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are practical reconciliatory compromise makers who in the normal course of their routine social role are quite accustomed to finding acceptable solutions to problems the only potentially troublesome areas are the deprived densely populated urban areas and religious centers many shiites feel that they have been oppressed simply for being shiite it is a legacy of past governments which has to be accepted and addressed only time and democracy will alleviate these grievances at present it has to be accepted that many of these people will turn to religious figures for leadership 6 ignorance and backwardness of much of the electorate in many districts will naturally lead to considerable distortion to the democratic process many illiterates racists rich and undesirable persons will be elected this is to be expected and we have to live with it the important thing is to install the system itself democracy has repeatedly proved that it can be self correcting the electorate only get what they themselves choose when people realize the importance of the voting power they have and its immediate effect on their lives they will naturally use it to their own benefit in the end sometime or other we have to go through that pain of the birth of democracy with these fears and dangers in mind it has to be said that one of the main features of the democratic system of government is that it facilitates self correction through non violent means the majority has to be trusted to make sensible judgments in the long term this is the essence of democracy posted by abu khaleel 2 20 pm 0 comments the three levels of elected councils _____________________________________________________________ the following posts are of a more technical nature and may not have much appeal to the general reader posted by abu khaleel 2 19 pm 0 comments 1 naheya district councils elected representatives from the mahallas or neighborhoods can immediately form the naheya council this council can then speedily appoint a naheya administrator to perform already defined duties of running the naheya in addition to the above advantages this scheme has the following useful features it satisfies the widely diverse ethnic religious requirements of self government language heritage etc more equal and fair regional development opportunities especially for those many regions that were previously neglected it ensures justice in distributing the country s wealth particularly that there is no need for local taxes due to iraq s oil wealth people will be governed locally by their own people who understand their needs and priorities better than any central government de centralizing the government with all the benefits this brings to people ensuring the continuity of democracy its base is so wide that it cannot be easily stolen again posted by abu khaleel 2 18 pm 1 comments 2 muhafatha county councils each naheya council can then select a seventh of its members to represent the naheya at the next upper level of governorate or muhafatha the elected members from the naheya councils will then form the muhafatha council a similar procedure can be followed at the muhafatha level a governor can be speedily appointed a seventh of the muhafatha council members can be elected to represent the muhafatha county at the national legislative assembly the scheme can also accommodate the special problem of iraqi kurdistan a coalition league or union of several muhafathas can be forged to cater for their specific requirements within a unified country only two of the 18 muhafatha councils may pose some problems baghdad due its shear size for which there are a number of practical solutions and kirkuk for well known reasons careful attention needs to be paid to defining the sphere of responsibility of the muhafatha councils particularly in preventing their dominance over naheya councils posted by abu khaleel 2 17 pm 0 comments 3 national legislative assembly the national legislative assembly thus elected will be the supreme legislative authority in the country it will by nature be non homogeneous with built in conflict ridden factions to avoid dangerous friction fiery speeches and counter productive conflicts it is suggested that this assembly carries out its main functions through various committees to perform rigidly predefined tasks these are outlined in some detail in the full document of this proposal a major task for the assembly is electing a president for iraq from at least four candidates nominated by members of the assembly itself present and past members of all professional institutions in iraq requiring a university degree for membership present and retired members of the teaching staff of all universities and other academic institutions this temporary measure is proposed to solve the problem of the absence of known credible public figures not associated with the previous regime with the election of a president the executive branch of the government can be readily established the assembly can also undertake the election of the president and members of the tamyeez court the supreme court that will be the judicial authority the assembly can oversee plans for the election of a national assembly within six months these elections could follow more conventional procedures with each candidate representing approximately fifty thousand electors the two houses the national assembly and the legislative assembly which will from then on become the lower house and specialize in local government can work together on constructing a constitution to be put to a national vote thus ending this interim period posted by abu khaleel 2 16 pm 0 comments the first step election procedure of naheya councils 1 the beginning of the mahalla election process has to be announced at least one day in advance 2 each candidate is nominated by two persons above the age of 60 these representatives meet between 8am and noon of the nomination day at the mukhtar s residence this group then agrees on two local residents to supervise the election process 3 the two supervisors then select five others to form a 7 strong supervisory committee 4 the supervisory committee agrees on an appropriate location for the poll station 5 the supervisory committee meets at the selected location in the afternoon and examines the list of candidates in terms of any conditions or requirements particularly the relationship in the form of work or residence of each candidate to the mahalla 6 the committee publishes a list of the candidates in a number of copies to be displayed in the mahalla mentioning the location of the poll station 7 the following day is allocated for campaigning in towns and cities the committee supervises meetings during which the candidates are introduced 8 elections take place during the third day between 8am and noon under the supervision of the committee the authority and or any other observers e g representatives of the u n 9 only the universally held identity card is used for identification of electors and to ensure that only people above the age of 18 take part a corner of the card is cut off with a pair of scissors to prevent electors from voting more than once no electoral lists are needed 10 the small size of the mahalla allows the votes to be counted on the same day this process has to be performed openly in the presence of a representative for each candidate results are announced on the same day 11 the winner is the candidate who gets the