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Regions parliamentary criticism surprised Amendments Act 21 and the government regards as "confusing"
On: Saturday 03/24/2012 10:10
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indicated to the Committee of the Regions and the provinces of parliamentary Friday surprise at the criticism directed at her on the amendments made by Act 21 of 2008 and confirmed that there is widening of the powers of the provinces, according to official requests and their relevance to the latter as considered and the Ministry of State for Provincial Affairs of the new amendments confusion and negatively to the powers of the provinces .
He demanded local officials on several occasions to make their provinces, especially Salah al-Din and Anbar and Diyala provinces, but other officials refuse to do so and consider the idea, part of a plan to divide Iraq along sectarian lines.
Maliki has vowed since late last year to expand the powers of the provinces, after weeks of claims forming regions controversial among Iraqis.
and reject al-Maliki project regions at the moment and repeated more than once to say that the Iraqis are not eligible for the regionalization of the country because of the diversity of sectarian.
A member of the Parliamentary Committee Mehdi Haji, told the Kurdish news agency, "There is a book an official face of the provincial councils to the three presidencies and Ouseltna a copy of it."
and when asked about the nature of the book said Haji that include a demand to expand the powers of provincial councils and to give legislative powers limited to customs duties and taxes on companies or imports a limited fee stamps.
"It was there claims about the managers who have direct contact with ministries in the governorates not organized into a Region. We had the amendment so that enabled (giving us) to maintain the powers of appointment, accounting and transportation to all managers, whether they are associated in the governorates Awaluzarat. "
He continued, "as well as the proposed return of 50% of imports of Provincial Councils provinces ... amendments were discussed with the Council of State, advisers and experts have been pointing to that the amendments will contribute to the expand the powers of provincial councils. "
"I do not know what to think Maliki's refusal of the proposal by the amendments made by the Commission," said the Haji.
and Maliki announced the first Thursday that he was opposed to the amendments introduced by the Committee of the Regions and provinces in the House of Representatives and considered contributing to the "reduce" the powers referred repeatedly to that he was seeking to expand.
The Ministry of State for Provincial Affairs that the amendments made by the Parliamentary Committee confuse the work of the provinces and would create an overlap in the powers.
and Minister of State Torhan Mufti told the Kurdish news agency, "we hope to be consolidated version of State Law 21 of 2008 with Version parliamentary. but did not get this thing. changes made by the Parliamentary Committee was the confusion and overlapping of powers. "
The Mufti that an emergency meeting of the provincial councils held last week in Baghdad was at the meeting rejected a draft of the Committee of the Regions and provincial parliaments, and the statement stressed the need to be pass the draft law to the provincial councils and to the Ministry of State for Provincial Affairs and to the government in order to be found.
, says Mufti "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced the rejection of passage such as this bill because it includes more confusion and negatively to the powers of the provinces." Provincial and insists that it did not agree to the new amendments to the law of the regions and governorates not organized into a Region that did not include more of the powers conferred by the provision of services at the county level. A member of the Baghdad Provincial Council Hassoun Kazim "We asked for expanded authority to the law of 21 in order to provide services to citizens. We do not want to expand the powers of the people."
and said that if the sandbox, it means that the Provincial Council will be bound and can not provide services and determine the powers will not be There is no success in the provinces.
stressed member of the Baghdad Provincial Council by saying that the "modified version of the law before the House of Representatives as required and according to what is best to serve the provinces will be accepted by us." Adding that "al-Maliki agrees to give more powers to provincial councils and regions."
He pointed out that "increasing the powers means to reduce problems and reduce the idea of regions based on a sectarian basis." The amendments included a proposal to reduce the number of members of boards of the province so that the seat sets per 150 thousand citizens instead of a seat for every 100 thousand.
The amendments - among other proposals - to grant members of the provincial employees' end of service and not the allocation of pensions for them.
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