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Parliament considering redrawing the map of Iraq
Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:22 PM PDT
11-07-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Talk | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | Iraqi parliament intends to discuss the draft law redraws map of Iraq again, through the elimination of group decisions issued by the Baath regime during the rule of Saddam Hussein's regime is concerned with re-demarcation of some provinces and the establishment of other provinces.
Some political blocs days ago succeeded in finding a rare consensus on put a bill establishing the border submitted by President Jalal Talabani, since 2011, but compatibility to discuss the law does not guarantee approval of the technical difficulties and the other political. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, announced last Sunday during a visit by the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani to Baghdad, in an agreement to resolve the bills code was years ago including the Law on the demarcation of provincial boundaries. But the law passed is not that easy as the major political blocs, including "Iraqi List" and the country's Sunni parties oppose the law altogether and see as an attempt to divide Iraq population and demographic change in some cities.
According to experts hired by "talk" to see the most prominent results of the application of this law in the event succeeded parliament passed, it applied will re-draw the map of the country on what it was in 1968, the date of the start of Baath Party rule which, this means that the provinces of Salah al-Din is the birthplace of President Saddam Hussein will be abolished as an independent province will also cancel the provinces of Najaf, Muthanna and Dahuk. Even has this step will catch these provinces other provinces rather than be independent, for example, the province will spend Tikrit continued to the capital Baghdad, and Najaf would spend continued to Karbala and the province of Dohuk will return to Mosul. Since the start of the Arab Baath Party rule in Iraq until the end (1968-2003) during which 239 passed a resolution that led to the demarcation of provinces on what it is today but the major political parties demanding things return to what it was before the Ba'ath regime.
In contrast, other political blocs refuse the law altogether and considers it against the law and threaten the civil peace. The MP says the Arab province of Kirkuk, Omar al-Jubouri's "Talk," "It is not logical that canceled a series of decisions issued during the forty years glance at the sight of a simple bill." He adds that "the decisions of the Baath Party regime regardless of the legality of whether or not they are today created a map of homogeneous population in terms of distribution." He says that the application of the new law will lead to the abolition of several provinces, including Salahuddin and Najaf, which is unacceptable."
The bill includes a "cancel all decrees and decisions, and any other legislation issued by the former regime in order to achieve its political objectives and included changes to unfair manipulation of the administrative boundaries of the provinces, districts and areas in all parts of the Republic of Iraq."
According to the rationale of the law that "the former regime had made changes to unfair on the administrative border of the provinces, districts and areas in different parts of the Republic of Iraq, Mtlaaba them as he pleases through the issuance of decrees and resolutions of the Republic and other legislation, were not those changes have been carried out for the benefit of the Iraqi people, but has to achieve the political objectives of the system and to tighten control over the citizens of all spectrum, and in order to cancel the changes and restore the situation to what it was before the establishment of the system, initiated this law. "
The Kurds of the leading political forces seeking power to approve the law as it relates to the great city of Kirkuk, disputed by Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen years ago. Confirms a member of the legal committee in Parliament Mohsen al-Sadoun, a Kurdish lawmaker's "talk" that the law re-demarcation of provincial boundaries covered by Article 140 of the Constitution concerning the city of Kirkuk, which will return to spend Tuz Khurmatu Supplement now in Salahuddin province, and will also include areas Nukhaib appointed dates in Anbar province which will be returned to the province of Karbala.
According to a statement issued by the Committee of the Regions parliamentary and provincial days before this law soon will be included in the sessions of the House of Representatives to read the first reading, as approved by a majority of the Committee of the Regions on the bill. Besides the Kurdish party seeking to approve the law, the parties and the Shiite forces show no reluctance to adopt the law, but at the same time is excited for approval.
Some observers say that the Shiites are using this law for years as a permanent negotiating with the Kurds in the files of the oil, energy, and other budget. Says MP on the mass of the "rule of law" on the Keywords for "discussion" that "the law of re-demarcation of the border came to correct the errors found in the map of the provinces." He adds that "the former regime sought to change this map and change the demography of the population and should get things back to normal." Keywords pointed out that the law defines the geography of the provinces and has no political character, but he admitted that the approval requires a national consensus inside the Parliament because the adoption of this law requires a two-thirds majority of the House of Representatives because of the important laws.
The remaining religious and ethnic minorities, the weakest link in this law, for example, the Turkmen component so much fear of the law because it does not guarantee the right of minorities. The proposed national Turkmen political leader in the country Arshad Salhi, a deputy in Parliament the need for the enactment of the last addition to the current law. Salhi said, "We need a bill for the development of the provinces, considering that Zubair areas and Tuz Khurmatu and Nukhaib possible to turn into independent provinces not linked to any city." MPs who spoke to "talk" about the difficulty of the passage of the demarcation of the provinces at the moment, Suggested postponed to the next session of Parliament, like dozens of important laws.
The MP believes the Diyala province, Raad Dahlaki The proposed law legislation to administrative demarcation of the border of the provinces could trigger a new political crisis, especially at the moment. The independent MP Osman Algehiche, seemed sure to delay the bill to the next parliamentary session. Algehiche said the "discussion" The political situation in the country and the large number of negative indicators crises may hinder the adoption of the law, and that will fail in parliament passed in its current session.
