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Parliamentary Legal express optimism the imminent approval of the Federal Court Act
10/26/2015 0:00
Baghdad Al-Sabah
expressed the Legal Committee of the parliamentary optimism the imminent approval of the Federal Court Act, which is part of the reform of the judiciary process, while deputies saw that the Kurdistan Alliance bloc insists that the consensus on the differences between the federal government and the province mainly in the decisions of the Court.
The head of the Legal Committee Parliamentary Mahmoud Saleh al-Hassan that his committee has reached an advanced stage to resolve differences on the draft of the Federal Court Act.
He said al-Hassan, in a statement singled out by the «morning» that «did almost nothing left to resolve differences on this and vote the law in the coming stage».
in when he saw a member of the Committee for the Alliance of Iraqi forces Hassan Turan that the problems that have not been agreed upon with the Kurdistan Alliance is still the only obstacle in the way of a vote on the Federal Court Act.
Tauran explained, in an exclusive interview with «morning» that «the Kurdistan Alliance is sticking to be a consensus, mainly in the Federal Court decisions on disputes between the federal government and the province, or the consensus of the two vice president at least ».
He said Turan that« such a requirement is unfair to the Federal Court, which can not be its decisions unanimously, but could be making an absolute majority or two-thirds majority ».
He said committee member to vote on the Federal Court Act as« part of the reform of the judiciary, and delay approval means no reform of this important power, which requires from all parties to make concessions to reach a compromise formula, because the only paragraph that have not been agreed upon are paragraph consensus in decision-making », calling« deputies Kurdistan Alliance to review their accounts, as can be majority voting on decisions is the perfect solution for »out of the bottleneck».
For his part, the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud said that the council began re writing the Federal Supreme Court Act, which was formed for the first time in the history of Iraq and would consider the constitutionality of the legislation and the decisions of the legislative and executive branches, pointing out that the new law sought to change its members and its president, after a certain period until the renewal of ideas, provided that not interrupted for background.
Mahmood explained, in an interview »Sabah», that «the period specified for the Chairman and members of the Federal Court was a life like other constitutional courts, as in the United States, for example», indicating that «the Council opted in the new law reducing the duration to a time limit not exceeding 12 years, to allow for new ideas and new people to take over. » Head of the Judiciary has not ruled out that without the work of the court of political bickering, stressing at the same time there should be no move away from the judicial conduct.
He noted Mahmood that there are views go to be the selection of members and the president of the court of the legislature, while others see that the selection task should rests with the executive branch.
Article V of the Federal High Court Act No. 30 of 2005 (invite the President of the Court of its members to the ahead of schedule well in advance and accompanied by a book advocating business and related documents table it does not have the Court valid only in the presence of all its members and issue judgments and decisions by simple majority, except for the provisions and decisions of the separation in winning disputes between the federal government and the governments of the regions and the provinces and municipalities, and local administrations was needed to issue a two-thirds majority, while the judgments and decisions issued by the Federal Supreme Court, which they are final).
Article VIII provides that (President of the Court Supreme Federal is responsible for the management and has authorized some of his powers to a member of the court, and appoints the head of the Federal Supreme Court, the court staff and seen in their affairs all), Article IX provides that (the Federal Supreme Court issued an internal system specifying the procedures governing the functioning of the Court and how to accept applications and procedures for advocacy and facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this law this system and shall be published in the Official Gazette).
He was a member of the Legal Committee Salim Chawki detection, earlier, for narrowing the size differences between the parliamentary blocs on Court Act except for material pertaining to the issue of the Court, voting inside Federal Court, warning that a number of articles still contentious and left to vote.
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