The judiciary responded to critics of the implementation of the General Amnesty Law



2016-09-21 17:32:23 | (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad

A spokesman for the judiciary, Judge Abdul Sattar Bayrakdar, that the implementation of the amnesty law before it was published in the Official Gazette, is due to the fact that legislation in Parliament committed implementation date passed directly.

Said Bayraktar, in a press release, that the reason for the start of implementation of the Supreme Judicial Council of the amnesty law before it was published in the Official Gazette is due to the fact that the Amnesty Law No. (27) for the year 2016 text to be implemented from the date of approval of the National Assembly on 25.08.2016.

Bayraktar added that Article 129 of the Constitution stipulates that the laws shall be published in the (Official Gazette) and operates from the date of publication , unless the law provides otherwise, indicating that the amnesty law stipulates that implements the law from the date of approval on 25/08/2016 .

He said that Article 14 of the General Amnesty Law referred to states that do not work with any provision inconsistent with the provisions of this law, pointing out that the failure to issue the orders of the Supreme Judicial Council on enforcement of the law means a breach of constitutional and legal obligation, according to the statement.

He noted the official spokesman of the judiciary that Article 15 of the Law Nstaly Supreme Judicial Council may issue instructions to facilitate the implementation of this law, stressing that it means that the Supreme Judicial Council has carried out the constitutional obligation and legal contained in Articles 129 of the Constitution , and (15) of the Act.

The House of Representatives voted on 25 August, approving the general amnesty law , which includes all crimes except for exceptions , including "rape, human trafficking and internal and external security, and the crimes of embezzlement of money public to be returned," as well as "foreign non - Iraqis and accused of terrorism."

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