Commission announces new replacement names for parliament and Basra council

The Independent High Electoral Commission announced the designation of several replacements to fill seats in the House of Representatives and the Basra Provincial Council, based on decisions by the Board of Commissioners. Documents indicated that the replacements for parliament members who assumed governmental positions are: Ali Mohammed Al-Faily as a replacement for Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Hussein Ahmed Al-Maliki as a replacement for Yasser Al-Maliki, and Wasfi Assi Al-Obeidi as a replacement for Mohammed Ali Mohammed Tamim. In a related context, the decisions included naming Thaer Salman Al-Salhi as a replacement for the late Basra Provincial Council member Jaafar Sunaikh Al-Hajjaj. These procedures come within the decisions related to filling vacant seats in elected councils, according to the approved legal procedures of the Independent High Electoral Commission.