Parliamentary Regions committee rules out deteriorating security to postpone elections

Parliamentary Regions committee rules out deteriorating security to postpone elections
2013-12-24T07:56:27+00:00

“The postponement of the parliamentary elections is ruled out, as the current security situation in some provinces is not an emergency or a news situation,”The decision maker , Ziad al-Threb told " Shafaq News “.

“The insurgency rises in intensity at times and decreases at other times, therefore does not constitute a motive for the postponement of the elections,” he added.

politicians predicted that the Supreme Security Committee in charge of the security of the elections would submit a proposal to postpone the elections next April because of the decline in the security situation in some provinces such as Anbar and Salahuddin .

The statement of politicians reinforced the expectations of the leader of the Sadrist movement , Moqtada al -Sadr , who has expressed his concern of the day that the government intends to postpone the election because of security operations .

The parliamentary elections will take place on 30 of next April.

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