Yawar: Peshmerga Ministry requests MoD to stop transferring, investigating Kurdish officers
Monday, 28 January 2013 10:58 | | |
Baghdad (AIN) –The Ministry of Peshmerga within the Kurdistani Regional Government clarified the details of its meeting with the delegation of the Ministry of Defense within the Federal Government on last Sunday.
A statement by the Ministry received by AIN quoted its Secretary General, Major General, Jabbar Yawar, as saying "On last Sunday, the Supreme Joint Committee held its meeting with the attendance of the key officials of both sides."
"We requested the MoD to stop transferring the Kurdish officers or summoning them for investigations without proper justifications," he added.
"Then the attendance of the meeting started discussing the results of the former meetings and reviewed the disputed points," he stressed.
"The mechanism of appointing the security joint point and the way of withdrawing the forces of both sides from the disputes areas were two pending issues to be followed up later in the next meetings," he concluded.
U.S. official: the problem of al-Maliki with the political elite and not the Parliament
28/01/2013 12:00 am
The future of Iraq / Nihad Faleh
confirmed previous large responsible in the administration of former U.S. President George W. Bush was dealing with the affairs of Iraq that the Iraqi economy is booming and basis because of oil revenues, which had a remarkable year in 2012. O'Sullivan said Miguén in a dialogue conducted with Assistant Counsel to the Center for American Foreign Relations Bernard Gurtsmon The year that has passed since the U.S. troops left unfulfilled worst fears were approaching the high expectations of Iraqis and Americans. She noted that the challenges Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is not great at the moment with Parliament, but more with the Iraqi political elite, the Prime Minister has managed the most elite dimensions, even while emphasizing popular among ordinary Iraqis. And the situation in Iraq regional said O'Sullivan divisions Interior means that there are individuals and different groups defend contradictory policies and the adoption of alliances and external which they believe can fit their interests, and as a result, the Iraq as not able to impose its weight regional player because of this issue.
dealt dialogue situation Iraq after the withdrawal of U.S. forces on the political and security level, where O'Sullivan stated that "in a time when continued bombings, there has been a serious escalation of violence resulting from the departure of American troops and the full assumption of taking over security responsibilities to Iraqi security forces. In contrast, on the political side, the trend seems bent track, it was the year 2012 is denoted by the continuing political crises, which began almost immediately with the completion of the departure of American troops. Today, the impasse between Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government seems more powerful than before, with the possibility of a collision forces the parties two months ago. Political leaders claim the year that their community had been "absorbed" and strongly excluded from the political process; thousands took to the streets driven by year those feelings. " They pointed out that "until there is a political crisis within the Shiite Muqtada al-Sadr accused the prime minister of turning Iraq into a farce and sought to rally his supporters in street demonstrations. For the second time in less than a year, practiced observers of the Iraqi situation accounts and trying to report there have been a combined force of the opposition parties have the votes to exercise parliamentary vote of no confidence from the Prime Minister. In the overall picture, the small number of fundamental issues that have worked to divide Iraqis may have been dealt with, in spite of significant improvements in the security situation since 2007 and the departure of American troops. While Iraq is more stable, and gained strength and institutions booming economy in some way, it there was a little of reconciliation between groups of the country and did not develop a common view on Iraq, and thus is not available only a thin basis for a reliable forward. " Considered O'Sullivan early elections, "one of the demands of the opposition political groups of owners that do not want anything other than replacement of the prime minister. And this can be achieved either early elections or a vote to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister, and would satisfy some Maliki's pledge that he would not seek a third term as prime minister. The conduct of the vote of no-confidence was tested last summer and failed, mainly because the Sadrist bloc reneged on its pledge to support the measure. Maliki, who angered Kurds, Sunnis and Sadrists (who are Shia) simultaneously, it might have push Bhza to the farthest limits at this time. Although the chances of these groups remain united in Parliament, be quite enough to vote no-confidence motion, it is still unlikely, and no less because of the inevitable counter pressure from the Iranians. In theory, the street more than the Parliament, it may be the source of political pressure on al-Maliki, but this will require that merges with Sunni Arabs Sadrists steel Alstreeta. Although there had been efforts in the past few days to achieve this mating, lurks history and a lot of suspicion between the two groups, and to achieve effective integration is a challenge. In addition, most of the Iraqis after decades of trauma, are not ready to take to the streets to change their government.
