Parliament ends reading two laws and votes to ban the participation of officials in conferences detr

Parliament ends reading two laws and votes to ban the participation of officials in conferences detrimental to the national interest [expanded]



Editorial date: 2017/4/30


The House of Representatives voted in its ordinary session, which was held under the chairmanship of Dr. Salim al-Jubouri, Speaker of the Council and in the presence of 173 deputies on Sunday a parliamentary resolution prohibiting the attendance or participation of politicians or officials in conferences inside and outside Iraq without the approval of the Iraqi authorities.
According to a statement of the Department of Media Council of Representatives received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it today that "at the outset of the meeting of the Council's refusal to issue a recommendation to the Commission on Human Rights through the Committee of Experts on the representation of the Yezidi component of the Board of Commissioners within the share of components due to their exposure to a significant violation by the organization Calling the terrorist ".
The Council voted on a resolution prohibiting Iraqi politicians and officials from attending or participating in conferences and meetings that affect the security of the state, the political system and the national interest, which are held outside or inside Iraq without the approval of the Iraqi authorities.
The Council voted on the recommendations of the report of the Integrity Committee on violations committed by the Council of Diwaniyah province, according to a parliamentary request of 45 deputies, which includes an objection House of Representatives decision on the authorization and the council's mandate to its President to take legal action against the members of the fact that the decision constitutes a violation of the law and a pretext to prevent members from performing Their role and stop all legal proceedings against the member of the Provincial Council against the background of the questioning provided by the President of the Council and follow-up of the cases mentioned by the Integrity Commission and to instruct the security authorities to follow the fugitives and seize the car and open a case in the Integrity Commission on this matter.
MP Mohammad Naji read out a statement condemning repeated Turkish attacks on Iraqi soil, pointing out that Iraq has taken all possible means diplomatically to stay away from all that provokes the situation from the spasm and complexity to deter the repeated aggression by the Turkish government headed by Erdogan, which sparked a whirlwind his irresponsible statement when he accused the House of Representatives of legislation Of terrorism and accused the popular crowd of being a terrorist, in addition to blatant interference in the Iraqi Sunnis and repeated attacks on Iraqi soil by occupying parts of Mosul and using air force to commit crimes against targets in Makhmour and Sinjar, T Iraqis, required to take a national position commensurate with the Turkish challenge in the aggression against Iraq and its people, calling for a commercial boycott of the products of Turkish goods and prevent them from entering Iraqi territory and a resolution of the House of Representatives to commit the government to do so in support of our people and the maintenance of our sovereignty.
The MP Sheikh Abboud al-Issawi issued a statement on behalf of the tribal committee on the repercussions of the Iraqi society after the call, stressing the importance of working to develop a comprehensive executive program to achieve stability and return the displaced and the establishment of security, expressing concern about the emergence of practices and habits alien to the tribes in the apparent exploitation of the weakness of power , Announcing the agreement of a number of elders of the tribes and tribes of Iraq on the total renunciation of all those who have proven belonging to terrorist groups in various names or helped or financed or promoted their ideas and the importance of speeding the judiciary to resolve the files of terrorists and the commitment not to adopt the issues of terrorist groups and not Sheikh clan's demand that the state and by their actions devices to search for missing persons and to appeal to the federal government and its institutions to compensate the families of the martyrs and the provision of supplies for the possible return of displaced persons to their areas and work towards community reconciliation.
Jabouri thanked the parliamentary committee for its great efforts to heal the rift and achieve social peace.
The Council ended the first reading of the draft health insurance law and submitted by the committees of health and an environmental, labor and social affairs in order to provide health services with high quality and enable the citizen to get them in health institutions in the public and private sector and outside Iraq and provide free service categories that are unable to pay the costs and alleviate the burden on the state and the citizen At the same time activating the private sector represented by insurance companies accredited to support and revitalize the health sector.
The presidential council postponed the vote on the draft law on the reform of inmates and depositors submitted by the Labor, Social Affairs, Legal, Security, Defense and Human Rights Committees and the Second Amendment Law of the Night Guards Law No. 8 of 2000, submitted by the security, defense, legal and financial committees and issuing a decree obliging the government to take measures. The right to shooters.
The Presidency has also decided to postpone each of the first reading of the draft law of the State Council and submitted by the Legal Committee's report and the discussion of the draft grants the employee a long vacation routine and address the conditions of contractors submitted by the Financial and Legal Committee.
The council ended the reading and discussion of a bill to include the Judicial Institute into the judiciary after it voted not to respond to the bill.
In the interventions of deputies MP Abdel Karim Abtan stressed the importance of the independence of the judiciary from the executive authority, which requires the inclusion of the Judicial Institute to the judiciary and separated from the Ministry of Justice.
He said MP Abdul-Jabbar al-Abadi that the Judicial Institute is one of the important bodies to prepare judges and linking it to the executive branch, which is contrary to the Constitution imposes attached to the judiciary as an independent authority shall not be subject to any interference.
