Jubouri: Parliament legislation binding laws and import and distribution of wealth to the provinces
26/08/2014 - 15:12
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
The head of the House of Representatives Saleem al-Jubouri, on Tuesday, that the Parliament legislation binding laws and import and distribution of natural resources to the provinces, noting that the meeting with the heads of the provincial council aims to strengthen the relationship between the parliament and local governments to activate the principle of administrative decentralization.
Jubouri said during a press conference, today, with the heads of provincial councils at the parliament building, and attended "Alsumaria News", "provincial councils are the cornerstone of democracy-building and according to the constitution and on this basis should be given a lot of powers," adding that "the House of Representatives will be binding legislation laws and import and distribution of natural resources to the provinces and the Federation Council adoption of the law and speed up the approval of the general budget. "
Jubouri said that "today's meeting touched on discussing the security situation experienced by the country and the problem of displaced people," adding that "the issue of hosting the governors and heads of provincial councils will be permanently in the House of Representatives for the transfer of their suffering to the parliament and the executive branch."
The President of the Parliament to "end the foundation of the meeting is to find a great deal of cooperation and mutual trust between the two sides to strengthen the relationship between local governments and the parliament to give effect to the principle of administrative decentralization and create a framework Agree clear with the executive bodies of the Council of Ministers and the security services and the head of the government."
And met with Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri, on Tuesday afternoon, with the heads of the provincial councils to discuss Iraqi provincial councils activation code and give the central provinces, while did not attend the meeting, representatives of the three provinces.
The Prime Minister outgoing Nuri al-Maliki called, (January 12, 2014), to reconsider the law of the provinces the rate at which contains a lot of notes, and as pointed out there are the voices demanding the army and the independence of each province, considered that it is against the law.
It is noteworthy that the second amendment to Law No. 21 of 2008, passed by the Iraqi Council of Representatives, addresses the overlap between the powers of the local governments and the central government, and gives legislative powers and control very wide to the provinces, and gives the provinces half revenues border crossings, also provides for the provinces of oil-producing five dollars instead of one dollar for every barrel of oil produced or repeats them or issued through.
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