb clarifies the legality of postponing the elections and the fate of the prime minister
Harb clarifies the legality of postponing the elections and the fate of the prime minister
01/2021/13 10:44:19
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The legal expert, Tariq Harb, explained that the date of holding the early parliamentary elections scheduled for next June 6 has been postponed.
Harb said in a press statement, “The atmosphere in the country is heading to hold early elections next June,” noting that “in the event that they are not held, the current Federal Prime Minister (Mustafa Al-Kazemi) will remain in his position until the elections are held.”
He added, “The elections are subject to postponement and no date has been set, and the date set by the prime minister is to oblige others to hold them, and I think that the trend is moving towards holding the elections without delay.”
Regarding the fate of Al-Kazemi in the event that elections are not held, Harb stressed that “the constitution does not specify dates for the prime minister’s term, and Al-Kazemi can be removed from the House of Representatives after being questioned, and this procedure is a remote possibility,” noting that Al-Kazemi “remains prime minister by virtue of the constitution until elections are held and a council is formed.” New deputies and elect a new prime minister. ”
He explained, “In the event that early elections are not held, the date for the next elections will be in the seventh month of 2022, because the current parliament held its first session on 3/9/2018, and with two months counted for the elections before that, the elections will be in the seventh month.” “.
The representative of the Sadikoun bloc, Ahmed al-Kinani, had suggested changing the date for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for next June 6, and said in a press statement, “We expect to change the election date to October 30, according to what was circulated in the presidencies meeting {yesterday},” adding. This change may be announced during the next two days by the electoral commission. ”
While an informed source revealed, “” The Iraqi presidencies asked the Electoral Commission about its ability to hold successful elections in June, “indicating,”
The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, held a meeting yesterday, Tuesday, at the Baghdad Palace, which included Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and Speaker of Parliament Muhammad Al-Halbousi, President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faiq Zaidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fouad Hussein, the head and members of the Independent High Electoral Commission, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the Nations The United Nations in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis Blasshardt, to discuss the upcoming elections.
The meeting stressed “the need to take all measures and preparations to ensure early elections, by providing the necessary conditions that give their results the utmost credibility, and to ensure true representation for all Iraqis and reflects their free will in choosing their representatives without influences and pressures and away from the power of arms, so that their results are compatible with The popular will and its full belief in their representation in the government and the House of Representatives.
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