Thread: Iraqi Parliament approves amendment on vetoed elections law (Updated)

Iraqi Parliament approves amendment on vetoed elections law (Updated)

Mahma Khalil, an Iraqi MP from the Kurdistan Alliance bloc told PUKmedia exclusively that the parliament voted on the first suggestion to solve the issue of VP al-Hashimi’s veto, which states on using a 2.8% growth ratio for all the Iraqi provinces and adding it to the records of Iraqi ministry of trade of year 2005.

For his part, MP Khalid Shwani from the Kurdistan Alliance bloc said that the approved suggestion regarding the elections law achieves justice in distributing the parliamentary seats among all the Iraqi Provinces.

“The amended law insures the ability for all the immigrants to vote for their original provinces; either they were inside or outside Iraq. As for the Christians, Iraq will be considered a one electoral area to compete on the parliamentary seats that are allocated for them. This law is considered a good step towards achieving justice among all the Iraqi Provinces.”

“The parliament decided to reject the veto on the 3rd Article-4th Item regarding the way of calculating votes. The new law will be sent to the presidential council for ratification”, Shwani added.

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