Council of Representatives of Iraq

...could not get enough votes on a national level. The numbers would increase from 5 percent to 15 percent. After parliament's 275-member Council of Representatives passed the election measure November 8, it was passed to the country's...

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...takes note of the presidency council's decision to veto the Iraqi electoral law," his spokesman Farhan Haq said. "He hopes that the Council of Representatives [parliament] will move swiftly to ensure that the law is adopted and the election...

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...who are affiliated with the former Baath Party and live in Syria. The law parliament passed allocates 5% of the 323 seats of the Council of Representatives as compensatory seats for minorities and those living overseas, giving the...

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...National Assembly and provincial councils Dec 2005: General elections for first full-term government and new parliament, the Council of Representatives The new seats were distributed around the provinces which, under the new...

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...January after the Presidency Council's decision to veto the electoral law. The law now goes back to the Council of Representatives. "He hopes the Council of Representatives will move swiftly to ensure that the law is adopted and the...

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...in all countries, and not just those residing in, or forcefully displaced to, neighbouring countries Under the text approved by the Council of Representatives, the proportion of "compensatory seats" in the chamber representing the...

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...after the lower house of parliament cleared the project on Tuesday, a deputy said. "Now, after the Council of Representatives ratified it, it will go to the Shura Council which will most likely ratify it by Monday, or even before that in...

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...stability and to the Obama administration's plans for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops. At one point Thursday, it appeared that Iraq's Council of Representatives had reached a compromise on the main point of contention: how the oil-rich,...

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...Law "I congratulate Iraqi political leaders on today's passage of amendments to the Iraq elections law. Today's vote by the members of the Council of Representatives will allow for parliamentary elections in January 2010, as mandated under...

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...Hanna said. </p><p>A U.S. Embassy spokesman, Philip Frayne, said the U.S. would like to see a deal "that works for all sides, so that the Council of Representatives can pass an elections law in time to keep to the January date for holding...

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