Governmental amendments freeze "general amnesty", two months after the approval



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01/11/2016 01:16

Long-Presse / Baghdad
It led to harsh criticism from the prime minister for law, "general amnesty" to freeze temporarily, even two months after its adoption. The law provides for its entry into force as soon as the parliamentary vote on it.

The government handed over recently to the House of Representatives proposed amendments to the previous version's (general amnesty), but the latter has not offered to read yet, which angered the Sadrist movement, which calls for speeding up the release of dozens of his followers convicted terrorist operation issues.

The amendments included an exception "kidnapping" of the amnesty provisions, as new mechanisms for re-trial for the defendants in terrorism issues mode.

As stipulated government amendments on some paragraphs considered by some "provocative" Khmol general managers and above from the "document forgers," the provisions of the amnesty.

Government amendment also provides for retroactive force, which was considered by the Legal Committee unconstitutional facilitate challenged in court.

He criticized Prime Minister (General Amnesty Law), just days after its approval, and described the parliament additions to its terms as "criminal."

Ebadi said at the time that "the government rejects this subject and we will give an amendment to these paragraphs." He added, "we exclude all crimes of abduction from the amnesty, but the House of Representatives charged, that does not result in death or permanent disability."

Parliament held an amendment to the crimes of terrorism, which exempted the government version of the amnesty, and its tail requirement not caused death or disability, or the destruction of government property.

Ebadi said in this regard that "in the event of a terrorist saw a security man wearing an explosives belt he sacrifices himself for the dismantling of the belt, and in the light of the law would be released, because he was not killed or blowing himself up."

The House passed, on 25 August, a general amnesty, which included all those sentenced to death and other penalties except for 13 categories of crimes, including: the terrorist crime that gave rise to the killing or permanent disability, and crimes of human trafficking and all that falls under Title Act (captivity) as It termed the terrorist and takfiri groups.

It deals with the law to the kidnappings, which grew up in the death of the kidnapped or anonymity determination, or cause permanent disability, and rape, and crimes of smuggling of antiquities and crimes of money laundering.

It is assumed that the law comes into effect in September, and that takes the investigating judges and special courts of law enforcement in the thirty-day period for each defendant.

Abadi was on time, either to challenge the law in court for violating the provisions of the Constitution, or to submit a draft bill to amend paragraphs dilemma, which is the oldest it already.

Parliamentary Legal Committee and defended the amendments, which were held on the draft (general amnesty), attributed to the fact that they include a copy of the government is "very limited categories." Parliamentary Committee added new paragraphs, depending on the terms of reference laid down by the Constitution, according to some of its members.

More than 10 judges participated for weeks with the political blocs and parliamentary committees to finalize a general amnesty law.

After 6 days of the parliamentary vote, it endorsed the presidency of the law, which the surprise of political parties to its questions from the presidency rush to pass the law despite widespread objections raised.

Sadrist detainees

After days of a general amnesty legislation, the Supreme Judicial Council issued clear instructions through mechanisms of implementation of the law.

But the Office of the Attorney Juma, a member of the Liberal bloc, denied permission for a brief (range) "exit prisoners of the Sadrist movement," denying he knew the reasons.

In conjunction with the announcement of the government's refusal of a law "general amnesty" current, called Ansar al-Sadr's movement campaign on social networking sites to call for the release of their prisoners who say they are the "resisters of occupation."

The Legal Committee of the Parliamentary have added (Article 10), which stipulates that includes amnesty "Iraqi sentenced to death or to a penalty or negative measures of freedom, whether and Jahia judgment or in absentia gained a degree of bits or not acquired if the victim and the prosecutor the right profile of foreign troops occupied up to (2011) to make it clear that condemned the killing of Iraqis. "

He defended the Sadrists much about the addition of Article 10, in an effort to release the convicts from his supporters. He revealed deputies Liberal bloc of 30 detainees from their followers, Ciecmlon the provisions of the amnesty.

Forgery of certificates

In turn, stressed the MP dry longings, a member of the parliamentary human rights committee, received calls from people with complaints from prisoners include "Aptzazmahamin due to release measures crashes."

She Dry, he told the (range) yesterday, that "the instructions of law enforcement have been issued but the Government's objection it may malfunction," pointing out that "the government reshuffle on general amnesty, which arrived in Parliament, to ensure provocative paragraph I myself Sorvdha."

She Kurdish MP said "a paragraph talking about the inclusion of document forgers school to get a job as general manager and above are covered by the law," pointing out that "the article stipulated that have spent a third of his sentence and paid $ 50 thousand for every day a prison."

Dry and noted that "the preceding paragraph may be excluded counterfeiters who received certificates for the post of general manager and above the general amnesty."

Kidnapping and impact reactionary crimes

She says MP Kadhim al-Shammari, a member of the legal committee, said that "the amendment exempted comprehensively crime of kidnapping of the law."

The law was passed by Parliament excluded, in (Article 4 / VI) "kidnappings that grew up in the death of the kidnapped or anonymity destiny events or permanent disability."

Shammari said, in an interview with (range), that "the amendments included Article 9 for terrorism and retrial," stressing that "the judiciary has not released any sentenced according to the law so far."

The parliamentary agenda, the session last Saturday, which included a paragraph "The first reading of the draft first amendment to the law of the amnesty law No. (27) for the year 2016 has been postponed to read the amendment to the October 24 meeting, but the agenda of the last session did not include a paragraph amendment.

For his part, MP Hassan Turan, a member of the legal committee, said that "the Government's objection to the law does not mean failure to perform."

He said Turan, in connection with the (range), "The amendment to the amnesty, which reached to the Legal Committee, includes a clause unconstitutional," explaining that "the paragraph says that this law is implemented from the date of the previous amnesty."

He noted a member of the Legal Committee that " the Iraqi constitution explicitly to prevent the enactment of any law retroactively , " adding that "not avoid this issue will lead to challenge the law."

From: grace - Habitat.

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