Sharp differences between the components of Kirkuk postpone elections to 2014

Tgere are 18 provinces in Iraq, 15 of the 18 have the date set but the other 3 have not and this is one of them


21-01-2013 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add a comment -
BAGHDAD / Mohammad Sabah



Surround Kirkuk elections large and sharp differences between the components of the province, as revealed by the Kurdistan Alliance, explaining that all the components have failed to identify a specific day of the conduct, as well as the inability to reach the adoption of any record to voters, in addition to not resolve the issue of the distribution of electoral seats.

As predicted Council of Kirkuk on Sunday, the provincial council elections early next year in conjunction with the election of the House of Representatives, Turkmen Front is expected to continue the differences between all the components of Kirkuk on elections, because "everyone stuck ceiling demands, and not waived."

The MP said the Turkmen Arshad Salhi said in an interview with "long", that "there are substantial differences and sharp between the components of Kirkuk three (Arab and Kurdish, and Turkmen) to identify a specific date for the elections of the provincial council," pointing out that the point of contention biggest is the issue of the adoption of the voter register for the year 2010. "

Salhi said, "that the Turkmen component had a reservation on the adoption of the register of voters for the year 2010, while the Turkmen demands the adoption of voter register for 2004 because it had not been him any addition of the population of new arrivals."

He guessed Arshad Salhi continuing differences between all the components of Kirkuk on elections, attributing this to "hold all the ingredients ceiling demands, and not waived, considering it a dangerous crisis and critical."

He said, "Among the problems that hinder the elections Kirkuk not address the issue of squatters who are not from the people of Kirkuk are not covered by Article (140), as well as the issue of power-sharing unresolved _khasos and there is a fear of some components to grant powers to the provincial council elected (new) in giving him the right to merge with any province. "

And on the adoption of the voter register for the year 2010 in the recent parliamentary elections, said Salhi that "the dependence on this record came conditional by all components that gives them the right to reconsider audit records of voters, that there were doubts of one of the parties, indicating that there is a demand signed by (50) deputies submitted to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives serving rely on records in 2004.

" On his part, said Mehdi Haji Kurdistan Alliance MP "There are four points of contention between Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen over Kirkuk election, likely to hold elections this year.

He said Haji in connection with the "long" that points of contention four lie in setting a date for elections in Kirkuk, which some say should be conducted with the provincial or Kurdistan or alone. "And added that" the problems facing the elections is how the adoption of an electoral register, as well as for the protection of the elections, where Arab component calls for bringing security forces from Baghdad and that's what irritated Kurdish component, in addition to the distribution of seats Valtrkmen their distribution of 32% for each component (Arabic, Kurdish, Turkmen) The Kurds Froém in distribution, according to the elections. "

He Haji, a member of the parliamentary committee region that "next week there will be a meeting of the parliamentary committee to discuss the problem Kirkuk election law in order to complete the talks between all the components, adding that the current problems and crises disrupted meetings of this committee in the past few days."

In the meantime, expect head of the provincial council in Kirkuk Hassan Turan "The governorate elections to be held with the next House of Representatives election in 2014."

Tauran said in a telephone interview with the "long" that the elections in Kirkuk need to issue a law regulating provincial elections, noting that the political blocs have not agreed on a specific vision for the adoption of this law at the present time. "

He added that "the most important point of contention that hinder the adoption of the electoral law is the adoption of the register of voters."

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