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Meeting of heads of blocks topples Commission and the Court of Cassation
On: Wednesday 18/4/2012 9:41
Baghdad / Iyad al-Tamimi
House of Representatives postponed a vote yesterday to extend the work of the Electoral Commission for elections, and vote on the members of the Federal Court of Cassation. The decision to postpone the House vote to extend the work of the Electoral Commission for elections and members of the Court of Cassation, although the many members of parliament for the agreement heads of parliamentary blocs and political extension of its work.
Congress attributed the failure of Parliament to vote to non-political consensus for members of the Federal Court, and extend the work of the Electoral Commission has seen the Congress that the leaders of the blocs had agreed not to vote for political reasons by the Chairman of the Development Committee of Parliament and member of the Selection Committee Election Commission deputy Hanan al, and said, "The the relevant committee to select the members did not submit its recommendation to the far, Will will accomplish its mission within the statutory period, or you need more time? ".
explained a member of the Selection Committee the Commission that the insistence of the presidency on the steps of the vote on the agenda without the Committee's recommendations is to extend the work of the current commission and and then to postpone the elections for provincial councils.
and its position after the release of al-Haidari said: I respect the decisions of the judiciary and all the rulings he considered is just no authority we have is the law, and personally I respect the decisions although no conviction it.
confirmed to the assignment of 85 issue for the Independent Electoral Commission for the elections to the integrity and "I regularly ended up as deputy in the regulatory authority."
and to postpone the vote to the members of the Federal Court said Fatlawi "is supposed that the judiciary is independent and as long as submitted names to the House of Representatives for the audit, from the legal aspect has become an important legislative and regulatory determined impressions of Representatives away from the effects of faction leaders.
She Fatlawi that the files names were referred to the heads of parliamentary blocs, wondering about the relationship of these members of the Court of Cassation. confirmed that this is an indication that members of the Court would be subject to the concept of quotas,
emphasizing the adoption of the House of Representatives quota system even in power jurisdiction.
, saying that what is happening is one of the biggest mistakes that Sertkpha Parliament that the Court of excellence of the most important courts of justice at all.
pointing out that the insistence of some leaders of the blocks on the steps of the vote on the members of the Court is for political purposes to certain blocks and no more, although the Constitution guarantees that the judiciary is independent, but some do not want so.
and the adoption of the balance in this regard said Fatlawi: The Judicial Authority and the Federal Court specifically are seeking balance in the event of loss, and not be referred to the political blocs, and that fell the head of that block until Mtna from voting is and members of his bloc, emphasizing the need to have the balance available in such a decision, and the judiciary took into account this principle when the nominated names.
She Fatlawi that what happened yesterday is that the leaders of the blocs will hold a political deal in order to vote.
For his part, MP Independent Sabah al-Saadi that all possibilities are open, although a political deals at the expense of the interests of the party is not rule out any sane.
said Saadi correspondent term in Parliament that the issue is subject to the nature of what sends the Supreme Judicial Council, stressing that the Supreme Judicial always send us the names of suspicious and covered by the ablation and the names of joint terrorist operations, as evidenced by Saadi that the Vice President of the Court of Cassation is the subject of the trial in terrorism cases.
He guessed Saadi disapproval of the House of Representatives the names of candidates they became their convictions that most judges are not qualified and incompetent, but if what has been a political deal between the blocks to passing.
As for the extension of the Independent Electoral Commission has confirmed Saadi that the parties at this stage is trying to share this body among themselves.
pointing out that this will be a contributing effectively to sabotage the democratic process in Iraq, little by little, and what we have observed is the process of deliberate delay to choose a new Commission, despite a long time to form a selection committee of the new Commission.
in the same context, Chairman of the Legal Khalid Shwani that parliamentary blocs are asked for the delay it did not look at the files, members of the Court of Cassation, are calling for consensus on the candidates, as well as for ensuring the availability of conditions set by the Supreme Judicial Council.
He Shwani reporter Range: We emphasized the need to resolve this file to be increasing the number of members of the Federal Court of Cassation, to be able to resolve criminal cases, civil and personal look to it.
demanding Presidency of the Council of Representatives should not continue to politicize this matter and not subject to the principle of quotas are usually dangerous.
and the voting mechanism, said Huani in a statement to the extent it does not matter how you will vote, but it is important to be a preserve of the judiciary independence, although voting was unilaterally or unanimously no harm in this.
and extend the work of the Electoral Commission said Shwani been postponed to next Thursday due to complete the committee charged with choosing the new Commission its final report, surprising inclusion in the agenda without a report of the Committee, asking them to expedite submission of recommendations to be time enough to choose the other alternative, operate a streamlined, expected to be extended UNHCR's work to two months.
to the explanation of the Supreme Judicial Council the mechanism of choosing the judges of the Court of Cassation scheduled to vote on them today in the House of Representatives, saying that the success of the legislature in passing candidates will be the first since 2006. A spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Abdul Sattar Bayrakdar that the nomination of judges Court of Cassation, passes at first through the gate of the Supreme Judicial Council to vote.
he said in a statement received by the long copy "is put forward the names of all the courts of appeal of Iraq, who meet the conditions, including that the person is on the level of Vice President of Appeal in the least, and that has sufficient experience of working in all types of courts Kganayat, Misdemeanors, personal status, and should enjoy the good life, conduct, and it has not been subjected to administrative sanctions, or those that affect the integrity, and must meet the possibilities concerning the efficiency of professional and speed of completion of work " .
after the availability of these conditions, raise the names in question, according to Bayrakdar to the Judicial Council, and said, "we learn then on their resumes, and are traded after taking all the comments by members of the Judicial Council into account, and then be voted by a simple majority and bring them to the House of Representatives."
If they managed to parliament to vote today on the judges of the Court of Cassation will be this is the first of its kind since the year 2006, and explained Bayrakdar: "does not work the House of Representatives during the past six years to vote on the judges of the Federal Court of Cassation, as we have sent several lists during that period but without feasibility, and if he succeeds House of Representatives to pass these names, even if some of them will be the first time since 2006. "and denied the spokesman of the Supreme Judicial Council subject nominated judges of the appeals court to file the balance that is being introduced in state institutions," There are objective conditions must conformity with the persons to be appointed to this position, this will open the door to all who qualify without regard to sectarian backgrounds or ethnicity or beliefs. "
and the number who are voting them in the hearing yesterday, said Bayraktar as "they are about 20 judges from all provinces of the country without the Kurdistan region. "
As for the accusations of some political candidates said they are covered by the law of accountability and justice (ablation previously), he drew Bayraktar that "this is not our responsibility, we look to objective conditions, but this is Vtthmlh the relevant authorities, any of the accountability and justice that they must send to address the House of Representatives prior to the voting process.
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