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Coalition warns of new dictatorships: the government steals the powers of the provinces
On: Friday 2/17/2012 7:42
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called the National Coalition, the federal government to "refrain from looting," provincial powers contained in the Iraqi constitution, warning that the continuation of this approach would lead to "a new dictatorship." The MP said the National Alliance leader in the mass citizen Aziz Ugaili in a press statement
"The Federal Government should stop the marginalization of the right of the provinces and looted their powers guaranteed by the Constitution."
and pointed out that "the time of honorees is over the demise of the dictatorship of the former regime, and the government not to consider the powers of the provinces that they honor them."
The member of the Committee of the Regions and the provinces Mahdi Haji between, earlier, for "Twilight News" that "the federal government if it proceeded to expand the powers of the provinces, it will be treated temporarily to their problems because there are some provinces calling for the formation of regions of her insisting on it," stressing that "expand the powers of the provinces and activating their role in services and investment should be through legislation, new laws for it. "
and warned Ugaili that "the continued policy of the federal government according to this approach will lead to the emergence of a new dictatorship."
The provincial council in Basra denied, delegate the Federal Government of the Council authority to conclude contracts for projects oil, stressing that the powers of the provinces in reconstruction projects and services, constitutional and not "him" from the federal government.
It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's new, earlier, the determination of his government granted the provinces wide powers to relieve the central government, as pointed out that the government is waiting for parliament's approval to certain laws, including referral of projects under cost $ 10 million to the provinces.
and Deputy Chairman of the provincial council in Basra on the mass of the citizen Ahmed Sulaiti that the Iraqi Council of Ministers did not provide any power to a new local government during his recent visit excluding thereby increase the amount of fifty million dinars for the validity of the Governor only.
said Sulaiti told Euphrates News "Council of Ministers did not launch any new powers to local government in the province of Basra."
He Sulaiti "It is not a prerogative of the Iraqi Council of Ministers to consider these things according to the Constitution," and expressed regret at the insistence of the government Federal confiscation powers and functions of local governments provided for in Article 115 of the Constitution. "
Under Article 115 of the constitution at all as provided for in the exclusive powers of the federal authorities, the validity of the regions and governorates not organized in the territory of the other powers shared between the federal government and the regions are priority to the law of the regions and governorates not organized in the territory in case of dispute.
called Sulaiti to "solve the Iraqi ministries that do not implement the actions included within the competence of the federal government
has criticized the MP for the Kurdistan Alliance longings dry, attempts by some to reduce the number of seats in provincial councils in the next elections, stressing the need to expand the powers of the provinces and not despoiled.
said dry, "The provincial council members have expressed resentment over their conference last of the government's intention to reduce the seats in the provincial councils in the coming elections and the abolition of district councils and districts."
, she said, "This is a negative for the validity of the legislative and transferred to the planning ", stressing the need to" study this matter, especially as we are in the stage of democracy. "
and followed the dry that "to call upon to reduce the provincial council members that seeks to expand its powers are not being despoiled."
The Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Torhan Mufti, had noted in his speech, told {Euphrates News} to "the existence of an idea to reduce the number of members of provincial councils in the next elections."
and complain of many of the provincial councils of the restriction imposed by the federal government as well as disable the Law 21 of 2008, which granted broad powers.
raised the Law of Governorates not organized territory of a political debate between local governments and the federal government, which accused the latter restricts its powers and its impact on so I decided governorates of Salah al-Din, Diyala, hinted Anbar to the formation of the territory of an independent administratively and economically.
decided that the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers send draft amendments to the law of the provinces and territories to the provincial councils to be informed and to express an opinion before approval by the government in order to prevent cases of objection that you may encounter after ratification by the provincial councils.
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