Parliament votes to amend the amnesty law and finish reading the Crimes Act [Extender}



2017/8/21 16:14


[In Baghdad]

Congress voted in the fifteenth regular meeting held under the chairmanship of Dr Salim Al-Juburi, head of the Council in the presence of 170 Deputy today on the first amendment to the law on general amnesty and finished reading crimes bill with interrogation postponed Hassan Rashed, Minister of communications.

In a statement to Parliament information service received all Iraq [where] a copy today that "at the beginning of the session introduced Jabouri on behalf of the Council thanks to both legal and health committees, tourism and antiquities, labour and Social Affairs, culture and information, finance, deportees and displaced persons to attend meetings of committees attendance, calling members of other parliamentary committees regularly attending meetings, stressing that the Presidency will present reports on the activity of the parliamentary committees after parliamentary Chamber.

The Council voted to reject the report of the Committee of experts chose the members of the Independent Electoral Commission and its work.
For his part offered Attorney Mohamed Al-halbusi apology from the Council Presidency and Parliament on behaviour that made during the meeting.

The Council voted on the draft law of the first amendment to the general amnesty law [27] the year 2016 and legal Committee which said the seriousness of terrorist crimes and crimes of kidnapping on society especially committed after 10/6/2014 in order not to allow the perpetrators of impunity and not to encourage others to commit to increasing the amount of the fine on the substituted penalty or measure.

On completion of a vote on a bill the provincial and district elections and provided legal committees, regions and provinces in the territory, the President declared the Jabouri about the provincial component representatives reached a rough agreement on the wording of articles 37 and 52 of the Bill and some paragraphs that need to be reworked and study, noting that the positive atmosphere marked by meetings and flexibility from all parties, representatives of provincial components which will postpone the vote on the provincial election bill to the next meeting at the request Conservative deputies.

The Presidency decided to postpone completing a vote on a bill for the third amendment of provincial law in territory number 21 for 2008 from legal commissions, territories and provinces in the territory.

The Board completed voting in principle to proceed with the proposed legislation law of Babylon, capital of Iraq and of the committees on culture, information and tourism and Antiquities.

Jabouri clan Committee tasked to move the follow conditions of Basra tribal dispute in accordance with the powers granted to the Commission with the assistance of members of the House of Basra.

The President decided to postpone the vote on each jaburi candidates in tribal conflicts Committee membership and Committee membership candidates abducted about investigative and appeals about the validity of the membership of some gentlemen of Deputies.

On the guidance of the Chairman of the Board to investigate remarks by Congresswoman Huda carpets withdrawal of signatures, mp Talal Al-zawbai integrity Committee Chairman that the Joint Committee the problem of integrity and legal committees regarding with remarks Deputy Huda carpets which hosted the meeting Deputy Huda carpets and high mp, pointing out that the Joint Committee requested an extension of work to check on the contents of the names of MPs who have been pulling their signatures.

He said the extension of the Joint Committee until tomorrow for a purpose and if a file needs to be transferred to the judicial procedure justice and the House of representatives will actions of his hurdling charges Deputy Huda carpets.

Asked about questioning the House of Hassan Rashed Communications Minister at the request of the acting guidance, the President noted that carpet interviewing the Minister considered valid based on the Special Committee's decision to consider the interrogations which char to mp Huda carpets made in the current list of signatures to August 20 a number of ladies and gentlemen deputies deputies ' signatures on enhancement to interrogate a Communications Minister makes a quorum achieved until after questioning the quorum before disruption following the withdrawal of signatures 15 parliamentary seats to 33 seats, pointing The Commission has documented 16 written request to withdraw signatures including 15 deputies have already received their names in the list of signatures.

At the beginning of the process of questioning the Communications Minister said progress thanks to the Communications Minister for attending the House session being proof of respect for the democratic system and guided the carpet mp enhance supervisory role.

For his part between Hassan Rashed submitting a lawsuit to Federal Court over the withdrawal of signatures of some lawmakers from questioning request list in conjunction with a coordinated public information campaigns to attack the Ministry, pointing to his presence in front of the parliamentary Service Commission to display all the details regarding the work of the Ministry of communications, calling to reschedule for questioning.

Councilwoman confirmed Huda carpets requesting questioning its commitment to strengthen the oversight role of the Parliament and the democratic process and to accelerate the process of questioning.

In turn he drew first Deputy Speaker Sheikh Humam Hamoudi atmosphere surrounding the interrogation of course-like atmosphere during the Communications Minister postpone questioning Agriculture Minister before making the House decision to prevent the withdrawal of signatures on requests for questioning, indicating the importance of assuring the Minister of communications on interrogation mechanisms with the importance of identifying new appointment as Minister of agriculture.

And the Chairman of the Board to hold a hearing tomorrow to the Presidency to consider the recommendations made by the committees on interrogations to determine a new date for the questioning of the Minister of communications.

The Council concluded by reading the report and discussion of information crime bill submitted by the defence and security committees, higher education and scientific research, legal, culture and media and human rights, services and reconstruction.

And in the interventions of representatives, Congresswoman khilani berwan stressed the importance of benefiting from the experiences and techniques and experiences of developed countries by combating information crime.

Lawmaker Hoshyar Abdullah scored reservation on legislation in the current period being conducive to establishing State intelligence.
Raad stressed the importance of speeding up the diamonds to submit the Bill to a vote.

Mp Ammar suggested tastes that Bill includes an accounting of material published articles contrary to public morals and religious symbols.

For his part, the Mufti Government representative need Turhan legislation take n with the possibility of forming a Joint Committee of Deputies and Ministers to study the Bill and set up a formula ripe for speedy approval.

In its reply to interventions, the Committee concerned to take into consideration the proposals and experiences of developed countries in this regard to Browning and its Bill soon.

Then the Council Presidency decided to resume meeting on Monday 23/8/2017.

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