Iraq’s Kurdistan Elections Commission is heading forward to prepare for the elections of the Provinces of north Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, said the Commission’s Chairman on Thursday.

“The Higher Elections Commission had not ceased its works in Kurdistan Region and had not received any order by an executive or legislative offices to stop its activity,” Ali Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, pointing out that the Commission’s daily routine works regarding the modernization of the electorates records were continuing.

Qader also added that the number of voting centers in Kurdistan Region has reached 79 branch centers in Sulaimaniyah, 53 in Erbil and 43 in Duhok Provinces.

The Chairman of the Higher Elections Commission, Faraj Haidari, had told Aswat al-Iraq recently that Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, had instructed the freezing of the Commission’s activity,www.ekurd.netbut Haidari said the Commission would continue its work unless the Iraqi Parliament would support the Prime Minister’s decision.

The Iraqi Parliament had questioned the Higher Independent Elections Commission in three sessions, in response for a demand by the State of Law Coalition, led by Maliki, charging it with material and administrative corruption.