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Hadithi talks about a new election law: it will radically change the course of the political process

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Spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Information Office Saad al-Hadithi said on Monday (November 11, 2019) that the government is keen to submit the draft amendment to the elections as soon as possible to parliament .

Al-Hadithi said in an interview to (Baghdad today), “The government has no confirmed information that the draft law to amend the elections has been prepared by the specialized committees in the Secretariat and the State Council or not .”

He added that “Abdul Mahdi directed the legal department of the Council of Ministers to present the draft before the State Consultative Council before sending it to Parliament to complete the legislative procedures .”

He explained that “the law will bring drastic changes in the course of the electoral process and establish a new framework for the conduct of elections to ensure opportunities for broad participation of young people and independents in the electoral process .”

He pointed out that “the new law will break the monopoly of the traditional political forces of the elections and open the doors for the new emerging forces to participate effectively and for persons nominated as individuals and independent in equality with political forces .”

The three presidencies held a meeting on Sunday to discuss the demands of the demonstrators, and confirmed the presidency in a statement that the presidents of the Republic and the government and parliament announced the start of legislation a new election law .

The draft electoral law, submitted by the presidency, to reduce the age of nomination to 25 years, and reduce the number of seats to 229 from 325, and the adoption of the judiciary as an electoral district rather than the province and the candidate is not eligible to run more than one constituency, and change the current election commission to a commission composed of judges And independent academics.

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A new election law to absorb the anger of Iraqis

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Since the beginning of a wave of protests in Iraq last month, the Iraqi government has been trying to absorb the anger of the demonstrators, wanting them at times by introducing initiatives and reform measures, and at other times intimidated by the threat of judicial sanctions, and warn of a constitutional vacuum.

The fate of the protesters is unknown and if the demands of the protesters are left, but within a few days, in exchange for maintaining the presidency of Adel Abdul Mahdi, the government has been keen to turn a new page with the Iraqis to gain confidence.

It announced the completion of a new election law, which would reduce the age of candidacy, and reduce the number of members of parliament, as a parliamentary committee began its meetings to amend the country’s constitution, measures demanded by protesters in the country, while escalation continued in southern Iraq, where three people were killed during the demonstrations.

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He announced in Baghdad yesterday, the completion of the preparation of a new election law, reducing the age of candidacy, and reduce the number of members of parliament, as a parliamentary committee began its meetings to amend the Constitution of the country, measures demanded by protesters in the country.

An Iraqi source announced that a new draft law for general elections was sent to the House of Representatives for discussion and voting.

The new electoral law provides for the formation of an independent high commission for elections, composed of judges and representatives of specialized sectors, away from partisan quotas, and give young people opportunities to run for elections, by reducing the age of candidacy to 25 years, in addition to the adoption of the highest winner system at the level of the constituency, and reduce Number of members of the House of Representatives from 329 to 213.

The draft law also provides for the reduction of the electoral district to the judiciary, after the province was one district, and the adoption of the system of the highest winner of the candidates, and the abolition of existing laws and proportional representation.

For its part, held the parliamentary committee charged with amending the Constitution, within four months, today, its first meetings, and elected parliamentarian Faleh al-Sairi, head of the Bloc of the wisdom movement, headed by Ammar al-Hakim, its chairman. The committee then began a meeting chaired by Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Bashir Al-Haddad, representatives of trade unions and professional associations, as well as university professors, legal experts and constitutional writing specialists.

Al-Haddad pointed out the importance of amending the constitution in this sensitive situation, stressing the need to involve all spectrums and the contribution of experts and specialists, especially that the Iraqi constitution is considered today of good constitutions in the world, but this does not prevent from reviewing from time to time, to keep pace with development Community.

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Meanwhile, three Iraqis were killed and dozens were injured yesterday, while demonstrators closed three bridges in Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq.

According to human rights sources in the province, the demonstrations in the city center were met with live fire from the security forces, led to the death of three people, and wounded dozens, which led to the demonstrators to close the bridges.

A source in human rights in Iraq, said that hundreds of demonstrators closed yesterday bridges «civilizations, victory and olives», in the center of Dhi Qar. According to the source, the suspension of the study and the strike of schools and the participation of students in the demonstrations in the province.

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Parliament to host Blaskhart in the next session

Date: 2019/11/11 18:48 • 135 times read

(Baghdad: Euphrates News) The Council of Representatives lifted its session until next Wednesday, announcing that it will host the UN envoy Jenin Blachart.

According to the Chamber of Information of the House of Representatives, “the Council has finished reading and discussing the proposal of the law of the Second Amendment to the law on compensation for those affected by military operations and military errors and terrorist operations No. (20) for 2009.”

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbousi that “the aim of the law to compensate those affected by the military operations is to overcome obstacles to the return of citizens to their homes and compensate them for the damage caused to them.”

