Parliament is preparing to launch additional law "for the devolution of powers" between the center a

Parliament is preparing to launch additional law "for the devolution of powers" between the center and local governments

Baghdad / Mohammad Sabah

House of Representatives is preparing to introduce a "law of devolution of powers" between the center and the provinces irregular province. He said deputies of the Parliamentary Committee of the Regions that the law is complementary to provincial law which was amended recently, and he will identify exclusive and shared powers of both the central government and local governments, as well as how the government waived its powers or some of their powers, temporarily or permanently.

In a move described as "legislative revolution" has the help of experts from Canada and other countries, the House of Representatives voted last June, on the proposed law on the second amendment to the law governorates not organized in a region (21) for the year 2008. The State of Law coalition withdrew from the meeting and threatened to challenge the law, but he declined calling for amending some articles on Balbtrodolar.

The MP said Mohammed Kayani, Chairman of the Committee of the Regions and provincial parliamentary told the "term" that "the law of devolution of powers has been discussed on Wednesday in our committee for submission for the first reading in the House of Representatives," noting that "the law will organize powers between the authorities and ministries with local governments according to the constitution. "

The Article 123 of the Constitution to that: may be delegated powers of the federal government to the provinces, or vice versa, with the consent of the parties.

He Kiyani, a Kurdish lawmaker, said that "the Committee of the Regions will host the ministers, governors and heads of provincial councils for discussion in the law sandbox," adding that "the law is complementary to modify the second provincial law to give sufficient powers to local governments and the consolidation of decentralization."

The President of the Committee of the Regions to that, "for the purpose of decentralization real need to change the legislative structure of the Iraqi state based on the central to the structure of decentralization based on the sharing of powers between the center and local governments, both according to its competence," stressing the need to "age group of laws that complement each other to complete the decentralization project. "

Article (115) of the Constitution provides that "all matters not stipulated in the exclusive powers of the federal authorities, the validity of the regions and governorates that are not organized in a region, and other powers shared between the federal government and the regions, the priority in which the Law of the regions and governorates that are not organized in a region, in case of dispute. "

For his part, MP Ziad worldwide abolition, Rapporteur of the Committee of the Regions and provincial parliamentary said "it is not possible to implement Law No. (21) for the year 2008 the entire unless there is a clear vision to see the powers of the federal government and local governments, and therefore, it requires us to the enactment of the devolution of powers" .

The worldwide abolition, in a statement to the "long", that "the Constitution pointed to the existence of the powers shared and exclusive and considered all matters not provided for in the Constitution, it will be the prerogative of local governments, and this is what was installed in Law No. 21 of 2008."

The MP said the Iraqi List, saying that "under this law the federal government will be able to delegate or authorize local governments some exclusive powers," adding that "it would apply in reverse on the provincial councils to delegate all the federal government has not provided for by the Constitution of the special powers."

And determines the Iraqi Constitution in Article (114) competencies shared between the federal authorities and provincial authorities to "manage customs in coordination with the governments of the regions and governorates that are not organized in a region, and organize sources of electric power main and distribution, and environmental policymaking to ensure the protection of the environment from pollution, and to maintain cleanliness in collaboration with the regions and governorates that are not organized in a region, and drawing development policies and overall layout, and drawing general health policy, in cooperation with the regions and governorates that are not organized in a region, and policy educational General in consultation with the regions and governorates that are not organized in a region, and policy-making internal water resources, and organization to ensure equitably. "

The worldwide abolition stresses that "the next legislative term will display sandbox Act for first reading in the House of Representatives and will also host the Ministers of Provincial Affairs and the House of Representatives to take their opinion into it."

He believed that "this law will separate and clarify the powers of the provinces from the federal government for organized according to this legislation."

He noted the decision of the Parliamentary Committee of the Regions that "the powers of authorization will be by a joint body is Bmugea the signing of the delegation agreement between central and local government, and may be permanent or time with any province or territory."

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