نظام الانتخابات في العراق و أثره على الحرية السياسية

Abstract EN

The right of the participation of individuals in political life is one of the rights that contemporary states seek to remove all obstacles that limit or their exercise.

The nature of the electoral systems plays a major role and The state and government authorities exercise multiple roles in the success of elections, Which adopts a democratic approach as a means of peaceful power-sharing.

The choice of the type of electoral system by the legislative authority in Iraq is governed by two factors: first, to take care the constitutional foundations that respect the political diversity and multi-partyism; and second, to ensure that the representation of different religious beliefs and ideas and religious and national affiliations is achieved on the basis of equal opportunities in order to achieve the principle of equality for all The right to political participation whether in the nomination or the election.

This paper will shed light on the objectives of the electoral system, which was followed by the Iraqi legislator in the amended elections law of the Council of Representatives No.

(45) of 2013, showing the legislator's success in achieving political and party pluralism in the rules that apply to the procedures of the electoral process Political participation, and the extent of guarantees that are available in the impartiality and impartiality of the supervision prescribed, especially since the previous electoral systems did not succeed in creating a real balance between the legislative and executive authorities or achieve a balance in the political system between the ruling majority and the opposition.