“The issue of dealing with judges’ decisions must be resolved and overturned by the staff of the compensation committees,” he said.

And ended the “House of Representatives, report and discussion of the proposed law of the Second Amendment to the law of provincial and district council elections no.

The Council “lifted its session until next Wednesday at 1 pm,” noting that ”

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Sistani backs UN ideas to ease Iraq crisis, concerned elites not serious: UN official

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019 / 1:54 AM / UPDATED 29 MINUTES AGO

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric is concerned the political elite is not serious about enacting promised reforms to defuse mass unrest and believes protesters will not go home without concrete steps to realize their demands, a senior U.N. official said.

Demonstrators take part on the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

More than 280 people have been killed in protests that erupted in Baghdad on Oct. 1 and spread to the southern Shi’ite heartland, seeking an overhaul of a corruption-ridden sectarian political system, more jobs and functioning public services.

The government has been unable to find an answer to the unrest pitting the political class against mostly unemployed young people who see no improvement in their lives even in peacetime after decades of war and sanctions.

Shi’ite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who only speaks on politics in times of crisis and wields enormous influence over public opinion in Shi’ite-majority Iraq, on Monday met Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the U.N. mission chief in the country.

“(Sistani) made it clear (he) supports the conduct of serious reforms in a reasonable period of time,” Hennis-Plasschaert told a news conference after the meeting in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf.

She said Sistani had welcomed reform recommendations presented to him by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).

These include a release of all detained peaceful protesters, investigations into killings of protesters, declarations of assets by political leaders to address graft accusations, corruption trials, electoral reforms and constitutional changes to make leaders more accountable within the next three months.

“(Sistani) also expressed (his) concern that the political forces are not serious enough to conduct these reforms,” she said. “Additionally, (he) stresses that the demonstrators cannot go home without sufficient results.”

The unrest is the biggest and most complex challenge in years to the political order set up after a U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Government handouts for the poor, pledges to prosecute corrupt officials and create more jobs for graduates have failed to placate protesters, whose demands include a new electoral system and the removal of all current leaders.

Security forces have used live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades against mostly young and unarmed protesters.

Washington also welcomed the UNAMI plan.

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Euphrates News publishes the text of the new election law

Date: 2019/11/11 16:03 • 121 times read

(Baghdad: Euphrates News) The Presidency of the Republic, announced on Monday, the completion of the election law section I and the provisions of the joint electoral.

According to the text of the law, (Euphrates News) obtained a copy of it that “on the basis of what was approved by the House of Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Article {first} of Article {61} and section {third} of Article {73} of the Constitution, the President of the Republic Barham Saleh Issuing the following law:

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Demonstrations .. Large crowds of demonstrators heading to Tahrir Square after a reference speech

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Monday, November 11, 2019

Large crowds of protesters are heading to Tahrir Square after a reference speech

Security forces reopen Al-Ahrar Bridge in central Baghdad

 Fire returns to al-Khalani Square

Basra University did not take any action against the student demonstrators and wait for the ministerial instruction

demonstrators and students of Maysan besieging the Directorate of Education building and declare civil disobedience

Square sit in Basra without demonstrations amid security spread of a large

human rights announces fall of 4 martyrs and 130 injured in Dhi Qar

 open all government departments in Diwaniya and receiving citizens to complete their transactions 

Commission on human rights in Dhi Qar arrested 34 demonstrators arbitrarily

school students staged a sit – in Diwaniya take part time to support protests

 school students in Anbar in solidarity with the protests and denounced the campaign of arrests against a Activists

Interior: 48 policemen injured an armed attack near the Khilani Square

 demonstrations in front of renewed breeding of Babylon and security forces trying to disperse the demonstrators

The protesters continue to gather in the square Haboubi accompanied by school students.

Security forces prevented a march of dozens of students who were heading from the stronghold to raise Basra.

Health Dhi Qar indicate that the outcome of the wounded yesterday reached 150

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A look at the proposed electoral law submitted by the Presidency

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2019-11-11

Written by: Mekdad Sharifi

Some political circles and a number of those concerned with the elections deliberated on the draft law on the election of the House of Representatives, which was prepared by the Presidency of the Republic. The text of the draft (divided electoral districts on the basis of an electoral district for each district in the province, and the nomination is individual within the electoral district).

The adoption of any electoral system must have determinants determine the feasibility of its application or not, taking into account the two most important elements are the political and technical side.

The electoral system used in all elections in Iraq after 2003 is a proportional representation, which was proposed at the time by the United Nations, because of the nature of the colors of the Iraqi people and its components and minorities .. Usually the proportional representation system is adopted to apply in a model such as Iraq,

that leave The system of proportional representation and the tendency to the majority system in this way proposed in the draft law before going through several pre-emptive measures will cause problems and reflections on the political scene in the country in this sensitive section of time, and here is

what concerns us in the proposal of the law is the possibility of implementation on the ground or not.

