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Democracy without democrats ...[Iraqi] Leaders fear the law of parties
On: Sat 10/12/2011 6:20
Baghdad / Mustafa Habib
live the Iraqi parties eight years ago in "bliss" of democracy. Democracy did not pay any of them for more transparency in the work. Decisions large and small take away from the cadres, and that most of the elections and meetings of the parties to be a formality for re-election of the leader himself,
While nothing is known about sources of funding for the party and how to spend it. One result of this reality is the continued delay to pass a law of parties. There are no official data base showing the number of political parties operating in Iraq today, but estimates indicate there are over 500 active political party without specific controls.
And heads of political parties in the figures are often "charismatic" led since many years. And the absence of elections for most of these parties to take place or that a formal end to remain chairman of the party in office and its monopoly of political decisions and attitudes which lead to a disgruntled cadres of the party and pushed into fragmentation and schism.
The legal basis for the formation of political parties and entities still Order No. 97 issued by the U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer, 2004, despite the recognition of everyone Baksourh he lets form a party upon the signing of less than (500) people on a wide variety of uncontrolled detailed as a matter of funding sources, for example, and possession of the party to internal system and periodic elections.
Iraq seeks five years ago to the legislation regulating the work of the law of parties, and made many preliminary drafts of the law has not been prescribed so far. Observers say that the reason for this is the leaders of the Iraqi parties agree not to pass because it will limit their activity and eliminates the current work of dozens of parties.
Permanent constitution, adopted in 2005 requires in the first paragraph of Article 39, to form associations and political parties, and ensure that this Article the right to join it, and is regulated by law, but the dozens of Iraqi parties engaged in political work in the country since 2003 have not yet subject to any law regulating its work and identify sources of funding, which is taken on the political system in the country.
Legal expert Tareq Harb attributed not to adopt the law of parties thus far to the different blocks on the main provisions contained in the clauses. War and adds: "The political blocs delayed passage of the law at a time, which is currently grouped to postpone the issue and make amendments to it." The legal expert believes that "the Iraqi parties may be eligible for commitment to the law regulating its work, and need time and experience, two long until then." The initial draft of a bill parties include 69 articles, discussed by Parliament in September last for one time and decided to defer, which includes many provisions that conflict with the work parties that govern the country.
Suggest Article 27 to the need to detect sources of funding for the party and the lack of an association financial cooperation with third-party non-Iraqi and prevent the use houses of worship or educational institutions for the exercise of partisan activity. Articles 30 and 32 affirm the need to have each party to the statute contains rules relating to its affairs political, organizational, financial, administrative, and how to conduct internal elections and selection of party cadres and mechanisms to join them and resign from them.
And had to Article 41 that the sources of party funding by the contributions of its members, donations and grants the Interior and the investment returns of its funds in areas that are not in business revenues, the press and publications and activities of other subsidies from the state budget under the law of the annual budget, but hey, any of these conditions apply to the parties, the Iraqi government? According to observers, a victory for most of the large menus in previous elections would not have been without the support of foreign countries notably Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Jordan and the United States, as well as financiers of wealthy businessmen spin suspicions about their sources of income, and most parties did not hesitate to use mosques and Shiite mosques advertising platforms in all electoral processes that the country has witnessed.
According to former deputy in parliament, Saddam Hussein's rule that "several reasons to prevent the adoption of the law of parties, most notably that the leaders of the blocks do not want a law requiring them revealed their funding bodies." He adds: "Some parties do not want to be subject to legal action limit their activities and propaganda media." It is noted that the internal systems of the majority of the Iraqi parties are similar on the administrative regulations as the existence of a general secretariat or the General Assembly as is the case with the Dawa Party and the Islamic Supreme Council and the National Accord Movement.
It is a goal they all emphasize the citizen service, and faith in democracy, but without the presence of practical programs to implement those programs! The splits partisan widespread phenomenon within the Iraqi parties are usually a result of the monopoly of the party chairman of the resolutions and the marginalization of its members.
the Islamic Dawa Party, led by now Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki split more than once and there is now a party invitation, "the organization of Iraq" and "advocacy organization inside" and "stream National Reform "led by former secretary-general of the party, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and there are leaks about the signs of a rift new might happen soon, led by the second man in the Dawa Party, Ali al-Adeeb.
The Iraqi List, has split the existing Iraqi "white," which later became the "white" and there are signs splits to come against the backdrop of the position of the formation of regions.
