– A Kurdish official in Baghdad said increasing the membership of the High Electoral Commission strengthens the State of Law Coalition and reduces power of the Kurdish list in the commission.
An anonymous political source told AKnews: "The Kurdistan Blocs Coalition's concern about increasing the membership of the commission includes many issues, which is mostly increasing the power of the Kurds' rival State of Law."

The official said now Kurds have two seats out of nine in the commission, which is equivalent to 23 percent. If the seats increase to 15 then Kurds would receive one more seat to become a 19-percent share. According to that, Kurds’ authority in the commission would reduce.

According to the study carried out by the Islamic Supreme Council, the Sadrist Movement and Iraqiya List in six seats, Kurds would receive one seat, two of the seats would go to other parties and the last three would go to the State of Law.

Increasing the membership of the commission gives the State of Law better control over the commission, added the source.













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