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Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:22 PM PDT
11-07-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Talk | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | Iraqi parliament intends to discuss the draft law redraws map of Iraq again, through the elimination of group decisions issued by the Baath regime during the rule of Saddam Hussein's regime is concerned with re-demarcation of some provinces and the establishment of other provinces.
Some political blocs days ago succeeded in finding a rare consensus on put a bill establishing the border submitted by President Jalal Talabani, since 2011, but compatibility to discuss the law does not guarantee approval of the technical difficulties and the other political. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, announced last Sunday during a visit by the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani to Baghdad, in an agreement to resolve the bills code was years ago including the Law on the demarcation of provincial boundaries. But the law passed is not that easy as the major political blocs, including "Iraqi List" and the country's Sunni parties oppose the law altogether and see as an attempt to divide Iraq population and demographic change in some cities.
According to experts hired by "talk" to see the most prominent results of the application of this law in the event succeeded parliament passed, it applied will re-draw the map of the country on what it was in 1968, the date of the start of Baath Party rule which, this means that the provinces of Salah al-Din is the birthplace of President Saddam Hussein will be abolished as an independent province will also cancel the provinces of Najaf, Muthanna and Dahuk. Even has this step will catch these provinces other provinces rather than be independent, for example, the province will spend Tikrit continued to the capital Baghdad, and Najaf would spend continued to Karbala and the province of Dohuk will return to Mosul. Since the start of the Arab Baath Party rule in Iraq until the end (1968-2003) during which 239 passed a resolution that led to the demarcation of provinces on what it is today but the major political parties demanding things return to what it was before the Ba'ath regime.
In contrast, other political blocs refuse the law altogether and considers it against the law and threaten the civil peace. The MP says the Arab province of Kirkuk, Omar al-Jubouri's "Talk," "It is not logical that canceled a series of decisions issued during the forty years glance at the sight of a simple bill." He adds that "the decisions of the Baath Party regime regardless of the legality of whether or not they are today created a map of homogeneous population in terms of distribution." He says that the application of the new law will lead to the abolition of several provinces, including Salahuddin and Najaf, which is unacceptable."
The bill includes a "cancel all decrees and decisions, and any other legislation issued by the former regime in order to achieve its political objectives and included changes to unfair manipulation of the administrative boundaries of the provinces, districts and areas in all parts of the Republic of Iraq."
According to the rationale of the law that "the former regime had made changes to unfair on the administrative border of the provinces, districts and areas in different parts of the Republic of Iraq, Mtlaaba them as he pleases through the issuance of decrees and resolutions of the Republic and other legislation, were not those changes have been carried out for the benefit of the Iraqi people, but has to achieve the political objectives of the system and to tighten control over the citizens of all spectrum, and in order to cancel the changes and restore the situation to what it was before the establishment of the system, initiated this law. "
The Kurds of the leading political forces seeking power to approve the law as it relates to the great city of Kirkuk, disputed by Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen years ago. Confirms a member of the legal committee in Parliament Mohsen al-Sadoun, a Kurdish lawmaker's "talk" that the law re-demarcation of provincial boundaries covered by Article 140 of the Constitution concerning the city of Kirkuk, which will return to spend Tuz Khurmatu Supplement now in Salahuddin province, and will also include areas Nukhaib appointed dates in Anbar province which will be returned to the province of Karbala.
According to a statement issued by the Committee of the Regions parliamentary and provincial days before this law soon will be included in the sessions of the House of Representatives to read the first reading, as approved by a majority of the Committee of the Regions on the bill. Besides the Kurdish party seeking to approve the law, the parties and the Shiite forces show no reluctance to adopt the law, but at the same time is excited for approval.
Some observers say that the Shiites are using this law for years as a permanent negotiating with the Kurds in the files of the oil, energy, and other budget. Says MP on the mass of the "rule of law" on the Keywords for "discussion" that "the law of re-demarcation of the border came to correct the errors found in the map of the provinces." He adds that "the former regime sought to change this map and change the demography of the population and should get things back to normal." Keywords pointed out that the law defines the geography of the provinces and has no political character, but he admitted that the approval requires a national consensus inside the Parliament because the adoption of this law requires a two-thirds majority of the House of Representatives because of the important laws.
The remaining religious and ethnic minorities, the weakest link in this law, for example, the Turkmen component so much fear of the law because it does not guarantee the right of minorities. The proposed national Turkmen political leader in the country Arshad Salhi, a deputy in Parliament the need for the enactment of the last addition to the current law. Salhi said, "We need a bill for the development of the provinces, considering that Zubair areas and Tuz Khurmatu and Nukhaib possible to turn into independent provinces not linked to any city." MPs who spoke to "talk" about the difficulty of the passage of the demarcation of the provinces at the moment, Suggested postponed to the next session of Parliament, like dozens of important laws.
The MP believes the Diyala province, Raad Dahlaki The proposed law legislation to administrative demarcation of the border of the provinces could trigger a new political crisis, especially at the moment. The independent MP Osman Algehiche, seemed sure to delay the bill to the next parliamentary session. Algehiche said the "discussion" The political situation in the country and the large number of negative indicators crises may hinder the adoption of the law, and that will fail in parliament passed in its current session.
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