IRAQI PARLIAMENT TO SUMMON HEAD OF ELECTORAL COMMISSION ON MONDAY
BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers have voted to summon the Head of Iraq’s High Electoral Commission, Sarbast Mustafa on Monday (April 17) as part of the country’s efforts for reform in the electoral body ahead of provincial elections.
The Iraqi Parliament was set to put to vote whether to stick to current laws regarding the country’s provincial elections or make amendments on them. The parliament has however rescheduled the voting to the day after tomorrow.
Iraq’s provincial elections are due to take place in September this year.
The parliament vote comes as Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had threatened to order his supporters to boycott the next parliamentary election if the electoral commission and the election’s laws remain as they currently stand. The parliamentary vote is scheduled for April, 2018.
Tens of thousands of Iraqi people, addressed by Sadr, demonstrated on March 24 in Baghdad against county’s the electoral commission.
(NRT)
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