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Hashemi's defense team calls for representatives of international organizations to attend the trial
Date: Thursday, 05.03.2012 7:30
Baghdad / range
confirmed the Legal Committee in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, the law allows prosecution of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, without being sacked from his post, while stressed that the immunity is not granted to non-members of the House of Representatives.
A member of the Committee MP Hussein net in a newspaper interview that "there is no legal impediment of the trial of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, while remaining in office as Deputy President of the Republic," stressing that "the office does not have immunity and thus it is legally possible to be subject to the judiciary."
The net is Deputy for the National Alliance that "the trial Hashemi do not call for his dismissal from office and possible for any Iraqi official to be tried by the Iraqi judiciary while in office and under the Iraqi constitution because immunity has not been granted only to members of Parliament."
In a related context, revealed a source close to Vice President of the Republic Tareq al-Hashemi he decided last night participation of a team of lawyers assigned to defend him in court session on Thursday.
but will remain a presence formality until now not identify the confessions of the accused is a fundamentalist, in the face of the defense team calls to local organizations and other United Nations human rights presence of the trial, which will be held in the High Criminal Court (court time).
For his part, predicted Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, the Criminal Court to issue the relevant sentenced to death, at the time confirmed the Parliamentary Legal Committee, that Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has the right to appeal the court's decision in absentia in the absence of his presence, and re-try him again.
Hashemi said told media from Istanbul, "do not rule out a verdict of death against me, and this mess, and if deprived of my right to defense will resort to the countries of the world worried about the reality of Iraq."
and added that "the trials and set a date is the development of serious and influential on Iraq and its stability and its aim to escalate the situation and abort efforts to find a political solution to the crisis. "
He al-Hashemi, "I am I would not be Iraq, the victim of hatred hatred one person wants to conduct the country to the brink of the abyss" (in reference to al-Maliki), urged "the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, as the guardian of the application of the Constitution, to provide adequate protection to me according to the Constitution, and that this is my right it As his deputy. "
the source assured the Baghdadi News that the team observer on human rights will attend the trial as a representative of the Human Rights Organization of the United Nations, and calls were made to representatives of the United Nations in Iraq to attend the trial as well, especially since al-Hashemi, is a member emeritus of the Society for the rights of Iraqi prisoners. "
The source continued that "the Judicial Council, the face of nearly 300 charges against Hashemi and his bodyguards, and the staff of his office, trial Thursday will be attended by 71 defendants of the staff Hashemi, was the release of others, and the number was more than 100 people for lack of evidence, for example Mehdi al-Tikriti, director of national information in the Ministry of Interior, who was accused of leaking the information and proved his innocence and was released and returned to his office, and officers in the defense and others were released and the remaining 71 only. "so said one members of the legal representative in a press statement that "when there are measures to achieve the right of the accused, did not enable the authorities to arrest him after taking all measures to prevent his escape, and up to investigate the final stages, the article 135 No. 23 of 1971 of the Criminal Procedure authorized the trial of the accused in absentia.
He added that al-Hashemi will be tried in absentia in the absence of presence of the court, and will follow him all the procedures stipulated by law in public trials, noting that "the Court Stantdb lawyer to defend al-Hashemi in the absence sent a lawyer." He explained that in the absence of al-Hashemi, will proceed to the competent court recited referral decision and then listen to the words of the complainants of the families of the victims, and witnesses, if any, reports and records, and statements, and accordingly shall direct charge of Hashmi, and then listen to the requests of public prosecutors, and defense, and then tell the court her case is adjudicated. "and added that" the Court, if issued a decision in absentia the right of the accused and Hamayate will be published decision, the right of the accused to challenge him, and to come to court, "adding that" as soon as the decision in absentia the right of the accused and later decides the accused to come to court retried again as if something was not. "
Previously, the Ministry of the Interior announced that in the thirtieth of January, "the arrest of 16 people from the protection of al-Hashemi, against the backdrop of charges of carrying out the assassination against the officers and judges, the direct guidance of al-Hashemi."
and select the Supreme Judicial Council on Thursday date for the trial of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, Hamayate.
said council spokesman Abdul Sattar Bayraktar in a written statement received the long version of it that the trial of al-Hashemi, a number of Hamayate will begin Thursday for three crimes will be dealt with in one case, concerning the assassination of General Manager at the Ministry of National Security, and an officer in the Ministry of the Interior , and a lawyer. "
and pointed to the existence of many crimes, accused the al-Hashemi, Hamayate and obtained confessions by including the assassination of six judges, mostly from Baghdad.
and revealed the release of 13 accused of protections Vice President of the Republic had been arrested earlier for lack of evidence against them during the initial investigation, indicating that the remainder is 73 accused. noted Bayraktar that the aim of the Declaration of the trial date is not to defame Balhashima but to inform the families of the victims to attend because the competent authorities does not know their addresses.
said that "all issues are seen according to the law and the same guarantees provided for in the law," pointing to the that most defendants have legal representation at their own expense, the rest have commissioned them by the Court lawyers at the expense of the state.
The Supreme Judicial Council, the Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, Hamayate accused of killing 6 judges, stressing to release number of protections during the initial investigation due to lack of sufficient evidence against them.
"There are many crimes accused the al-Hashemi, Hamayate and obtained confessions by including the assassination of six judges, mostly from Baghdad."
revealed Bayraktar the release of some 13 defendants of the protections of the Vice President of the Republic had been arrested earlier for lack of evidence against them during the investigation stage primary , indicating that the remaining 73 defendants.
Regarding the charges, announced by the Supreme Judicial Council in advance of the Hashmi and Hamayate, which amounted to about 150 crime stressed Bayrakdar that it can be increased, he said, "The purpose of this announcement Report victims' families to attend because the competent authorities does not know their addresses, It was not for libel against Hashemi and Hamayate. "
On the nature of the procedures that will accompany the trial said a spokesman for the Judicial Council, "All issues are seen according to the law and the same guarantees provided for in the law, and that most of the defendants have legal representation at their own expense, and the rest were commissioned them by the Court lawyers at the expense of the state. "and will be tried Hashemi in absentia in accordance with Article 121 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1971 as amended. and offered to the Iraqi Interior Ministry, in the 19 of December last, confessions of some of Hamayate on carrying out acts of violence on his orders.
and asked Hashemi of the Council The Supreme Judicial transfer his trial to the Kurdistan region of Iraq does not trust the impartiality of the judiciary in Baghdad, and after the rejection of the Judicial Council request the transfer of his court-Hashimi to the province of Kirkuk, Khanaqin, or spend.
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