November 25, 2009
Samurai "morning": If you overturn the law again Vstwgel elections to next March
Hashemi, Talabani calls to "understand" the decision to the House of Representatives
بغداد - الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Iyad al-Samarrai said in the event of veto by Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi of the new election law, the parliamentary elections will be postponed to next March, warned at the same time to engage in a constitutional vacuum.
Samarrai's comments came a harmonious and synchronized with the invitation of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, his deputy to "understanding" of Parliament amendments to the law and deal with it positively. Samarrai, expressed in a dialogue with the "morning" set aside any fears of a new election law as may lead to complications after the most difficult of access to modified to ensure the minimum rights, saying in this regard:
"The elections will not be before the end of February or early March next, will be extended if the law is reversed back to the end of March, there will be risks because there is a series of procedures can not be reduced by the UNHCR, which start from scratch. The speaker of parliament, the prime minister to protect the Constitution and constitutional fill the vacuum it would leave the end of the parliamentary session on March 15 next year. Samarrai, warned that the decline in the democratic process would put the country before a major crisis opens the door of strife and contribute to the return of dictatorship and help regional intervention , at the same time criticizing the calls made by some politicians need to boycott the upcoming elections and their claim to overturn the election law.
Referred to the House Speaker had yesterday visited the headquarters of the Electoral Commission for elections for the preparations for legislative elections. Samarrai was likely that the number of parliamentary seats to 315 seats instead of 323 seats, adding that most provinces will lose seats, but you will lose 3 of Nineveh seats, according to preliminary indications, while the share will increase Sulaymaniyah governorate seats.
He called on Speaker of citizens to participate in the elections, saying: "The Iraqis have to put in front of them, that these elections are very important and required everyone to participate and not to waste their right to vote, and must continue to insist on the democratic process so that they can reform and improve the situation optimally.
Saw yesterday, the call by President Jalal Talabani, the Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to understand the House of Representatives voted to amend the election law. Talabani praised the decision of the House of Representatives, believing it to be the embodiment of the aspirations of the Iraqi people in all of its components and the D levels. He called the President of the Republic of everyone to stay away from name-and mutual accusations, urging on the combined efforts of everyone in the face of the political process designed to thwart democracy, and suspicion around them, and use elections to abort, rather than deepening and strengthening.
Hashemi, who was described in a statement issued by his office yesterday morning, the decision to the amendment passed by the House of Representatives as "unconstitutional, unjust and contrary to the customs and political traditions," in reference to the possibility of veto again.
