Iraq: Snmrr general amnesty in isolation from state law

Date: Saturday 15/09/2012 10:01 am




 Baghdad / Iyad al-Tamimi
confirmed to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights that the amnesty law was ready for a vote and has been discussed in all respects in accordance with the importance of the law. A member of the Commission on Human Rights MP Dry longings that "the Commission was keen to study law to take account of human rights on the one hand the offender and the victim"




, Pointing out "that the experts in the field of human rights gave advice to ensure the rights of victims' families who are demanding reinstatement for them." Dry said in a statement to the extent "that the Commission on Human Rights has enriched the law in all points," but they passed this stage ruled out "being one of the laws that need to be a political consensus."

And from the refusal of the Ministry of Human Rights to release convicted criminals in accordance with Article 4 terrorism Dry said that "each institution's point of view regarding the law," saying that "the ongoing correspondence between the Commission on Human Rights and the Ministry of Human Rights to clarify the points at issue."

On the other hand confirmed the Iraqi List, "that political conflicts are the main obstacles to the adoption of the amnesty law," and called on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to "to assume detainees innocent person and forgives immediately released," he demanded the release of those who were arrested, according to information provided by the confidential informant or without judicial orders.

Iraqi Deputy spokesman Haidar al-Mulla said the "parliamentary blocs agreed to the adoption of the amnesty law during the current legislative term."

Mulla pointed out that all blocs agreed but "Maliki's coalition still disagree with no real justification," likely "to pass the law through a deal agreed upon by blocks away from the rule of law."

For his part, the head of the parliamentary legal committee Khalid Shwani "to postpone the vote on the amnesty law on the first session of yesterday in the House of Representatives came at the request of the majority of the political blocs in order to re-drafting of the law again in order to protect the security of the country."

Shwani said in a press statement that "the General Amnesty Law put in a session on Thursday to discuss it, but there was an intervention during the meeting by the majority of members of the House of Representatives on drafting and each differed on a number of paragraphs and thus members voted to postpone it to a hearing."

He stressed that "the majority of the political blocs demanding the need to reformulate the law of the new so there will not be violations of the law and does not even have its own legislation threatened the security of the country."

The House voted on the first Thursday to postpone the general amnesty law until further notice, said a source in the House of Representatives that "members of the House of Representatives voted to postpone the vote on the amnesty law session yesterday the first to notice due to lack of agreement."

The amnesty law of controversial laws and raised around a lot of reactions between supporters and opponents.

For its part, called the religious authority to study law thoroughly before approval and if what has been agreed upon, it must be in accordance with the conditions.

In the meantime, ruled out the leader of the Liberal bloc of the Sadrist movement Prince Kanani general amnesty law passed during the current parliamentary week, which ends next Tuesday.

Kinani said in a press statement that the Integrity Commission has asked the House of Representatives image adjustment financial and administrative corruption in the General Amnesty Law, and was postponing the law until next week, noting that "the difficulty of the adoption of the amnesty law this week to work the House of Representatives because it takes time."

The MP added that "the problem in the passage of the amnesty law is not in the legal committee, because the Committee had concluded its discussion, but when the political blocs, some of them wants to modify the wording or add other paragraphs to him."

Ezzat Parliamentary Legal Committee to postpone the vote on the law to political differences despite the end of its drafting.

For its part, announced the Liberal bloc in Parliament of the Sadrist movement readiness general amnesty law and a vote in Parliament, asking everyone to "non-political Bid."

MP for the coalition of state law, Abbas al-Bayati, a disagreement on some paragraphs of the general amnesty law, ruled approval before Eid al-Adha, pointing out that "the legal committee has not completed its report on it."

Bayati said that "the political blocs have disagreement on some paragraphs of the General Amnesty Law Some of them wants to increase the exceptions and some of them want to minimize," noting that "Parliament does not want to be law contains loopholes which performs terrorists and Mgtinmo public money."

He Bayati that the "coalition of state law supports the general amnesty law, but does not want to exit terrorist elements from prison, as happened with the Amnesty Law Previous", ruling that "is the law is passed before the Eid al-Adha, because the legal committee has not completed its report on it."