MPs call for rapid approval of the Law on Political Parties
Date: Thursday, 09.02.2012 9:29
Baghdad / range
called on members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, to speed up passage of the law of parties, especially that many of the important laws Off in the inclusion of the House of Representatives, while the need to be consensus among the heads of the blocks and the ruling parties in order to pass because many of these laws affecting the lives of citizens daily .
It was supposed to have been the enactment of the parties since the last session, but the version presented by the government did not gain the consent of the political blocs, which it considered a major limitation of these parties, as saying Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said one of the shortcomings of state-building is not the enactment of the parties. According to the National Alliance MP Habib Terminal, told the Kurdish news agency that "the law of parties is very important because in the case of adoption of the Law of the parties, it solves many of the crises and problems and limits the work agendas of Foreign Affairs in Iraq if there was no specific destination enact the law of parties and funded by the parties, there will be overlap in the case between home and abroad, and it's very dangerous. " The Parliamentary Legal Committee has amended the paragraph in the law relating to political parties to end the political parties linked to the Ministry of Justice and the transfer linked to the Electoral Commission in support of the last, although they considered it an additional burden, while observers believe that the decision would bring integrity to the electoral process. In turn, said the independent MP Alexander and berries that "now required is the approval of this important laws that have a prejudice to our daily lives and approval of the law of parties, had confirmed it by members of the House of Representatives should be discussed as soon as possible, and the Amnesty Law and other laws necessary to be approved in the phase the current. " He added, "there must be consensus between the leaders of the blocs and committees in order to pass these projects, and I think that these laws Kalahzab and the election law the law of the provinces are important laws have direct contact citizens and our daily lives. There is nothing in Iraq, the law regulating the work of the parties, and witnessed the post- 2003 establishing a large number of movements and parties, many of which participated in the elections, while indicating the first paragraph of Article 39 of the Iraqi Constitution to "freedom of association and political parties, and ensure the right of this article to join it, and is organized by law."
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