... Monday, November 09, 2009 Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk  Update: Steve ... into the Kurdistan Regional Government. The compromise is that the Kirkuk electoral rolls will be subject to special scrutiny. If at least 5% of ... The Kurdistan Alliance MPs went wild with joy at the passage of the law in this form. Some members of parliament objected to a provision whereby ...

... stable footing by then. "What is important is that with the election law, we are very much on schedule for the drawdown," Hill said. Under the president ... date in January. The head of the Independent High Electoral Commission, Faraj al-Haidari, told ... parliament and to the prime minister to inform them of their decision. The law's passage had been repeatedly delayed by sharp ...

... figure raised to 15%. "I sent a letter to parliament asking for the law to be amended. Parliament said I could veto the contested first article, ... have stated that they need 90 days to properly prepare once the law is finalized (a deadline that has already passed). Since the issue is one of ... '; addthis_title = 'Portion+of+Iraqi+Electoral+Law+Vetoed'; addthis_pub = '' ...

As for the politics of the veto, it should not be surprising. Sunnis are over-represented among Iraqis who have fled during the war and occupation--their regions of the country have been the most violent. In fact, to protect Sunni interests is precisely what Iraq's three-person presidency council was created for.

... result will be provisional in Kirkuk and other provinces where there is disagreement over electoral rolls because of a high recent increase in respective ... ministries and Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) with the help of the UN, will have one year to review ... parliament managed to produce a text acceptable by everyone on the electoral law," he said moments before voting began ...

... Booker (October 25) to suggest that Ukip was guilty of only a “trivial breach of electoral law” due to an “oversight” by not checking whether their donor, Alan Bown, was on the ... to do so on 67 separate occasions, over a period of more than a year, and despite repeated warnings from the Electoral Commission. Ukip took donations it was not entitled to receive, which gave it financial resources ...