Parliamentary legal rule out the adoption of the amnesty law "soon"



2016-08-14 21:16:00 | (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad

Parliamentary Legal Committee ruled, on Sunday, the possibility of a general amnesty law passed soon, attributed to the opposition National Alliance paragraph that allows the right of convicted request re - investigated and tried again.

A member of the committee, Sheikh Ali Faik, " The dispute over the re - investigation of the convicted and tried delaying the adoption of the amnesty law."

He said Sheikh Ali, that the "article provides for the right of claiming a confession under duress or because of the confidential informant, called for re - investigated and tried again , " adding , "But this right is conditioned on the committee of the Supreme Judicial Council consider the request re - investigation and trial and not random . " .

The member of the legal committee of parliamentary, that " the National Alliance calls for deleting that paragraph , to prevent the re - investigation and trial, because he believed that the convicts and criminals all will call it right, but the Legal Committee of the Parliamentary differ with them in this regard", ruling out the possibility of "overcome their differences on that paragraph and pass a law hearing tomorrow Monday or even soon. "

The Iraqi Council of Representatives has failed on Saturday (14th of August now 2016), to vote on the inclusion of draft general amnesty law on the agenda of the 11th session of the first legislative term of the third legislative agenda for the year.

The mass of citizens parliament, had announced (12th of August now 2016), all the points of contention resolve on the draft general amnesty law, while pointed out that the law "will not allow the exit of both hands are stained with the blood of Iraqis," confirmed the offer to a vote in the House of Representatives session "Saturday."

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