and crisis center and the region said Sauerbrey said that "Maliki taking opposition Barzani seriously, and has taken since that time many steps to marginalize the Kurds. The form of a parliamentary committee to determine how the Kurdish regional government condemns Baghdad intended for exports to the penalty. The government began to hold meetings in the disputed areas between Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government in an attempt to establish the rule of Baghdad. Even within the framework of greater concern was the form of Maliki Tigris Operations Command, a field command structure united the army and police in the disputed territories under the command of Gen. one directly linked to al-Maliki, rather than through the Minister of Defense in the normal chain of command. Maliki also held a range of armament contracts to increase the ability of Iraqi security forces by his words is the same, "to fight the terrorists who lived at some time in the mountains." Has not gone unnoticed for Kurds, they are the ones who were living at the time in the mountains. "
O'Sullivan addressed Iraq's relationship with the Syrian crisis by saying that Syria is a good example of internal dispersion of the Iraqi position towards regional crises. Maliki said that he wanted to portray Iraq as a neutral in the current conflict, but it is no secret that he and his supporters are afraid of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, not collaborators hundred percent in stopping the flow of Iranian support for Syria. Most observers believe that evidence that al-Maliki is "continued" to Iran, but the truth is more complicated. And away from any Iranian pressure on Maliki (and there are without doubt some of them), Maliki believes that there is a possibility to enormous pressure on Iraq will emerge from a post-Assad Syria.
Mohammad al-Karbouli: withdraw confidence from the Maliki has become a necessity in order to preserve the political process
Date: 01/28/2013 09:36:27 Monday
Baghdad (news) .. MP / coalition in Iraq / Mohammad al-Karbouli, all the political blocs to interact seriously to resolve the file to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to avoid any problem may affect the entire political process.
Karbouli said (of the Agency news): There is a desire and convinced the Coalition and Iraqi Kurdistan and the Sadrists that the issue of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to be deducted, it occasionally confidence in becoming a necessity.
He continued: The Iraqi List and the other political blocs failed to persuade President Jalal Talabani sent a letter to the parliament to withdraw confidence from the government before ill-health suffered, and therefore, the option constitutional other to withdraw confidence from the Maliki government will be through questioning within the parliament.
He explained: that the security files, services and administrative and financial corruption will be at the forefront of the axes interrogation of al-Maliki, stressing that the prime minister of the National Alliance share any personal candidacy must be supported by everyone.
Recognizes House Speaker Osama Najafi request from a number of MPs to grill Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, according to Article 61 VII (coffee) of the Constitution which empowers the House of Representatives to question the prime minister and other ministers in the event of approval of twenty-five members, to hold them accountable for the affairs under their specialty Atjra discussion in the interrogation only after at least seven days of its submission. / end / 12. d. Q https://translate.google.ca/translate...ed=0CDUQ7gEwAA
Legal expert: the Constitution does not prevent the fact that a special pardon in stages
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Saw legal expert Tareq Harb said there is nothing to prevent the constitutionally be pardon stages.
He explained the war in a press statement that "the Constitution in Article 73 thereof, authorized to issue pardon proposal of the Prime Minister in many crimes. Whereas there a difference in views on the definition of crimes to be covered by a special pardon this, the Constitution did not prevent issue a special pardon in stages ".
He added: "It is possible to issue a pardon for crimes your right, for example, in the case of a waiver with the victim or complainants in the first phase and fast, that there will be subsequent stages to include other crimes of crimes that passed the constitution issue a special pardon where after selecting these crimes that it would be possible coverage in this amnesty, particularly since the circumstances justify speed the adoption of this measure, justified by " https://translate.google.com/translat...8-15-34-32.pdf
Kurdistan Alliance: Our fears of the Federal Court rejected the law defining the mandates presidencies
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MP for the Kurdistan Islamic Union bloc Bakr flesh friend "that the fundamental problem about the law defining the mandates of the three presidencies due to the post of prime minister."
