One article of the electoral law threatens to collapse today’s session
One article of the electoral law threatens to collapse today’s session
12/11/2019 16:28
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} One article of the new election law stands, disrupting the parliament’s session scheduled for this evening, Wednesday, to vote on the law.
A parliamentary source {for Al-Furat News} stated that “differences between the political blocs now relate to Article {15} of the electoral law that hinders the holding of today’s meeting.”
The source suggested, “Postponing the vote on Article {15} of the Parliamentary Elections Law today, and voting on {14} articles of it in an evening session.”
It is noteworthy that Article 15 talks about sharing parliamentary seats by {50% in favor of lists and {50%} for individual voting.
And parliamentary sources suggested that the parliament session scheduled for Wednesday will not be held due to the lack of a quorum.
It is scheduled to hold the House of Representatives, today, Wednesday, to vote on the draft law on the elections of Parliament amid the continuing dispute between the parliamentary blocs over some paragraphs.
The representative of the Parliamentary Bloc of Parliament, Hassan Khalati, revealed {the Furat News}, saying: The main axis of the creation of political blocs in the electoral law is Article {15} in the new election law that talks about giving {50%} of the seats in that governorate close to the smallest Integer and {50%} other for the largest integer for lists What is the meaning of {50% first for individuals and second for lists}, which are dialectical and most opinions in Parliament were to permanently move away from this topic and the tendency to make all individual lists i.e. {100%} seats for individual lists .is over
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