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Parliamentary committee rules out adoption of amnesty bill due to disputes
12/03/2012 18:58
BAGHDAD, March 12 (AKnews) - The legal committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives has ruled out the possibility of passing the amnesty bill during the current legislative term due to political disputes on certain paragraphs.
The parliament's legal committee stated that it was hoped that discussion of the amnesty bill would have been completed yesterday by putting the final touches on its terms, especially the exceptions contained in the proposals of the council's members.
But committee member Latif Mustafa told AKnews that differences remain between the State of Law Coalition (SLC) and the Sadr Movement.
"The political consensus about the proposed law is the guarantee to pass it during the current session," said Mustafa.
"The legal committee will re-draft the recent proposal of law after receiving all observations from the political blocs."
The current legislative session ends on Sunday after the agreement of heads of political blocs to extend the term, which was scheduled to end on Sunday past, to vote on laws.
The SLC stated previously that the bill as it stands supports people who commit crimes against society and steal state funds. The SLC refuses to vote for the bill in its current form.
The first article of the bill stipulates a general and inclusive amnesty for Iraqis (civilians and army members) inside and outside the country who have been sentenced to execution, life imprisonment and temporary custody, disregarding whether or not their sentences were issued in their presence or in absentia, whether their verdicts are decisive or not.
The bill does not cover convicts guilty of murder, drug trafficking and adultery.
The bill was proposed by the Sadrist Movement, led by radical Shiite clergy Moqtada Sadr. Iraq's Prime Minister and leader of the SLC Nouri al-Maliki vowed he would not let the bill pass, fearing it may cover "terrorists" and "murderers".
The bill was one of the terms of the political agreement that allowed the formation of the Iraqi government, according to which the Sadrist Movement supported Maliki's nomination for a second term.
In December last year AKnews reported that discussion of the bill stopped due to disputes between the SLC and Sadr Movement members of the Acting Legal Committee at the House of Representatives
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12/03/2012 18:58
BAGHDAD, March 12 (AKnews) - The legal committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives has ruled out the possibility of passing the amnesty bill during the current legislative term due to political disputes on certain paragraphs.
The parliament's legal committee stated that it was hoped that discussion of the amnesty bill would have been completed yesterday by putting the final touches on its terms, especially the exceptions contained in the proposals of the council's members.
But committee member Latif Mustafa told AKnews that differences remain between the State of Law Coalition (SLC) and the Sadr Movement.
"The political consensus about the proposed law is the guarantee to pass it during the current session," said Mustafa.
"The legal committee will re-draft the recent proposal of law after receiving all observations from the political blocs."
The current legislative session ends on Sunday after the agreement of heads of political blocs to extend the term, which was scheduled to end on Sunday past, to vote on laws.
The SLC stated previously that the bill as it stands supports people who commit crimes against society and steal state funds. The SLC refuses to vote for the bill in its current form.
The first article of the bill stipulates a general and inclusive amnesty for Iraqis (civilians and army members) inside and outside the country who have been sentenced to execution, life imprisonment and temporary custody, disregarding whether or not their sentences were issued in their presence or in absentia, whether their verdicts are decisive or not.
The bill does not cover convicts guilty of murder, drug trafficking and adultery.
The bill was proposed by the Sadrist Movement, led by radical Shiite clergy Moqtada Sadr. Iraq's Prime Minister and leader of the SLC Nouri al-Maliki vowed he would not let the bill pass, fearing it may cover "terrorists" and "murderers".
The bill was one of the terms of the political agreement that allowed the formation of the Iraqi government, according to which the Sadrist Movement supported Maliki's nomination for a second term.
In December last year AKnews reported that discussion of the bill stopped due to disputes between the SLC and Sadr Movement members of the Acting Legal Committee at the House of Representatives
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