He said in a press statement today that "the Constitution does not specify a time limit for the three presidencies, so any party intends to oppose this law can resort to the Federal Court", believing that the Federal Court now lives in the worst stages of it is under the control of the executive branch, explaining that " State law says with confidence it Seltjo to the Federal Court to disable the law. "
And "We have concerns that the coalition of state law to influence the court to reject the law because the court is very weak at this stage (according to him), and if the Federal Court rejected this law will open the three presidencies of several election cycles. https://translate.google.com/translat...8-15-34-32.pdf
*** MEDHAT AL-MAMOUD IS THE EQUIVALENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS, U. S. A. ***
MP : A complaint to the Integrity Commission sent against the head of the Supreme Judicial Council.
28/01/2013 14:26:00
Baghdad/ NINA /-- Independent MP Sabah al-Saadi announced in a press conference held today at the Parliament building that a complaint has been sent to the head of the Integrity Commission and the Parliament Speaker against the head of the Supreme Judicial Council Medhat al-Mahmoud.
He added that al- Mahmood took advantage of three posts as is the head of the Supreme Judicial Council , President of the Cassation Court of and head of the judiciary Institute as well as he bypassed the legal retirement age of / 63 / years since 2003 what meaning he is now aged more than / 80 / years.
Al-Saadi ended : "All decisions made by the Supreme Judicial Council and the Cassation Court of and Judiciary Institute are void".
*** IN CHECKING TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON, AL MAMOUD, THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS FOUND FROM SEVERAL DAYS AGO ***
Saadi describes al-Mahmood as "criminal" and accuses him of impersonating three posts
Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14:04
Shafaq News / The independent MP form the National Alliance , Sabah al-Saadi accused on Tuesday, the head of the Supreme Judicial Council , Medhat al-Mahmoud of "impersonating" posts or positions for institutions for 13 years, calling on parliament , the Integrity Commission and the prosecutor to refer him to the judiciary to be accounted.
Saadi said at a press conference at the parliament building attended by "Shafaq News", that "The law of extending the judicial post period for 2012 No. 39 refers that the provisions of the item must be applied on the President of the appeal Court, its deputies and members of the court until the completion of any of them for 68 years old based on the need and provides a medical report that confirms his physical and mental ability.”
He explained that "Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud, who is 81 years old committed three crimes through impersonating the position of the head of the Federal Justice appeal Court and the Chairman of the Judicial Institute for 13 years as he has earned a lot of money because of high salaries and plots that were given to him by the Council of Ministers ".
Saadi added that "more than that he made decisions to transfer, assign and extend the period of the judges position in job and all of that is not of his validity because he is an impersonator of positions and had participated in different sentences although he is permanently out of service."
He said the "head of the judiciary became a criminal for impersonating the position of President of the Supreme Judicial Council and the President of the Federal appeal Court and head of the Judicial Institute," and wondered "to whom should we complain , Is there any judge who would issue an arrest warrant against Medhat al-Mahmoud"?
Saadi stressed that "these documents will be submitted to the Speaker of the parliament, the Integrity Commission and the Public Prosecution waiting for their judicial procedures against, Medhat al-Mahmoud the posts impostor."
*** IN 2008 IT APPEARS THAT THE HONORABLE CHIEF JUSTICE PROTECTED MALIKI FROM A MURDER ARREST WARRANT ***
President of the Supreme Judicial Council, instructs not to activate the arrest warrant against al-Maliki to a murder
(Voice of Iraq)
Instructed Chief Justice Medhat al-Mahmoud, to all the joints judiciary and the executive of the Council not to activate the arrest warrant issued against al-Maliki by the murder deliberate, and the Court of achieving Qurna affiliated to the Court of Appeals Basra Federal, has issued an arrest warrant and investigate the right of the accused Abdul Salam Mohsen Aremc Maliki on 22 Maes 2008 with three of his brothers on the impact of a murder committed willful and cremation of two a clan settlement in the south, after he cut the main road between Basra and Amarah, and sapling سيطرات armed, and inspect the identities of passengers to search for members of the clan, and happened to be found two them pacifists Vaguetadehm to his office in the district of tribal Qurna, and had to kill them onion from the BBC Force KC then burning their bodies.
