A proposal to extend the amnesty circle to include former beneficiaries and reduce the period of con

A proposal to extend the amnesty circle to include former beneficiaries and reduce the period of condemnation


 BAGHDAD / Wael blessing

After about two months of the submission of the government amendments on the "amnesty law", the division is still master of the situation within the parliamentary committees on the controversial legislation.
Legal Committee emphasizes the determination of parliament put forward amendments for the second reading after a holiday "Nowruz , " indicating that the dispute centered around the right to drop the year, in addition to the split on expanding the circle of amnesty to include the kidnapping of a criminal nature.
He revealed MPs for new proposals in favor of the inclusion of the former enjoying amnesty provisions of the new amnesty.
It attributes parliamentary parties to accept the Parliament amendments to government after refusing earlier, to change the positions of some of the blocks, and try to others to make way for the law to mature its importance.
And the voice of the House of Representatives, the middle of January last, to accept a proposal by the government to amend the amnesty law in principle, after the rejection of amendments sent by the former government late last year.
He criticized the Prime Minister of the amnesty law, days after approval, and described the parliament additions to its terms as "criminal."
Ebadi said 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 law, and its tail requirement not caused death or disability , or the destruction of government property.
On this amendment, the Prime Minister said , "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 blow 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 termed when takfiri and terrorist groups. It deals with the law to the kidnappings, which gave rise to 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.
Legal Committee and it defended, at the time, all the amendments to the draft (general amnesty), citing a copy that includes the government was "very limited categories." The Commission added new paragraphs based on the powers provided for by the Constitution, according to some of its members.
More than 10 judges participated for several weeks, with the political blocs and parliamentary committees, to put the finishing touches on the general amnesty law. After 6 days of the parliamentary vote, endorsed the presidency of the law. Which to the surprise of political parties from the presidential rush to pass the law despite widespread objections raised.
Recently, the parliament read a government amendment for the first time, and then entered the debate and amendment within the competent parliamentary committees that look like they Taatkm the most detail stage.

Back to square one
MP says Qassim bonded, a member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee (range) yesterday, "amended some of the paragraphs, and made it easier for the benefit of some of the measures covered by the law, and will read the law for the second time after the holiday Nowruz holiday."
He said slave "The courts require a waiver from the government 's general right to approve amnesty for the accused," adding that "this requirement was illegal because the philosophy is based on the amnesty waiver from the general right and keep personal right."
He explained the mass of state law that "legal committee dealt with it , " but he kept on to give details regarding the contentious issues relating to charges of terrorism, kidnapping, which sparked criticism of the prime minister at the time. The only bonded by saying that "most of the paragraphs of the law remained under the first version of the law."
The government is seeking the second amendment to the inclusion of counterfeiters rank of director general or above amnesties in exchange for raising the allowance condemnation to 50 thousand dinars for each day. And excluded the government amendments kidnappings in all forms of the amnesty provisions.
And criticized the Commission on Human Rights, the committee responsible for the legislation of the amnesty law, an exception kidnappings due to the feet of some of the people convicted on the sale of their property to compensate those affected.

Reduced condemnation
but does not seem that there is a consensus yet within the Legal Committee on the draft of the new amendment, according to Deputy Secretary Baker, who said (range), " There have been many discussions about the law within the Commission but have not gotten to the end of the official version."
He said Baker, a member of the Kurdish Gorran bloc member, said that "among the proposals on the table regarding the kidnappings, some are demanding the separation of kidnappings in criminal offenses and the other in which the motives of terror."
But Kurdish lawmaker stressed the difficulty of differentiating between the two cases, noting that " the claimants so Discrimination believe that crimes that ended with reconciliation or compensation, which did not lead to damage, may include a pardon."
And speaking member of the Legal Committee for "proposals to reduce the duration of condemnation for some crimes, and not to prevent the claim covered by the previous amnesty, which was issued in 2008, to enjoy the new provisions of the amnesty."
Deputies had considered the new amendment to the amnesty law gave the flexibility of the crimes that occurred before the advent of Daesh.
And separated the new version of the law, among the crimes that occurred before the date of June 10, 2014, in reference to the history of the occupation of Mosul and a number of neighboring provinces, and after this date.
It is supposed that the law allows to re - investigate crimes committed before the fall of Mosul , in the case proved that the charges were due to the "frivolous lawsuit", or by a "confidential informant", or extract confessions by force. The provisions of the amnesty will not include crimes that occurred after the fall of Mosul , for any reason.

Change the positions of the blocks
and attributed the MPs to change the position of the parliament to accept the government amendments to the paragraph concerning the reinvestigation was reason to change his mind to accept the Parliament reshuffle.
But members objecting to the amendments, pointed out that the decline of some deputies came to give a chance to discuss the law, not out of conviction.
The MP dry longings, a member of the Commission on Human Rights, in a statement to (range) , " the voice of some lawmakers to approve in principle to the new amendments, to make way for everyone to discuss the law and then make a final decision on it."
Dry confirmed, one of the contestants on the government reshuffle, said that " the parliament is divided into two teams on the amnesty law, and there is no predominance of any party so far."
It was dry in an earlier statement revealed, (range), said the new amendments to the general amnesty law included the inclusion of counterfeiters degree of general manager and above, which was considered an indication that the article was written specifically to take out some of the people from prisons.
The last amendment to raise the price for the remaining duration of condemnation from 10 thousand to 50 thousand dinars a day, in the forgery of the Director General of crimes and older.


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