Abadi calls for a strong consensus government that accommodates everyone 16/5/2018 12:00 am Baghdad / Al-Sabah The Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Haider al-Abadi, the Electoral Commission for elections responsible for th

16/5/2018 12:00 am

The Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Haider al-Abadi, the Electoral Commission for elections responsible for the failure of electronic voting devices, and called for resolving the problem of the Kirkuk elections through counting and sorting by hand, also called the winning blocs to form a strong consensus government representative of all components of the Iraqi people according to the times Constitutional, while pointing out that the situation in Syria continues to concern Iraq.
This comes at a time when the meeting of the Council of Ministers usual voting on the draft agreement on cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, and the promotion of Ministers Plenipotentiary (Director General) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"The Council of Ministers called on the Independent Electoral Commission to deal transparently with the appeals submitted to it on the results of the elections and conduct the audits seriously in accordance with the law, and called on the political blocs and citizens to adopt the legal methods to stir up," Abadi said in his weekly press conference. The Council considered that the priority of the work of the Commission is to maintain the will of the voter and his voice, it must be the investigation of violations and make sure that the work of electronic devices is sound as some may operate in a manner contrary to what was supposed to and the duty of Commissioner To ensure the safety of this matter ».

"I met with representatives of the province of Kirkuk and other provinces and there is a specific request to examine the ballot boxes and equipment in Kirkuk, which filed appeals of 82 or 83 ballot boxes or a total of 1350 boxes, a small percentage and we see that the duty of the Commission to maintain the security situation in Kirkuk and the rest The provinces so as not to turn appeals to a conflict between the blocks themselves and the public as well, and resolve this position quickly, "noting that" the discount is simple because there are allegations from blocks and people and voters about the discrepancy in the figures between the Fund and the device, and easy solution is that the Commission Its employees to inventory the funds in front of the observers of blocs and headquarters I see it with the results of the device.
The prime minister expressed his surprise that «the Commission takes all this time to resolve the issue and call on the Commission to take urgent action because prolonging the subject endanger the security of the country», pointing out that «our security forces are exerting their efforts to control the situation in Kirkuk and so far security breaches are not present, There is an escalation and a slowdown by the Commission in resolving the situation may allow the sending of false signals that there is something, and there should be transparency and clarity in dealing with such issues, especially as the issue is not complicated in dealing with appeals filed formally and signed in document 110 on violations, And the Commission The accuracy of the funds by the manual counting and sorting in front of cluster monitors, if the numbers match the end of the subject, and if God forbid there is a difference in numbers, the case goes to the next stage ».

Electronic voting devices
Asked about the existence of violations in the elections in Kirkuk, Abadi said: There is a central question, is whether the results given by electronic devices match what is in the ballot box or not? .. Appeals centered on this matter as the parties say that the vote is contrary to what the organs, This is simple, the Fund is tight with the device, and a specialized entity sent by the presence of observers of the political blocs in Kirkuk, the opening of the Fund and the manual counting and counting of ballot papers and resolve matters in one day because the number of funds is not large, if the results are identical, a To reverse, there is a big imbalance, we move to a second stage, including the manual counting and counting of a larger number of funds may include the whole Iraq in this case », explaining that« if challenged the performance of the electronic device is a problem and I have no reason as Prime Minister to challenge this "Despite the decision of the Commission itself and despite the decision of the Council of Ministers and follow us despite the granting of the Commission all the exceptions that I requested .. We regret that the UNHCR did not inform us only two weeks ago that it did not choose a company oversight and inspection of these devices».
The head of the executive authority «We tried to address the imbalance, but the Commission insisted that it does not need a company and I think that this is a defect because it is supposed to contract with a firm and impartiality to inspect the devices and make sure the work correctly and accurate .. The Commission insisted that it has examined the work of the devices and I wish That the examination and verification is correct and sound as I hope there will be no discrepancy between what the device reads and what is in the ballot boxes ».

"There are claims from some blocs that an area known to the majority of the national results of the elections come with great superiority to other nationalities, this leads to doubt the efficiency of the devices can be resolved scientifically and practically to conduct a process of counting and sorting manual funds contested results," He said that «UNHCR You want to bring these funds to Baghdad for counting and counting, and this is a problem, because the doubts of some citizens to be manipulated votes on the way from Kirkuk to the capital and imagine that the simplest solution is to conduct the counting in Kirkuk itself to prevent suspicions, especially that the funds under the protection of the forces of the fight against terrorism Hap is currently neutral forces and reserved on the funds and any team sent by the Commission to the process of counting and sorting in the electoral center and the presence of observers of political entities ».


