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Parliament examining the modified tariff law
09/29/2012 12:00 am
An ad hoc committee for «morning»: Legislation freedom of expression ready to vote
Baghdad morning
Examining the House of Representatives today amendment tariff law and the possibility of the enactment of the freedom of expression. According to parliamentary source for "Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network," then "Today's meeting will see the first reading of a bill accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, and the first reading the draft law on ratification of an exchange of letters and the notes and minutes of discussions on the Japanese loan to the Republic of Iraq signed on 29.05.2012 for the financing of the project to modernize the Basra refinery / 1.
The source added that "the meeting will also the first reading of the draft law on ratification of an exchange of letters and the notes and minutes of discussions on the Japanese loan to the Republic of Iraq signed on 29.05.2012 (rehabilitation of the health sector) and (development of communication networks in major cities) and (updated Baiji refinery - engineering services), in addition to the first reading of the bill the second amendment to tariff law No. (22) for the year 2010 submitted by the Finance Committee and the Committee on the economy and investment.
government agreed recently on a bill to postpone the application of tariff law at check conditions applied statement issued by the Council Minister. source continued: he will be "the first reading of a proposed law regulating the term of the designated agency, and the second reading of the proposed law to prevent coercion Iraqi to change nationality, as well as the second reading of the draft law on freedom of expression and assembly and peaceful demonstration sponsored by the Legal Committee and the Committee on Human Rights The Defence and Security Committee and the Committee on Culture. "
In the meantime, revealed the Commission on Human Rights Parliamentary for the completion of the amendment of the law of freedom of expression and assembly and peaceful demonstration. said committee member MP Abdul Mahdi al-Khafaji, in a statement to "Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network," drafting final law of freedom of expression for approval during the new legislative term. and Cabinet had approved on 18 May 2011, a draft law on freedom of expression and assembly and peaceful demonstration auditor by the State Council and referred it to the House of Representatives within the government's keenness to draw a mechanism to ensure freedom of expression opinion by all means and the freedom to assemble and demonstrate peacefully and the right knowledge of what does not violate public order and public morals and identify those responsible for the organization and to punish the offenders and calendar features of these freedoms according to a legal framework saves for minority rights and freedoms in the exercise of the right of expression and belief. Khafaji said: "It has study this law and discussed by the Commission on Human Rights, where he is of great importance and all the blocks in agreement on its importance. "He knew the bill to express an opinion on that" freedom of the citizen to express ideas and opinions orally, in writing, photography or any other suitable means including not violate public order or public morals and the right knowledge that the citizen's right of access to information that Eptgaha of official bodies according to the law, especially concerning its work and the content of any decision or policy concerning the public but peaceful protest is gathering an unlimited number of citizens to express their opinions or claim their rights guaranteed by the law and freedom of scientific research by conducting scientific experiments and the use of the means and the necessary conditions for research and ensure deployment of free products of scientific activities. "
said Khafaji said that "the most prominent amended by this Act is:" What for access to information or the dissemination of information as well as freedom of expression or the right to freedom of expression whether it is right or not is his freedom of expression Is citizen or an individual, where that citizen is a citizen of Iraq and the individual is any individual, even if the nationality of the other, "adding that" all complex on the need to launch freedom of opinion and excluded including freedom of expression, which must comply with onerous public order and public morals, especially that this system in place in all countries of the world. "The House of Representatives had voted in the meeting of the 25 held under the chairmanship of Osama Nujaifi Parliament Speaker and the presence of 201 deputy on User Ninth IHEC for the elections.
Parliament approved Kolshan Kamal served as User Ninth Independent High Commission for Elections, in addition to voting to approve a resolution that will be one agents Commissioners of Christians.
said Najafi keen Council to meet human social components, including Christians, in addition to maintaining the role of women in independent bodies, adding that all Iraqis are equal before the law.
decided the presidency of the Council to postpone the vote on the proposed law amnesty submitted by the Committees legal and human rights in order to انضاجه. On the other hand, the Presidency decides to postpone the vote on each of the draft law on ratification convention ground transportation International people and goods between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the report of the committees on Foreign Relations and the services and reconstruction and draft law on ratification of the Arab Convention against Transnational Organized Crime national and submitted by the committees on Foreign Relations, integrity, legal and financial, in addition to a bill accession of the Republic of Iraq to the protection and promotion the diversity of cultural expressions and submitted by the Committees on Foreign Relations, culture and media, because of the disruption of a quorum for the meeting.
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