Monday, April 19, 2010

Baghdad calls for the Council to expedite the holding of municipal councils


April 20, 2010

Baghdad calls for the Council to expedite the holding of municipal councils

بغداد – وفاء عامر BAGHDAD - Wafaa Amer

Baghdad Provincial Council appealed to the Electoral Commission for elections to speed up in the municipal elections in the capital in case you can not even take in all the provinces.

The head of the Office of Boards Khaled shate in a statement morning. that the rules of procedure of the Municipal Councils required to hold elections every two years to choose a president and a new deputy of the Council.

Noting that there were 70 local councils and municipal and unequivocal included the change and vote out of 125 councils, especially that seven years have gone where no such elections, either councils of the 55 remaining, they held primaries earlier in the supervision of the Office of the Provincial Council resulted in the change of the municipal council to Rashid and his deputy will be announced on the rest of the results within 30 days, respectively.

Shate called the election commission to expedite the municipal elections in districts, counties and districts of Baghdad, had just finished all the work for the election to the House of Representatives held recently, noting that the law of the provincial councils No. 21 of 2008 required the Office to, suggesting the Commission in the event of not being able to elections across the country to take place only in Baghdad under the supervision of local government and coordination with them to create logistical support, supervisors, and all the requirements of the electoral process supplies.

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