Which called for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to embrace in his list (state law) and to confer protection and immunity him, after becoming a member of the House of Representatives for the rule of law, has learned the Prime Minister at the time his crime and demanded the outskirts near him not to Vibrio the list because it is a departure from the constants of Sharia law, but declined to hear arguing he needs the votes of his tribe (Bani Malik) in the elections, has been motionless judicial presidency prosecutors to activate memo addressing the House of Representatives to implement, especially they are issued before becoming a member, but that mobility hit commands strict by the President of the Council of the Supreme Judicial Council Medhat al-Mahmoud implementation of the orders of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, making Maliki contradictory positions, one hand keen strongly implement warrants arrest against Hashemi and Daini and Shabibi and others with failed to implement the right of relatives and belonging to his party and his list .
It is noted that the Attorney-Maliki accused in accordance with Article 406 of the Iraqi Penal Code frequently appearing in the media and talk and theorizing law and justice, national and most recently his statement published in the media when he described Barzani as (feigned crises), It is interesting that the Court of achieving Qurna addressed Rasheed Bank to book his money, while she knew the position and personality, but it did not take the initiative to implement the Memorandum right submission to superior orders issued by the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, and observers believe that this incident represents a complete lie Medhat al-Mahmoud the orders of the President of the Council of Ministers.
Furthermore, Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who faces the death penalty, said, “Reform and good governance in Iraq can only be achieved following the departure of Prime Minister Maliki and the dismissal of Medhat al-Mahmoud, the head of the Supreme Judicial Council.”
In a statement, Hashemi said that Maliki “is deceitful and that Mahmoud has placed the judiciary at the prime minister’s disposal.”
*** WHO IS JUSTICE MEDHAT ? , ARTICLE FROM HIS APPEARANCE IN THE U.S. LAST YEAR ***
Iraqi Justice
A Forgotten War’s Overlooked Here
by Daniel Rothenberg|August 28, 2012
Earlier this summer Medhat al-Mahmoud, the chief justice of Iraq and president of the Iraqi Higher Judicial Council, came to Arizona to speak at the annual conference of state judges and at the state bar association’s yearly meeting. His presence was something of a surprise to most in the audience given how disconnected Americans have become from Iraq and our nation-building adventures there.
Nearly a decade after the American invasion unseated Saddam Hussein, there remains a marked divergence of understanding between Americans and Iraqis about what has occurred in Iraq in recent years. Americans know that thousands of U.S. soldiers lost their lives and many thousands more have been seriously wounded, but they tend to overlook the fact that hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were killed and over five million forced to flee their homes to escape violence. The social impact of this level of daily conflict is difficult to convey or comprehend and remains largely unacknowledged in our country.
The visit of Justice Medhat (as he likes to be called) was designed to remedy this. His audiences included about 500 judges, virtually the entire Arizona judiciary, from the justices on the Arizona Supreme Court to local officials in small rural communities. Few came knowing much about the Iraqi courts, even though the U.S. invested billions in rule of law projects.
Looking like a kindly grandfather, the short, soft-spoken Justice Medhat addressed nuts-and-bolts issues such as budgets, disciplinary proceedings, trainings, promotions, and the daily struggles of managing a complex bureaucracy. While many administrative issues were similar, the comparisons were humbling for the Arizonan jurists. While they might complain about strained budgets, heavy caseloads, and ongoing struggles with the state legislature, Justice Medhat matter-of-factly pointed out that 181 members of his staff (49 judges and 132 court administrators) had been killed and many more injured, kidnapped, wounded, and brutalized. Even the highest-ranking figures faced constant threats. Justice Medhat himself remained in his position after his son was assassinated, shortly after becoming a father himself.
