1/30/2012 12:00:33 PM
BAGHDAD - The Constitution
Supreme Judicial Council confirmed yesterday, was not responsible for publishing and disseminating confessions individuals to protect Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi via satellite, loaded with the executive responsibility for it. The council said in a statement issued today, and received a constitution, a copy of it, that "the judiciary followed a judicial principle of innocent until proven guilty and there is no investigative judge or judicial body has ordered the deployment of confessions of individuals to protect al-Hashemi," noting that "the executive branch is initiated by the publication for reasons it deems reassure public opinion. " Previously, Deputy President of the Republic Khudair Khuzaie that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won approval by the judiciary for the protection of broadcasting confessions Hashemi through the media. He added that the Supreme Judicial Council "to accuse the judiciary of politicization breach of the principle of separation of powers," noting that "the imprisonment of the person and the pre-trial detention is a violation of paragraph XII of Article XIX of the Iraqi Constitution." The Council stressed that "the detention of persons without trial is contrary to the legal provisions in force, including the Code of Criminal Procedure, which prevent the arrest of any person, except by decision of the magistrate."
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