12/06/2011
Baghdad, Omar Abdel-Latif
Called a number of members of the House of Representatives to the need to adhere to attend the meetings of the parliament during the second legislative term.
He urged the House of Representatives in their statements to "Al Sabah", the importance of communication and participation in the discussion of issues that serve the citizens under the dome of the parliament. He said a member of coalition rule of law, MP Hussein Al-Safi said the current House of Representatives and his deputies are committed to good attendance at meetings of the Council of Representatives. And the net that "if there were some absences individual can not be reflected negatively on the reality of attendance in the House of Representatives." For his part, said member of the Iraqi MP Hassan al-Hamdani Khudair Chuird that each deputy was the will of the Iraqi people and was sworn must be faithful to the people's money and interest, including the commitment to attend the meetings of the House of Representatives. He Hamdani said that "if he reached for this position as a member of the House of Representatives to represent the Iraqi people must be at the level of full responsibility and paid to serve the people and bring good to them." And the House resumes its sessions today after the holiday legislative, which includes the agenda, read the three laws . According to the source of a parliamentary early "morning," then today's meeting will see the second reading of the draft legal and Ministries of Youth and Sports, Tourism and Antiquities, in addition to the draft law to protect journalists, noting that the House plans to approve about 51 law during the second legislative term, where there are many laws ready for a vote, noting that the most prominent legislation to be approved: the draft amnesty law, and the salaries of employees of the Interior, and the proposed distribution of residential lands or apartments, in addition to the water board top, and other important laws. He also said a member of the Development Committee and Parliamentary Affairs in the Council Representatives Izzat Shabandar: "The attendance during the current session of parliament is the best from the previous session and there is an improvement and a commitment by parliamentarians." He pointed out that "the meetings whenever the topics of interest to be attended by Deputies with more intensity," considering that measure attend the meetings of Parliament or not is a measure of backward was quoted by the parliamentary systems in developed countries. He Shabandar said, "There are meetings through which the legislation of laws which need to be members understand the law and able to participate in the discussions taking place" .. As if it was attended by other members, they can not offer anything but On the contrary, it is considered a leaner in the meetings of the Parliament or the lack of a sense of responsibility, noting that such measurements in the presence of the meetings may have spread and gained acceptability although it is wrong. He continued: "If there is a political issue is sensitive or issues of strategic concern interest of the country shall be come almost full, but if the meeting is for speeches or seminars, words, or discussion of the laws of pure shall be the audience a little and a lot of parliamentarians only sees the importance of his presence and envisages out of parliament to discuss a number of topics with other colleagues in matters of sensitive and very important. "
He also expressed hope that is corrected parliamentary culture of the people and officials do not consider this subject a measure of the success or failure of the parliament.
The House of Representatives has during the first months of its deployment of absences members of the House of Representatives through the media in order to make the Iraqi people to attend the members committed than others, as confirmed Presidency of the Council of Representatives continued work to deduct the amount of 500 thousand dinars from the salary of deputy for each session away from her without excuse. in turn, expressed a member of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc Hassan Jihad Aldloi lamented the prevalence of absences from meetings of the Council of Representatives.
And student members of the House of Representatives Aldloi be "the level of responsibility" during the second legislative term as representatives of the people who elected them and acting on their behalf under the dome of the parliament.
The Aldloi such case concerned a member of the House of Representatives and the same passion and sense of responsibility towards the nation and the House of Representatives and the duty to others who voted for him. As a member of the Iraqi National Coalition MP Furat al-Shara has counted absent from meetings of the Council of Representatives, "the phenomenon of non-civilized" and contrary to the Constitution and logic.
Shara said: "The responsibility of Member of Parliament had to stand a proper attitude about the events," he said, adding that such absence if he is legally justified is considered a negative phenomenon supposed to be heeded by the House of Representatives.
Shara expressed his hope not to the media to maximize and dramatize things, including the absence of members from the meetings of the House of Representatives and to make sure of the causes of absenteeism.
Referred to the House of Representatives held its first meeting last November, when he began his vacation in the legislature in 12 of the last month to resume his work in 12 of the current month (today).
And raise the House of Representatives meetings last month to 12 this month, after he voted on the Vice President of the Republic and the dismissal of Iyad Kanani member of the Electoral Commission for elections, and agreed by majority to form a committee to follow up on Article 140, also voted to send a recommendation to the government to install all the staff of the Electoral Commission .
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