Aram Sheikh Mohammed refuses to postpone the local elections: affects the peaceful transfer of power

11/11/2016
BAGHDAD / .. Considered a member of the Presidium of Parliament Aram Sheikh Mohammed, on Friday, the postponement of provincial elections without objective reasons that it is useless and does not serve the political process, stressing his opposition to this trend, while warning that the delay would weaken service institutions and their legitimacy and generates a state of disappointment for voters who are waiting for the elections to choose their representatives in local governments.
Said Sheikh Mohammed, in a statement, "Eye of Iraq News" received a copy of it, "postponement of provincial elections and merged with the House of Representatives election is the glory and unjustified and would adversely affect the functioning of the democratic process and the peaceful transfer of power and lead to an uncertain future for the joints of the state," stressing that " the postponement of provincial elections without objective reasons that it is useless and does not serve the political process. " He said Sheikh Mahm, that "the postponement of the elections and the lack of commitment to legal and constitutional deadlines without convincing reasons, inevitably affect the prestige of the executive institutions in the provinces and does not serve the political process stability, and this is unacceptable and can not accept it," noting that "the postponement would weaken service institutions and their legitimacy and generates case disappointment for voters who are waiting for the elections to choose their representatives in local governments. " He pointed to "the seriousness of the delay because it is a positive step and a negative message to the Iraqi voters wrong and tradition in the democratic process and the election funds mechanisms." The head of the electoral administration and the electoral commission Wael al-Waeli, on Thursday, that the three presidencies decided to postpone provincial council elections irregular province to the day of the fourth session of the Parliament elections, while noting that both Alasthakakin election will be Ajraahma in the day Ahd.anthy 5

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