Two prerequisites for conducting the elections .. Al-Kazemi’s advisor: The discussions on their date have not ended
Two prerequisites for conducting the elections .. Al-Kazemi’s advisor: The discussions on their date have not ended
8/5/2020 13:20
[Baghdad_Eye]
Hussein Al-Hindawi, the advisor to the Prime Minister for Electoral Affairs, on Wednesday identified two prerequisites for holding early elections, scheduled for mid next year.
Al-Hindawi said, in a press statement, that “early elections in Iraq must be met before two basic conditions, namely conducting a census, and reducing the costs allocated to the elections by 60%, to be held on time.”
He added, “The elections will be held on June 6, 2021, and when Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi decided that, when he was nominated for prime minister, he had pledged to hold early elections, which is a broad public demand and a demand for reference,” noting that “all data confirm that The elections are moving towards their date, and that his choice was not in vain, they will take place within a reasonable period. ”
Al-Hindawi said, “The discussions about the date of the elections are not over. They depend on the political and parliamentary blocs, their differences and aspirations. There are those who voted on the election law and now wants to change the law. The Prime Minister met with the Electoral Commission, and the latter requested a period of time less than this period, so there is no Any justification for giving up this date. ”
He pointed out that “there is a special budget for the elections at the date of any constitutional elections, and this year the Commission estimated its need for about 250 – 300 million dollars, and the government is obligated to provide these expenses, but it requested to reduce these expenses by 60%, and there is a great possibility to reduce expenditures, through Reducing foreign election expenditures and relying on local presses for regular, not sensitive stationery issues. ”
Al-Kazemi’s advisor pointed out that “the population census has not been resolved for 20 years in Iraq, and there is an urgent need to conduct it, and this matter has not happened yet, but there are data for the Ministry of Trade, Planning, Trade and Interior that compensate for this issue, so the census is required, but it will not postpone the elections, and it may There were several elections and there was no census. ”
He noted that “the electoral law that is in effect now is the vote on it at the end of 2019 and almost 7 months have ended since the issuance of this law, noting that it has not been completed, as it depends on multiple constituencies and individual nominations. Each constituency needs to update the number of voters present in each constituency and the specific geographical area To this constituency or that. ”Al-
Hindawi asserted that“ the election law should go to the presidency of the republic for approval, but there are blocs who have ratified it believe that they voted in a wrong way or under popular pressure, so some of them are demanding a return to the previous law, and a portion of them to the previous law 2005 ”
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