Dialogue seminar: How far IHEC is able to conduct early elections?

07-09-2020

 

In response to the invitation from the Election Commission Office - Dhi Qar to our organization, our colleagues took part in the dialogue seminar held by the Haboubi Foundation in cooperation with the Election Commission Office - Dhi Qar on 7/9/2020 and in the presence of several representatives of civil society organizations, electoral activists and media professionals in the governorate.

At the beginning of the symposium, Mr. Ahmed Abdel Dakhil and Mr. Raed Aziz from the Electoral Commission Office - Dhi Qar welcomed the attendees, and the implications of the Commission and the elections were presented, including the division of electoral districts into multiple constituencies that were voted on in Parliament, and those constituencies and problems facing The election law the quota for women and minorities, besides the financial allocations, the dismantling of the electoral register according to the electoral law and the delimitation of the districts, and the approval of the election law, and there is also the problem of the Federal Court, and the time frame set for the election day, which was set by the Iraqi government, maybe procedurally insufficient. The Commission, besides the problem of voting abroad, and failing to allocate the financial budget, for the Commission to schedule its operations in preparation for holding the elections, all of these reasons will put pressure on the specified date. Then, the floor was opened for discussion and dialogue on the obstacles, challenges, and proposals that must be adopted to cross to the safe side and hold the elections in their legal form and ensure their integrity.

Media Office

Tammuz Organization for Social Development

7 September 2020

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