PLC awaits a deliberative meeting on the election law

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  • 16-08-2020, 10:33
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    Baghdad - INA

     

     Today, Sunday, the Parliamentary Legal Committee confirmed that the House of Representatives has not set a date for the next session, while indicating that it is awaiting a deliberative meeting on the electoral districts.

     A member of the committee, Muhammad Al-Ghazi, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The House of Representatives did not agree to set a date for its next session," stressing that "there is no agreement on the nature of the multiple electoral districts until this moment."

      He added, "The legal committee is awaiting setting a date for parliamentary committee meetings, with the aim of conducting consultations and deliberations on the nature of the multiple electoral districts."

     Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhmi had previously confirmed the agreement with the Presidents of the Republic, Barham Salih and Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, to vote on the election law in the first upcoming session.

     The media office of the Prime Minister said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “Al-Kadhmi, during his meeting with members of the Electoral Commission, in the presence of a number of ministers and security leaders, announced the agreement with the Presidents of the Republic and Parliament to vote on the election law in the first upcoming session, and refer it to  President of the Republic, to ratify it. "