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Parliament end the second reading of the general amnesty .. And approve the need for time
On: Sun 02/19/2012 10:00
Baghdad / term
ended the House of Representatives yesterday the second reading of a proposed amnesty, at a time otherwise agreed by the political blocs to a certain formula for approval, and therefore needs, according to security and defense committee in Parliament, to the time in order to vote. The draft general amnesty law has sparked controversy among political blocs, especially among a coalition of state law and the Sadrist movement, to demand the rule of law to amend certain paragraphs of the project that define the categories covered by the amnesty or not.
A member of the Committee Chuan Mohamed Taha said in a statement singled out by the (long) yesterday, "we have completed today the second reading of a proposed amnesty, at the time continue to differences on most of its clauses, Vaketl political not agree to the moment on a certain formula for approval."
It is noteworthy that the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki described the draft law on amnesty as a "setback" in the history of political parties, attributing the cause to that "the bill shows the legislature as if it was ready to grant amnesty to all the spoilers."
According to Taha, "that the proposal to take a political dimension, more than it is to hold legal, and therefore it would be a step and an important factor to pull a lot of criminals from time to time under the pretext of passing a law of general amnesty. "
and continued a member of the security and defense committee "was useful blocs of political solution to the issue of arbitrary arrests, rather than pass this law, because the prisons are full of suspects" .
law is one of the terms of the political agreement that paved the way for the formation of the Iraqi government, which support the Sadr movement Maliki's nomination for a second term
and on the nature of the differences Taha said "It's a 5 articles, mostly related to Palmhmolin it, many of the terms of this law are Palmtatih, do not know who is accused of crimes terrorist who are excluded from this law, as well as for those accused of offenses against state security. "
The Commission on Human Rights representative has stated last December that it would provide in the meeting of the House of Representatives next objection to the Presidency of the Council to not be involved in the preparation of a draft general amnesty law and limited to the legal. said committee member Ashwaq dry that its Committee demanded that participate in the preparation of a draft general amnesty law before they are discussed during future meetings, pointing out that the insistence of the Commission on Human Rights to participate in the development of observations and the preparation of the draft before reading his goal to achieve a balance between the families of the victims and prisoners and to avoid clash between them and face a bill of amnesty objections wide by some political blocs, which led to delays in approval by the House of Representatives.
and ensure that the agenda of the session of parliament on Saturday, eight draft laws, including the first reading of the three projects is a bill to extend the service of judges and the draft law and draft law on accession Iraq to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States and the draft Law of the Republic of Iraq to join the agreement between the League of Arab States and the Government of the United Mexican States for the establishment of the Mexican Fund for International Cooperation for Development in 2006. "
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