National Congress Party led by Ahmed Chalabi, the political split in the past and also a party with him "the nation" led by former MP Mithal al-Alusi, and the case is similar with the party of Nazareth, who produced four parties. Included splits currents and blocs of political non-partisan Kaltaar rib and it came out the Virtue Party, and the "League of the Righteous," "The Hezbollah Brigades."
Last cases of dissent and fragmentation of the share of "the Islamic Supreme Council" led by the young Ammar al-Hakim, as it is preparing the "Badr" led by Hadi al-Amiri, which was considered the military wing of the Supreme Council to split it, and attribute the former Deputy Judge Wael Abdul Latif, these divisions to "protest of some of the members of these parties and forces on the policies of their leaders and the marginalization of cadres minimum in each party in addition to the incompatibility of the political positions of the leaders with the literature partisan" .
Narrow interests of party leaders and stuck to their privileges and cronyism rampant in the organizational structures are not only disruptive to the law was passed, some opponents of the current version they have serious reservations notably the fear of the law to restrict the freedom of political action in the country. Article II of the draft law of parties authorized by the Department of Justice to approve the licensing of the parties, as may Seoul to the control of the government parties in the long run.
Says MP Sadrists Rafi Abd al-Jabbar: The "connect the parties at the Ministry of Justice through the Department of Public parties therein, and grant This department broad powers would influence and control of the parties and restrict its future. "wonders" in the result that the Ministry of Justice of the Government, how can the government be responsible for the parties and no independent judiciary? "
According to those who know, the more controversial points taboo is not to leave the law the party establishment on a sectarian basis, with the majority of the existing parties of one sect Kalhzb Islamic (Sunni) and the Dawa Party and the Supreme Council of the Islamic Virtue Party (Shiite) In addition, the law prohibits any party from that have armed militias, while has a larger political currents in Iraq, the Sadrist movement, militia of thousands of fighters under the name "Mahdi Army" and implement offers open military in the streets of Baghdad, as well as militias, "informal" follow a number of other parties, on what Apparently, the politicians are compatible on the deportation of ratification of the parties involved with their parties in the elections means democracy and believes in peaceful rotation of power, refuses to apply the same principles of democracy, which observers considered a major gap in the political process and party.
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On: Sat 10/12/2011 6:20
Baghdad / Mustafa Habib
live the Iraqi parties eight years ago in "bliss" of democracy. Democracy did not pay any of them for more transparency in the work. Decisions large and small take away from the cadres, and that most of the elections and meetings of the parties to be a formality for re-election of the leader himself,
While nothing is known about sources of funding for the party and how to spend it. One result of this reality is the continued delay to pass a law of parties. There are no official data base showing the number of political parties operating in Iraq today, but estimates indicate there are over 500 active political party without specific controls.
And heads of political parties in the figures are often "charismatic" led since many years. And the absence of elections for most of these parties to take place or that a formal end to remain chairman of the party in office and its monopoly of political decisions and attitudes which lead to a disgruntled cadres of the party and pushed into fragmentation and schism.
The legal basis for the formation of political parties and entities still Order No. 97 issued by the U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer, 2004, despite the recognition of everyone Baksourh he lets form a party upon the signing of less than (500) people on a wide variety of uncontrolled detailed as a matter of funding sources, for example, and possession of the party to internal system and periodic elections.
Iraq seeks five years ago to the legislation regulating the work of the law of parties, and made many preliminary drafts of the law has not been prescribed so far. Observers say that the reason for this is the leaders of the Iraqi parties agree not to pass because it will limit their activity and eliminates the current work of dozens of parties.
Permanent constitution, adopted in 2005 requires in the first paragraph of Article 39, to form associations and political parties, and ensure that this Article the right to join it, and is regulated by law, but the dozens of Iraqi parties engaged in political work in the country since 2003 have not yet subject to any law regulating its work and identify sources of funding, which is taken on the political system in the country.
Legal expert Tareq Harb attributed not to adopt the law of parties thus far to the different blocks on the main provisions contained in the clauses. War and adds: "The political blocs delayed passage of the law at a time, which is currently grouped to postpone the issue and make amendments to it." The legal expert believes that "the Iraqi parties may be eligible for commitment to the law regulating its work, and need time and experience, two long until then." The initial draft of a bill parties include 69 articles, discussed by Parliament in September last for one time and decided to defer, which includes many provisions that conflict with the work parties that govern the country.
