21/01/2012 PM - 5:20 | Hits: 55
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Lifting of the House of Representatives held its meeting today, headed by Osama Najafi, and attended by 176 representatives to the next Monday after he had finished reading the first nine draft laws and proposals.
A statement from the Department of the media in the House that in the beginning of the meeting was followed by MP Abdul-Hadi al-Hakim issued a statement condemning the terrorist attacks that took place in a number of governorates of Iraq during the visit Arbain. He called the security services, especially on the anniversary of the death of the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and his family) initiative to prepare a full and effective provision of services at checkpoints and to develop the intelligence of the system to perform its tasks to the fullest.
The other hand the Council ended the first reading of a draft law on ratification of the Convention on the organization of the provisions of electronic signature in the field of electronic transactions between the Arab states, submitted by the Committees legal, economic and investment, for the purpose of enhancing cooperation between Iraq and the Arab countries in the field of the provisions of the electronic signature as a component of the Arab economic integration in the framework of the Convention economic unity between the countries of the Arab League.
The Council voted in principle to continue reading the draft law on the First Amendment of the Law of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs after the end of the first reading of the law submitted by the Committee of Labour and Social Affairs, which aims to promote the functions of the ministry and facilitate its development and function, Undersecretary of the Ministry for administrative, legal and in order to create the Department of care for people with special needs and the Department of social welfare of women.
The Board completed the first reading of a draft law amending the Penal Code No. (111) of 1969 for Article (261), submitted by the Legal Committee, in order to cancel the decision of the Revolutionary Command Council dissolved No. 206 of 2000 and bring the criminal acts similar to the provisions of approach in the Penal Code No. 111 of 1969.
The Council concluded the first reading of the proposed law provisions engineering and provided by the Commission services, rebuilding, and who comes to the purpose of supporting the engineering cadres working in the departments and state institutions and the public sector and raise the level of living standards and moral support to achieve the best achievement in the implementation of projects and supervise and to achieve justice in rewarding those who work responsibly and professionally.
Then led a useful Menem Hassan was sworn in as a substitute for Jassim Mohammed Jaafar, Minister of Youth and Sports.
The Council ended the first reading of a proposed law amending the election law districts, counties and submitted by the Committee of the regions and provinces in order to address some of the problems shown by the actual application of that law No. 36 of 2008 amended to reduce the number of members of local councils, including without prejudice to the responsibilities entrusted to them and to add two seats to the Sabean Mandaeans in the districts of Rusafa and architecture.
And completed the first reading of the bill of the National Council for Reconstruction and Development and submitted by the Committee of Economy and investment for the purpose of implementation of large investment projects beyond the possibilities of ministry-one projects urgently required emergency situations and natural disasters and projects not be able to ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry of implementation.
Council has also completed the first reading of the proposed law the Council of the Union and submitted by the committees of provinces and the provinces, legal, and that comes from in order to complete the structure of the legislative authority of the Federal building and consecration of the federal institutions and protect the interests of the regions and governorates, and to address a constitutional vacuum.
For his part, Najafi Committees legal, regions and provinces to hold a joint meeting to discuss the proposed law on the Federal Council to take advantage of the ideas put forward for the ripening, indicating that the proposed law is an urgent need to fill the constitutional vacuum.
In turn, announced the Chairman of the Legal Committee's intention to Khalid Shwani a number of sessions, meetings and conferences with specialists and legal experts in various fields with a view to the proposed law given by the various parliamentary blocs.
The other hand the Council ended the first reading of a bill Trade Bank of Iraq and by the Committee on the economy and investment because of the expansion made in economic activity and the significant increase in the volume of banking transactions and to improve and develop the banking services provided within the framework of fiscal policy and banking inside and outside Iraq.
And the Presidency of the Council decided to postpone the first readings of the draft third amendment to the Law Academy Law No. (3) for the year 1995 and the proposal of the civil law of universities at the request of the Commission on Higher Education.
The other hand, began the first reading of the draft labor law, submitted by the Committee of Labour and Social Affairs, which comes an affirmation of the principles enshrined in the Constitution that the work is a right for all Iraqis to ensure them a dignified life under the state's provision of a wider social guarantees and find a law that regulates the relationship between workers and employers in accordance with economic principles.
And the bill, the state guarantees the right to form trade unions and professional associations, and join it to the fact that Iraq ratified numerous conventions of Arab and international labor, and that most of the provisions of the Labour Law No. 71 of 1987 is not consistent with the nature of the current stage as well as conflict with a lot of international labor standards that have ratified by the Government of Iraq.
The bill aims to find a legal cover for workers contracts in government departments and the public sector and to make their service is guaranteed for the purposes of granting pension rights as well as respect for the principles and basic rights of workers provided for in international conventions and treaties of Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise and to eliminate all forms of forced labor, child labor, equality wage and the minimum age for employment.
He referred the bill to the importance of organizing the work of working women and working the events and the work of foreigners in Iraq, working time and wages of workers and their holidays and standardize the provisions of trade union action with the provisions and rules of work and negotiation, arbitration and peaceful solutions before resorting to strike peaceful vacation of law and determine how to resolve collective disputes and individual arise between labor organization and one or more employers and the formation of the Labour Court in all the provinces and the terms of reference and appeal provisions. / 3
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