Shafaq News / The Supreme Judicial Council elected on Monday seven judges to fill the positions of members of the Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq.

Council media said in a statement that after the drawing of lots by the Supreme Judicial Council, judges Abbas Farhan Hassan, Jalil Adnan Khalaf, Amer Musa Muhammad, Fayyad Hussein Yassin, Ali Rashid and state advisers, Inaam Yassin Muhammad and Fattah Muhammad Yassin, were chosen as members of the Electoral Commission Council.

The media said that within days, the judges of Kurdistan Region will be drawn to vote, as they will start their work as members of the Electoral Commission.

The elected judges will elect a president for them, according to a judicial source.

The Supreme Judicial Council, expressed earlier its objection to the presence of judges in the Electoral Commission, as the Supreme Judicial Council is an independent body.

The council also decided that the appellate areas be divided into two groups, and a draw woulf be held to select the five candidates from the judges into two groups.

According to a statement issued by the council, the Supreme Judicial Council in Kurdistan Region has been approached to send candidates who meet the conditions stipulated in the law representing the provinces of the region.

Article 3 of the Independent High Electoral Commission Law, which the parliament enacted at the beginning of this month, stipulates that the Board of Commissioners should be composed of nine members, as follows:

First: Five of the first class judges chosen by the Supreme Judicial Council from among the total candidates, taking into account justice between the appellate regions.

Second: Two of the first class judges chosen by the Supreme Judicial Council from among all the candidates sent by the Judicial Council in Kurdistan Region, taking into account their distribution to the appellate regions in the region.

Third: Two members of the State Council are exclusively consultants and candidates from the State Council are chosen by the Supreme Judicial Council.

Fourth: Those mentioned in the items (first, second and third) are chosen by direct draw in the Supreme Judicial Council in the presence of the representative of the United Nations and whoever desires from the media, organizations and unions.

Fifth: Women should be represented in the selection of the Board of Commissioners for the nine members.