COR ends reading the legislative proposal to amend the law of the elections

After the resumption of the extraordinary session on Wednesday 30/5/2018 under the chairmanship of H.E the Speaker Dr. Saleem Jubouri, the COR ended reading the legislative proposal of the Third Amendment to the Law of the elections No. 45 of 2013.
At the beginning of the meeting, al- Jubouri stressed the right of the COR to hold an extraordinary session in accordance with the powers granted to the presidency of the Council, noting that the special session aimed at correcting the electoral process and the mistakes.
The Council completed the first reading of the legislative proposal of the Third Amendment to the Law of the elections No. 45 of 2013 submitted by the Legal Committee in view of the legal and technical violations that marred the electoral process that took place on 12/5/2018 and to protect the democratic process to ensure confidence in the fairness of the elections and to enable the Commission to count and sort votes manually.
It was then decided to resume the session on Saturday 2/6/2018.
Media Directorate
Iraqi Council of Representatives
30/5/2018