During this difficult and tragic time, when few Iraqi families were untouched by the violence, the country drafted a new constitution, reconstituted virtually every aspect of its mechanisms of governance, held substantive democratic elections, and redefined the relationship between the state and the public. Law has been central to every aspect of this process. While these changes are ongoing and the nation’s future remains uncertain, the refashioning of the judiciary is widely recognized as a success story, albeit one that few Americans know much about.
Shortly after the fall of the prior regime in April 2003, there was widespread chaos and looting in Iraq, following the dismantling of the army, police, and other institutions of state authority. Justice Medhat helped rally other judges and officials to convince them to return to their offices (particularly in Baghdad and other cities), if only for short periods to “send a message to the citizenry that the institutions of the State were being restored.” There were plans by the occupying authorities to disband the judiciary just as was done with the army and various state-run businesses. Through the actions of Justice Medhat and others, the judiciary was preserved, although many high-ranking Ba’ath Party officials and judges linked to past abuses were removed.
In June 2003, Justice Medhat was named the interim Minister of Justice. He set about guiding the legal reconstruction of Iraq following decades of authoritarian rule. Saddam Hussein and the Ba’ath Party used the law as a key tool for repression, creating special courts and proceedings linking surveillance, abuse, and the brutal targeting of those seen as enemies of the state. Despite this recent history, Iraqis still view their national identity as bound to a respect for the law. They commonly draw attention to their status as the “birthplace of law” through the Code of Hammurabi, which defined key aspects of social order, including criminal punishments and rules for contracts, almost 4,000 years ago.
By September 2003, Justice Medhat was able to engineer a formal separation of the judiciary from the executive branch through the creation of the Higher Judicial Council. By 2005 the Federal Supreme Court was created. During this time, Justice Medhat played a central role in major law reforms, including tripling the number of judges and public advocates, overseeing a ten-fold increase in their salaries, creating special Judicial Investigation Offices to receive direct citizen complaints, and establishing a Judicial Development Institute to provide judges and others with continuing education. Iraq has experienced a substantial increase in legal cases filed before the courts (there are now over one million lawsuits in Iraq), and judicial decisions can be reviewed on a publicly accessible website.
Reforms were implemented under dangerous and difficult conditions, especially from 2005 through 2008, the worst years of the violence. Under a situation often described as civil war, going to work each day in much of the country involved risking one’s life. Many of Iraq’s lawyers and judges fled the country with their families, along with substantial numbers of trained professionals in every field. Yet the chief justice and others remained in Iraq.
At an early stage in the nation’s reconstruction process, Justice Medhat wrote, “Judges enjoy a highly revered stature in the people’s minds … due to the role they play in preserving social equilibrium … Being the custodians and guardians of the people’s rights, freedom, and dignity, they deserve the great veneration and esteem the people bestow on them.” Within the current American political environment, it is difficult to voice claims of honor and profound respect when referring to state institutions other than those involved with security, such as the military. Yet, in one of the most violent countries in the world, a committed group of legal professionals have built a system in which such statements are more than empty rhetoric. They have shown that it is worth risking one’s life to establish a state that respects individual freedom and the rule of law.
Justice Medhat’s presentations were a sobering reminder of our own stated values and principles, even if delivered by a man from a distant country from which Americans seem increasingly disengaged.
Daniel Rothenberg is the Executive Director of the Center for Law and Global Affairs at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
Vote on dismissing Youth Minister to be included in next parliamentary sessions, says MP
Monday, 28 January 2013 16:15 | | |
Baghdad (AIN) -MP Jawad al-Hasnawi of the parliamentary Ahrar bloc announced that the vote on the request of withdrawing confidence from the Minister of Youth & Sports, Jasim Mohamed Jaafar, will be included within the parliament agendas of the next week.
Hasnawi stated to All Iraq News Agency "The decision of the Federal Court over the legality of investigating the Minister Paved the path in front of the vote on dismissing him, so the coming days will witness completing the legal procedures related to dismissing the Minister."
The Federal Court has refused the appeal of Jaafar concerning the request of investigating him at the Parliament.
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