Suggest Article 27 to the need to detect sources of funding for the party and the lack of an association financial cooperation with third-party non-Iraqi and prevent the use houses of worship or educational institutions for the exercise of partisan activity. Articles 30 and 32 affirm the need to have each party to the statute contains rules relating to its affairs political, organizational, financial, administrative, and how to conduct internal elections and selection of party cadres and mechanisms to join them and resign from them.
And had to Article 41 that the sources of party funding by the contributions of its members, donations and grants the Interior and the investment returns of its funds in areas that are not in business revenues, the press and publications and activities of other subsidies from the state budget under the law of the annual budget, but hey, any of these conditions apply to the parties, the Iraqi government? According to observers, a victory for most of the large menus in previous elections would not have been without the support of foreign countries notably Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Jordan and the United States, as well as financiers of wealthy businessmen spin suspicions about their sources of income, and most parties did not hesitate to use mosques and Shiite mosques advertising platforms in all electoral processes that the country has witnessed.
According to former deputy in parliament, Saddam Hussein's rule that "several reasons to prevent the adoption of the law of parties, most notably that the leaders of the blocks do not want a law requiring them revealed their funding bodies." He adds: "Some parties do not want to be subject to legal action limit their activities and propaganda media." It is noted that the internal systems of the majority of the Iraqi parties are similar on the administrative regulations as the existence of a general secretariat or the General Assembly as is the case with the Dawa Party and the Islamic Supreme Council and the National Accord Movement.
It is a goal they all emphasize the citizen service, and faith in democracy, but without the presence of practical programs to implement those programs! The splits partisan widespread phenomenon within the Iraqi parties are usually a result of the monopoly of the party chairman of the resolutions and the marginalization of its members.
the Islamic Dawa Party, led by now Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki split more than once and there is now a party invitation, "the organization of Iraq" and "advocacy organization inside" and "stream National Reform "led by former secretary-general of the party, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and there are leaks about the signs of a rift new might happen soon, led by the second man in the Dawa Party, Ali al-Adeeb.
The Iraqi List, has split the existing Iraqi "white," which later became the "white" and there are signs splits to come against the backdrop of the position of the formation of regions.
National Congress Party led by Ahmed Chalabi, the political split in the past and also a party with him "the nation" led by former MP Mithal al-Alusi, and the case is similar with the party of Nazareth, who produced four parties. Included splits currents and blocs of political non-partisan Kaltaar rib and it came out the Virtue Party, and the "League of the Righteous," "The Hezbollah Brigades."
Last cases of dissent and fragmentation of the share of "the Islamic Supreme Council" led by the young Ammar al-Hakim, as it is preparing the "Badr" led by Hadi al-Amiri, which was considered the military wing of the Supreme Council to split it, and attribute the former Deputy Judge Wael Abdul Latif, these divisions to "protest of some of the members of these parties and forces on the policies of their leaders and the marginalization of cadres minimum in each party in addition to the incompatibility of the political positions of the leaders with the literature partisan" .
Narrow interests of party leaders and stuck to their privileges and cronyism rampant in the organizational structures are not only disruptive to the law was passed, some opponents of the current version they have serious reservations notably the fear of the law to restrict the freedom of political action in the country. Article II of the draft law of parties authorized by the Department of Justice to approve the licensing of the parties, as may Seoul to the control of the government parties in the long run.
Says MP Sadrists Rafi Abd al-Jabbar: The "connect the parties at the Ministry of Justice through the Department of Public parties therein, and grant This department broad powers would influence and control of the parties and restrict its future. "wonders" in the result that the Ministry of Justice of the Government, how can the government be responsible for the parties and no independent judiciary? "
According to those who know, the more controversial points taboo is not to leave the law the party establishment on a sectarian basis, with the majority of the existing parties of one sect Kalhzb Islamic (Sunni) and the Dawa Party and the Supreme Council of the Islamic Virtue Party (Shiite) In addition, the law prohibits any party from that have armed militias, while has a larger political currents in Iraq, the Sadrist movement, militia of thousands of fighters under the name "Mahdi Army" and implement offers open military in the streets of Baghdad, as well as militias, "informal" follow a number of other parties, on what Apparently, the politicians are compatible on the deportation of ratification of the parties involved with their parties in the elections means democracy and believes in peaceful rotation of power, refuses to apply the same principles of democracy, which observers considered a major gap in the political process and party.
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