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07-16-2008, 10:00 AM
BAGHDAD, July 16 (VOI) – The Kurdistan Coalition (KC) said on Wednesday that it supports holding the provincial councils elections on time.
“The KC said it supports holding the elections in accordance to one law approved by the parliament and rejects any postponement,” the KC said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The KC, which has 55 seats, accused some bodies of trying to postpone the elections.
Parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani announced the postponement of Tuesday's session after Kurdish Coalition MPs walked out in a protest against the inclusion of the draft law of provincial councils in today's session.
Fouad Maasoum, the leader of the KC, said in a press conference, “The Kurdistan Coalition and the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) had to postpone the debate on this particular draft to ensure that all parties may have a chance to reach a settlement over the law's items."
The options before the KC were either to accept the proposal to divide Kirkuk into four electoral constituencies or to depend on the 1957 statistics in the upcoming elections in the city," Maasoum revealed.
Spokesman for the KC, Friad Rawndozi, had said on Monday that there would be no voting on the draft law on provincial councils during today's session, expecting a relevant debate to take place on Thursday.
The law on provincial council elections, seen as supplementary to the law on regions and non-regional provinces, which was approved by the Parliament in February, has sparked heated controversy among political blocs.
The draft law on provincial council elections proposes an open slate system, which gives voters influence on the position of the candidates placed on the party list and allows an individual voting system.
http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/english/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=85936&NrIssue=2&NrSection=1
“The KC said it supports holding the elections in accordance to one law approved by the parliament and rejects any postponement,” the KC said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The KC, which has 55 seats, accused some bodies of trying to postpone the elections.
Parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani announced the postponement of Tuesday's session after Kurdish Coalition MPs walked out in a protest against the inclusion of the draft law of provincial councils in today's session.
Fouad Maasoum, the leader of the KC, said in a press conference, “The Kurdistan Coalition and the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) had to postpone the debate on this particular draft to ensure that all parties may have a chance to reach a settlement over the law's items."
The options before the KC were either to accept the proposal to divide Kirkuk into four electoral constituencies or to depend on the 1957 statistics in the upcoming elections in the city," Maasoum revealed.
Spokesman for the KC, Friad Rawndozi, had said on Monday that there would be no voting on the draft law on provincial councils during today's session, expecting a relevant debate to take place on Thursday.
The law on provincial council elections, seen as supplementary to the law on regions and non-regional provinces, which was approved by the Parliament in February, has sparked heated controversy among political blocs.
The draft law on provincial council elections proposes an open slate system, which gives voters influence on the position of the candidates placed on the party list and allows an individual voting system.
http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/english/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=85936&NrIssue=2&NrSection=1