Abolition of nuclear agreement
On the position of Iraq from the US's cancellation of the nuclear agreement with Iran, the Prime Minister said that «the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and the six countries and we are not party to it and I wish to respect this agreement as a site and can be modified but to be canceled from one side I imagine it is a very initiative
I think that some countries have rejoiced at this cancellation, but it is assumed that regardless of the current ruling administration should be committed to what was signed by the previous administration and approved by the legislative body .. In general, the abolition of some kind of excitement and pressure to renegotiate again and impose new conditions on Iran »



"The situation in Syria is still a source of our concern because the conflict is long overdue, and the internal conflict must stop so that the Syrian people can enjoy peace and security and choose the political system that they see fit," he said.
On the complaints of six Kurdish parties on the violations in the elections in the province and the complaint of some candidates who did not get one vote, although they voted for themselves, said Abadi: "I can not comment on an order concerning the work of the Electoral Commission, which has to resolve these violations," noting that « What I understood from the speech of these blocs is that they want results that correspond to the results they recorded and the Commission is supposed to deal with these violations and resolve them as soon as possible, and the security forces in the region should be impartial and impartial, because their bias on the other account means turning them into militias. We have directed all the troops In the region must be neutral and not interfere in the electoral process does not tend to this party or that and any attack by the security services on the component or political entity rejected and condemned in the strongest terms ».


Formation of the next government
As for the nearest large blocs winning the elections to the alliance «Nasr», explained Abadi that «according to the results of the declared elections, three blocks exceeded 40 seats and there are other blocs have won twenty seats or more and we have contacts with the leaders of all blocs, including block (s) I have made it clear to everyone that we need to absorb everyone and not bring anyone to the expense of another. Otherwise, the formation of the government will be delayed. We must accommodate all those who wish to work with us within certain bases, including rejecting the principle of quotas and candidates for the ministries to be technocrats and not only politicians. Corruption is fiercely fought And is not under the influence of party quotas, sectarian or factional .. The people consists of several spectra and no one may be excluded and I hope to see the feminist element present in the new government ».


Al-Abbadi said: "Asrun has won the highest votes and the Constitution indicates that the largest bloc is the ones forming the government. The difference in the results between the blocs is not great, and therefore we need understandings. I heard from some members that their approach is close to the approach of victory. And we call on everyone to speed up the agreement so that there is no delay between the Federal Court's approval of the results of the elections and the convening of the first session of the House of Representatives. I also call for the consensus in the first session of the Parliament to elect the Presidency of Parliament. And the election of the President of the Republic ».
Abadi continued «We call for the state to be available to all citizens and not limited privileges and benefits to officials .. We have fought sectarianism and we won and the political blocs are proud to compete in another way that exceeded the stage of sectarian citizen today tends to cross-sectarian and factional projects and we have to base on this success In the formation of the next government and I hope that the House of Representatives will not turn into (Khanaat) the formation of a Shiite bloc and another Kurdish because there are those who want to cover up the corruption and transgressions in the name of a variety or nationality .. We call on the blocks to speed up the formation of the government and not to develop preconditions, the National".


Session of the Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers, in its regular session held on Tuesday, headed by Haider Abadi, b »The Independent Electoral Commission to deal with transparent and clear on the appeals submitted to it on the results of the elections and conduct the audits seriously according to the law», and called on the political blocs and citizens to adopt the methods To raise the violations and appeals, "noting that« the priority of the work of the Commission is to maintain the will of the voter and his voice ».
"The meeting" witnessed the vote on the promotion of the ministers of commissioners of the rank of (director general) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The Council also voted to" open an honorary consulate of the Republic of Cyprus to the Republic of Iraq in the provinces of Basra and Erbil. "
The vote was also voted on «Exception of the province of Baghdad from the Council of Ministers Resolution No. 348 of 2017 on the transfer of allocations of clean-up to the municipal institution», and voted on the «draft law of the Military Industrialization».
The Council voted on "the integration of the Vocational Training Department with the Department of Employment and Loans and the integration of the National Center for Research and Studies with the Department of Planning and Follow-up." The Cabinet also voted on "the plan of preparing human resources in the field of administrative, economic, financial and legal sciences to develop human cadres in various departments The state, as well as the educational staff (teacher and teacher) will be selected graduates graduates with rates of 90 percent and after the interview and the diagnosis of their eligibility will be accepted a thousand students in the faculties of administration, economics and law within the specified ratios and a thousand students in colleges of education
the basic".
"The draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the agreement of the Asian Investment Bank for Infrastructure, and vote on the draft air transport agreement between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Republic
Ukraine ».
"The draft agreement on cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic" was voted on. The meeting also witnessed the adoption of the minutes of the consultative meeting on activating the work of the pivotal balances.


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