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Government adviser: Government's objection to the amnesty is through the Federal Court
Date: Saturday 22/09/2012 09:25 am
Baghdad / term
said legal adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday that Government's objection to a proposed amnesty law being enacted by the House of Representatives will be only through the Federal Court if the items are not compatible. law one items political agreement that paved the way for the formation of the Iraqi government whereby Sadrist support the nomination of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for a second term. revealed the Parliamentary Integrity Committee last week an agreement to ensure expansion of the exceptions to the proposed amnesty law submitted by the Liberal parliamentary bloc of the Sadrist movement.
Said Fadel Mohammed Jawad, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "the government has only one way to challenge the laws enacted by the House of Representatives is to challenge those laws paragraphs before the Federal Court, as happened in some laws such as the federal budget law."
He explained that "the government does not display by law during the discussions conducted by the House of Representatives but it can after the passing of the bill that identified its appeal to the Federal Court."
The Iraqi government fears that includes the new amnesty law accused of murder in accordance with Article IV of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
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