Baghdad / Orr News
04-11-2009
Threatened the electoral commission, it will postpone the parliamentary elections in January next Two dealt if parliament failed to pass the election law no later than tomorrow (Thursday).
Faraj al-Haidari, the head of UNHCR, "The Electoral Commission agreed with the representative of the United Nations to give an ultimatum to the House until Thursday to approve the elections law," stressing that if parliament fails in that it would be impossible to hold elections on the scheduled date will be postponed " .
The problem lies in the difficulty of implementing the technical aspects, and stressed that the next two days will be crucial in determining the fate of the election by approving a new election law or make amendments to the previous law, "warning that it is impossible to hold elections in the sixteenth of January next in the event not the Parliament approves the law on Thursday.
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Presidency of the parliament and the Legal Committee are discussing a proposal election on record 2009
04/11/2009
بغداد/ اور نيوز Baghdad / Orr News
MP said the Arab bloc Independent dialogue Abd Mutlaq al-Jubouri said the Presidency of the Council of Representatives is currently being held a meeting with the Parliamentary Legal Committee to discuss the electoral law, noting that the proposal for the legislative election based on voter registration for 2009 which will be discussed.
He added that "the Presidency now meeting with the Legal Committee to discuss the electoral law, and the matter currently before the meeting is to hold elections, depending on the voter register for 2009."
The Jubouri that "Arab and Turkmen MPs reject this proposal", ruling that "the House of Representatives today to reach a solution or even just the inclusion of the law on the agenda of the meeting."
Stands the problem of Kirkuk, an obstacle to the adoption of the electoral law after consultations found political blocs during the past three weeks and the failure to reach agreement on how to conduct elections in the disputed province, while refusing to grant the Kurdistan Alliance to maintain a special status, while representatives insist Arabs and Turkmen, to give the province a special status
The postponement of the elections or divided into several circles.