Iraq

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Candidacy or Holding Office

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Article 20 states:

Iraqi citizens, men and women, shall have the right to participate in public affairs and to enjoy political rights include the right to vote, elect and run for office.

 

Article 49, clause 1 states:

The Council of Representatives shall...be elected through a direct secret general ballot.

 

Excerpts from the Iraqi Constitution (2005) 

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Article 138, clause 2, paragraph (c) states:

The Council of Representatives may remove a member of the Presidency Council with a three-fourths majority of the number of its members for reasons of incompetence and dishonesty.

 

Excerpt from the Iraqi Constitution (2005) 

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Article 138, clause 2, paragraph (c) states:

The Council of Representatives may remove a member of the Presidency Council with a three-fourths majority of the number of its members for reasons of incompetence and dishonesty.

 

Excerpt from the Iraqi Constitution (2005)