The initiation of the adoption of any electoral system in any country in the world preceded by the knowledge of the infrastructure on which this system is based and in the absence of such structures can not be initiated any system even if it meets most of the aspirations, and the most important determinant of the electoral system in a country such as Iraq are two factors The first is the diversity in the spectrum of the Iraqi people and the other is the voter data and geographical distribution, which is expressed in the voter register, where the voter register is an important technical detailed through which it can be known whether the implementation of the system or not.

It is known that the Iraqi state does not have an institution containing a solid and integrated database for all its citizens to be relied upon in building a voter register as in the countries of the world .. The database that was relied on in building the voter register in all elections after 2003 is the card database The voter register was built on this database, despite the major problems it contained, as we have shown in previous articles.

The electoral division of Iraq into multiple constituencies at the level of the judiciary in light of the current voter register without going to an accurate census .. The impossibility of its application on the ground as stated in the proposal of the Presidency of the Republic for several reasons: _

1. The administrative boundaries between the districts are not fixed in proportion to the distribution of voters in the districts to reflect a true reflection of the voter register through which the law can be applied as in the province of Baghdad, Nineveh, Basra, Kirkuk, Sulaymaniyah, Dhi Qar and Diwaniyah

. Provincial problems causing the return of voters to any judiciary in the sense of any electoral district and thus can not achieve what he intended the draft law of the Presidency of the Republic

3. The existence of a conflict between the provinces on the administrative boundaries of some adjacent and overlapping districts among them, causing a problem of return Voters for any district and for any governorate. An example of this is between Baghdad and Anbar, between Baghdad and Diyala, between Salah al-Din and Kirkuk, between Diyala and Sulaymaniyah, between Anbar and Karbala.

4. The existence of a dispute over the return and boundaries of some districts, which are expressed in the disputed areas in Article 140 between the region and neighboring governorates and what will cause great problems to deepen the dispute in the case of the adoption of these areas multiple circles, unlike the adoption of the province and one district in which these Problems

5. It is difficult to apply the constitutional text for every 100,000 inhabitants represented in the parliament since more than 56 out of 163 districts according to the latest statistics of the Central Agency less than 100 thousand and therefore more than 34% could not be adopted electoral districts and thus can not apply Article 11 first Of the draft law considering each district as a constituency Elective?

6. The merger of the judiciary, which does not hold 100,000 people, with the neighboring judiciary is less numerous to achieve the constitutional principle as stated in the draft law in Article 14. Secondly, it cannot be fully achieved in all governorates, because there are districts below 100,000 that have no lesser judiciary. There is a district in the east of the governorate below 100 and the other fewer in the west of the governorates.The draft did not discuss other cases of a unique district in the governorate of less than 100 people how to deal with it and other cases also were not addressed according to the statistics specified in the Central Statistical Organization.

7. It is difficult to implement the quota of women according to the provisions of the draft law because the calculations contained therein apply to the electoral lists not in the individual nomination, although the texts in this regard are the same as in the system of distribution of seats for the elections in 2014 and 2018, which necessarily does not apply to What is presented in the draft law of the presidency.

All of the above prevented the holding of district council elections…. Otherwise, what is the reason that the elections of the district councils have not been held yet? It is always mentioned in the provincial elections law and requires the commission to hold it six months after the provincial elections, but the commission will not be able to hold it over the previous years due to the design of the voter register and the distribution of voters in a geography that does not depend on the administrative boundaries of the districts in most provinces.

The adoption of the majority system in the parliamentary elections with the adoption of the first winner as mentioned in the draft is very confusing that the first winner produces one winner from one constituency while in fact the large number of districts (districts) will produce more than one winner depending on the number of souls that may be 2 or 3 or 4 .. Etc. Thus, the path of the first winner does not fit into what is mentioned in the draft because the proposed method is the one voice is not transformed and not the first winner, which gives the number of winners for each district and not one winner.

The trend to consider Iraq ‘s multiple departments at the level of the judiciary can not be applied technically at the present time is not conducting a census accurate in which the required data , although it is more fair to achieve Aradah voter .. placed on the legislator to pay attention to this important thing ..

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Parliament holds its 13th session under the chairmanship of Halbousi

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2019-11-11 | 08:01

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A parliamentary source said on Monday that the House of Representatives held its 13th session under the chairmanship of Mohammed Halbousi.

It is scheduled to witness the session, vote on the draft law graft, and vote on the proposal of the law of health insurance, and the second reading of the proposal of the second amendment to the law of provincial elections.

The agenda of the session also includes the second reading of the draft law of the Reconstruction Council, and the second reading of the proposed amendment to the law of the second amendment to the law of compensation for those affected by military operations and military errors and terrorist operations No. 20 of 2009.

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