17-01-2013 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add a comment -
Alsumaria News / Erbil
MDC announced Kurdish opposition, Thursday, that the Kurdish opposition leaders will meet this afternoon with regional president Massoud Barzani in Irbil, noting that the meeting will discuss the changing system of government from presidential to parliamentary.
The official said the political relations in the movement to change the Kurdish opposition Mohamed Haji said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "The leaders of three opposition parties, who are the leader of the change Noshioan Mustafa, Amir Kurdistan Islamic Group Ali Baber, and the Secretary General of the party, the Kurdistan Islamic Union Mohammed Faraj meet, afternoon, with regional president Massoud Barzani in Arbil, "noting that" the meeting will discuss changing the system of government from presidential to parliamentary. "
He Haji that "leaders will also discuss political reform in the region, points the most important debate back the Constitution from the presidency of the region to the parliament for the purpose of amendment, and agreed to pass resolutions national character and national cross-compatibility in Parliament over the majority, and is elected president of the province by the Parliament ".
Haji considered that "the opposition parties want to change the system of government from presidential to parliamentary in the region to lack of power or accounting can question the President of the Region," adding that "the aim of this first degree is a demand political reform."
Haji pointed out that "the region's relations with Baghdad and the United States of America and the rest of the world is partisan ties, not national," pointing out that "the opposition forces want Deeds not words of power to make real reform in the region."
The 50 members of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament from the opposition and party Talabani and signed, in the (January 10 2013), a draft law to change the system of governance in the region of a presidential to a parliamentary and determine the validity of President of the Region, and sent undersigned draft to the presidency of the parliament for consideration and presentation to the vote.
Regarded as the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani, in the (January 11, 2013), the opposition's demands on the transfer system of governance in the region of a presidential to a parliamentary "fanfare and electoral propaganda", while he expressed his acceptance of the proposal if according to legal and constitutional framework.
It consists draft law signed by 14 articles, according to Article 2 thereof, must be regional president and his two deputies of the population of the region, that is not under the age of 40 years old, and must have a high experience in his work, and received the votes of 15 MPs or to sign 5000 citizens in the region for the purpose of his candidacy for the presidency of the region or to be vice president.
According to Article IV of the draft law must receive the candidate for the President of the Region on 2/3 of the members of Parliament in a secret vote, and in the absence of a candidate to the sound enough then the first candidate and a second holds the highest number of rest vote last and then be selected more candidate winning more votes from members of Parliament president of the region, and according to that article also under oath by the head of the elected parliament and 40 days after the president of the province chooses two deputies, and be voted for in Parliament also.
In the absence of regional president for any reason was given all the powers of the president of the Region to the first deputy of the exercise of his works, and should be one of the Vice-President and another woman from the non-Kurdish nationalism.
According to Article VI that the cycle of the presidency of the region four years, and is entitled to nominate only once, and to be elected speaker of parliament as of 30 meeting of the parliament and from the first session.
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