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Fears over failure of approving new elections law in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi officials expressed concern about the success of the upcoming national elections, scheduled for Jan. 16, after the Iraqi parliament failed to overcome disagreement over the proposed new election law, as the... Full Article at Xinhua

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  1. The presidency of the Council of Representatives (Parliament) has decided to refer the issue of the elections law to the Political Council for National Security
    SOURCE: Xinhua 1 month ago
  2. The only spiked issue is Kirkuk because it is political and complicated and it needs a kind of flexibility which we hope to discuss it
    – Mahmoud Othman SOURCE: Xinhua 1 month ago
  3. interior sides who have communications and relationships with the intelligence of those countries were financed directly or by institutions or charitable organizations to work against the current democratic regime.
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  4. We're very comfortable and very hopeful that the law will be passed by the end of this month ... and that it will not detract from the ability to conduct the elections, in accordance with the Iraqi constitution, by the end of January.
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