Election Posters Vandalised in Baghdad - Criminal Sanctions Threatened
The streets of Iraq’s cities are festooned with election posters.
Yahoo! News suggests that not everyone is taking the election campaign overly seriously.
The Star Tribune reported on 20 February 2010 about vandalism to some election posters since the election campaign began.
Another excellent photo slideshow which only tangentially touches on the forthcoming election is at [...]
Read More»Proof against barred Iraq candidates to be released
Middle East Online on 28 February 2010 reported that Ali al-Lami had stated that evidence supporting the decision of the Justice and Accountability Committee’s (JAC) to declare a number of candidates as being subject to the deBa’thification law, which in turn led them to be barred by the Independent High Electoral Commission from Iraq’s [...]
Read More»Qualification of Parliamentary Candidates
A candidate for election to the Council of Representatives must be an Iraqi (Article 49(2) of the Constitution) who is not permitted to combine the office with any work or other official position (Article 49(6)).
Article 6 of the Election Law No. 16 of 2005 states that:
A candidate must be a voter [i.e. registered [...]
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation among nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results. It describes itself as a Global Think Tank.
CEIP’s website has an excellent page on [...]
Cassation Court Panel issues judgments on ‘banned’ candidates: Updated
As the campaigning for the election on 7 March 2010 begins, the Washington Post reported that on Thursday 11 February 2010, the Panel of members of the Court of Cassation had released its judgments on the appeals of those determined by the Commission for Accountability and Justice to be covered by the Deba’thification law [...]
Read More»Supreme Commission for Accountability and Justice Law
We have translated the Law No. 10 of 2008, taken from the original on the Council of Representatives website.
The International Centre for Transitional Justice published a briefing paper on the 2008 Law on 22 January 2008.
Read More»‘Most banned Iraqi poll candidates’ appeals rejected’
The Washington Post on Tuesday 9 February 2010 carried the story that ‘an Iraqi legal body said on Tuesday’ that “almost all the candidates who contested their ban from Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary election did not submit their cases properly and lost the chance to appeal”.
Read More»Vetting process to be completed by Friday 12 February 2010
The New York Times reported on 7 February 2010 that an emergency session of Parliament called by Prime Minister Maliki to deal with the latest election crisis failed to muster a quorum on Sunday and was postponed. The seven-member Electoral Judicial Panel is reported to have begun reviewing the disqualifications case by case and [...]
Read More»IHEC delays the start of election campaign
The BBC reported on 4 February 2010 that the Independent High Electoral Commission had delayed the start of the election campaign from Sunday 7 February 2010 until Friday 12 February 2010 to allow time for an emergency parliamentary debate, to be held on Sunday 7 February 2010, following the court ruling of 3 [...]
Read More»Judicial panel overturns election ban: Will review ‘democratic credentials’ of candidates after the election: Update
The Higher Judicial Council website carries news that a Special Chamber comprised of members of the Court of Cassation in Decision 108 of 2010 has decided to delay its examination of the candidates barred from participating in the election by IHEC on the recommendation of the Accountability and Justice Commission. After the election [...]
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