highest number of votes even if less than 50 of the votes cast 12 the supervisory committee documents the results of this election in a letter addressed to the naheya council stating the names of the candidates and the elected representative this letter is considered official if signed by a majority of the members of the committee it is handed to the elected representative following this procedure electing members of the naheya council takes only three days some democratic purity has been sacrificed for the sake of speed and simplicity posted by abu khaleel 2 15 pm 1 comments naheya district council responsibilities 1 schools primary intermediate and secondary 2 health and local clinics 3 drinking water supply 4 local electricity supply networks 5 local telephone lines 6 local roads 7 social welfare especially orphans widows and the disabled 8 irrigation water management and rationing irrigation and drainage channel maintenance 9 agriculture lease of public lands licensing animal husbandry projects 10 public parks cinemas restaurants and other recreation facilities 11 houses of worship 12 supporting and supervising local cooperatives 13 veterinary clinics 14 local planning and building licensing in coordination with muhafatha councils 15 running and maintaining local court building s 16 local police and security 17 maintaining the offices of the naheya representative s to the national assembly 18 facilities for public meetings posted by abu khaleel 2 14 pm 1 comments naheya council financing with time local councils may be able to develop the machinery to raise funds through local taxation however at present iraq is fortunate in having considerable oil revenue a portion of this can be allocated to local government councils yearly 20 of all government spending can be allocated to naheya councils iraq is expected to have around 300 such councils with an average population of 80 000 these funds can be divided among those councils according to population but with the absence of proper statistics such funds can be divided equally among them there is no great injustice in doing that it may compensate for decades of neglect with a present budget of b 6 an average naheya council would get around m4 roughly id m 7000 at current rates this would go a long way to alleviate many grievances and to provide for much needed basic services in many districts in coming years revenue is expected to exceed b 15 leading to something like m10 per naheya on average these are considerable funds for most districts and being utilized simultaneously would result in developing the whole of iraq at great speed iraq at present has vast areas of public land and property the national assembly could also decide to transfer some of that property to local government to be a source of extra revenue through sale or lease etc it is imperative that strict financial supervision and auditing is installed in the spending system to prevent mishandling corruption and ill practices posted by abu khaleel 2 13 pm 0 comments naheya councils notes and limitations 1 naheya councils should not be given authority to make local laws apart from some aspects of environment and wild life protection to ensure uniformity throughout iraq 2 no authority except the national assembly is given the power to disband any naheya council and order re elections 3 the constitution should guarantee the rights and authority of these councils so that they are not eroded by central governments in future 4 a naheya council should be capable of replacing its chairperson through a motion by ¼ of its members and ascent of 2 3 5 delegates from the naheya council to the muhafatha council are chosen for a period of one year only 6 it is vital that council meetings are documented and open to the public but in a way that does not interfere with the conduct of its business 7 councils should not be given the power to charge fees for compulsory education up to the age of 12 initially which should remain free 8 naheya elections should never be monitored by the executive authority but only by the judicial one 9 council meetings can be held using the language preferred by a majority of its members 10 topics and projects discussed by the council can be suggested by 3000 electors three members muhafatha councils local government council national assembly or central government 11 procedures in naheya councils should be regulated by law to ensure uniformity of councils throughout iraq 12 conditions and requirements for nomination for election of naheya council membership should be kept to a minimum the people themselves are the main source of legitimacy and not the executive authority people have a right to elect their representatives with the minimum of interference from central authorities 13 the councils are forums scattered all over iraq to discover and train leaderships and should be viewed as such 14 much of the administrative structures education health irrigation etc needed by the naheya councils to operate already exist in most naheyas and are useful to utilize as they are at present 15 the affiliation of civil servants working for naheya councils to naheyas or to central government needs careful consideration however naheya council should have an important say in evaluating their performance 16 naheya councils should have considerable freedom in deciding on financial rewards and salaries for its employees to enable distant less developed districts to attract good caliber staff 17 it is useful to enable naheya councils to call upon the expertise of muhafatha or national government officials posted by abu khaleel 2 12 pm 0 comments muhafatha council responsibilities 1 hospitals building financing and supervision 2 universities and technical and scientific institutes land allocation building financing and participating in their governing board without interference in their professional independence 3 establishment of scientific social technical and industrial research institutes particularly those with a local nature for example woods desertification kurdish history etc 4 industrial sites and industrial development projects land allocation service provision licensing and support 5 major transport networks roads railways waterways etc at the muhafatha level and coordination with national networks and local naheya networks 6 electricity networks at the muhafatha level again coordination between the national grid and the naheya networks 7 muhafatha police traffic police and security 8 telephone exchanges and networks 9 licensing of mass media newspapers broadcasting stations etc 10 coordination of irrigation and agricultural activities at the muhafatha level 11 prisons and rehabilitation 12 suggestion of projects to naheya councils 13 general coordination and arbitration between the various naheyas in the muhafatha 14 construction and licensing of agricultural produce wholesale sites car sale sites and large recreation development projects 15 financing and service provision to muhafatha level court houses posted by abu khaleel 2 11 pm 0 comments muhafatha council financing as with the naheya councils 10 of all government spending can be allocated yearly to muhafathas at present the funds can be divided equally between muhafathas with baghdad because of its size given three shares for the present budget this would mean an m 30 per muhafatha m 90 for baghdad next year the average figure is expected to be m 80 on average a more equitable method would be to allocate funds acco...