The beginning of voting for Iraqi provincial council elections for special groups

According to the report of the international group of the Tasinem news agency, the military and security forces along with the refugees in Iraq went to the polls this Saturday morning to participate in the provincial council elections. It will be held at the appointed time, in two more days.

The Independent High Commissioner of Elections announced yesterday, Friday, that more than 1 million and 2393 Iraqis are eligible to participate in the special voting of military forces and There are security guards who can vote in 565 voting centers.

According to Middle East News, at the same time as this voting, the refugees living in the camps, whose number of eligible people is 48 thousand And 260 people can participate in the elections in 35 voting centers. ” href=”https://newsmediab.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Video/1402/09/25/140209251007514552899468″ rel=”nofollow” style=”display: block; width: 350px; height: 262px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;”>.

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the Prime Minister of Iraq, this morning by publishing a message addressed He emphasized to the armed and security forces of Iraq that he has full confidence in the ability of these forces to ensure the security of the elections.

He emphasized their freedom to choose any candidate they consider and said that no one and no official has the right to impose any candidate on them.

General voting for the provincial council elections on Monday this week, December 27 (December 18). ) will be held. These elections include 15 provinces out of 18 Iraqi provinces, and 3 provinces of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, which are subordinate to the regional state system, are not included in these elections.

Previously, provincial council elections were held in Iraq in 2009, in 2018 and at the same time as the parliamentary elections, it was supposed to be held, but it was postponed many times.

Following the unprecedented demonstrations in Iraq that reached their peak in the fall of 2019, the Iraqi parliament voted to dissolve these assemblies, which was one of the demands of the demonstrators. But later, the Federal Court of Iraq found this resolution of the Iraqi parliament illegal. They are responsible for monitoring the budget of the health, transportation and education sectors.

According to the Iraqi constitution, these councils have wide powers and as the legislative branch And they are supervisors in each province in such a way that they have the right to issue local laws so that based on the principle of administrative decentralization, they can manage the affairs of the province without conflicting with the constitution and laws of the federal government.

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