MP Abbas al-Bayati proposed that the legal committee hold a meeting that includes representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the judiciary, the prime minister and the presidency to resolve the question of whether or not to include the Judicial Institute of the Ministry of Justice.
MP Awad Al-Awadi pointed out the importance of speeding up the enactment of a law to include the Judicial Institute of the Judiciary in order to consolidate the principle of separation of powers and the application of the Constitution, as well as the importance of determining the number of judges.
The MP Ammar Tohme to the absence of the principle of interfering with the judiciary regarding the related activities of the judicial institute, which includes students become judges as the intervention in the contexts of the judicial decision is considered an interference in the work of the judiciary.
In its response to the interventions, the committee stressed the need to take into consideration the remarks of the deputies to prepare the draft law, which comes in line with the separation of powers and strengthening the independence of the judiciary.
In another matter, the Council, at the request of MP Ahmad Taha Al-Sheikh, discussed the difficulty of coordination and follow-up of the committees to its ministry during the performance of its supervisory functions in accordance with the Constitution.
The MP Ahmed Taha Sheikh there are problems in the follow-up committees for their work with the ministries of various levels of the sensitivity between the regulatory and executive bodies as well as the mutual abuse between ministries and parliamentary committees in addition to the existence of a fierce attack on the legislative authority by some quarters, proposing a draft proposal of the parliamentary oversight law includes mechanisms Visits of deputies, summoning and responding to mail and organizing mutual relations between the House of Representatives and the ministries.
In the interventions of deputies MP Fratt Tamimi called for the need to re-amend the rules of procedure of the House of Representatives instead of the enactment of a new law to regulate the relationship between parliamentary committees and ministries.
MP Muhammad al-Shammari pointed out that there are problems created by the direct involvement of women and parliamentarians with ministries, especially that some ministers understand the nature of the relationship or the role played by the competent authority in legislation and supervision, which imposes a decision or a law on this matter.
It showed the importance of MP Ghaida Kmbh legislation that contributes to addressing some of the problems and preserve the prestige of the House of Representatives, particularly related activities to follow up the work of universities that are far from censorship and with broad powers.
The high Nassif said that most MP ministries to refrain from providing information or MP documents only through parliamentary committees despite the fact that each deputy right to exercise a supervisory role without resorting to the committees.
MP Riad Ghali urged the establishment of a clear mechanism for the oversight role of the deputy and the identification of penalties to reduce the cases of procrastination and obstruct the work of deputies.
MP Ashwaq Al-Jaf proposed a roadmap to be presented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the meeting of the three presidencies to facilitate the work of the deputies and their supervisory role.
Al-Jabouri thanked MP Ahmad Taha al-Sheikh for the idea of ​​following up the committees for their work with the ministries, provided that it is submitted in accordance with the natural contexts as a proposed law, noting the possibility of referring the proposals to the Legal Committee for the purpose of maturing the proposed law of the House of Representatives.
The Council discussed on the request of MP Amin Bakr on the disruption of the Parliament of the Kurdistan region.
MP Amin Bakr pointed to the passage of more than a year on the prevention of the President of the Parliament of the province to enter the Erbil, which hindered the work of the parliament on the performance of its duty in the service of citizens affairs, calling the House of Representatives to issue a parliamentary resolution obligates the authorities in the region to activate the work of parliament to carry out its oversight and legislative tasks and emphasis on Disabling the parliament is a constitutional violation.
In the interventions of the House of Representatives MP Arafat Karam said everyone's support to activate the work of the Kurdistan region's parliament as a legitimate and important institution but differences in the mechanism that needs to be agreed upon, noting that the committees continue to currently work in the parliament, but the imbalance head of the regional parliament, which wants to impose opinion party on others while We need a president who represents everyone.
The MP Abbas al-Bayati that the provincial parliament that represents the will of the popular fair since its inception after 1991, where to fill a void and wide in the region, which requires the solution of problems within the parliament rather than solve them outside, calling on the President of the House of Representatives to the leadership of a specific initiative to restore life to the Parliament of the province of During the meeting with the parties concerned.
MP Mohsen al-Saadoun pointed out that the reason for the disruption of the parliament of Kurdistan is due to the speaker's call for a meeting in violation of the rules of procedure in the presence of the Iranian and British consulates. This is prohibited in all parliamentary traditions.
The MP Kawa Mohammed that the disruption of parliament shares to disrupt the legislative process in the region, calling for the House of Representatives to play a role in activating the work of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament.
For his part, MP Muthanna Amin pointed out that the parliament of the region is an institution representing the conscience of the Kurdish people, noting that the federal parliament has a moral authority to force it to move and mediate to activate the work of the regional parliament.
The deputy Bakhtiar Shaways that the solution of the problems of the Kurdistan region need to activate the work of the Parliament of the region.
The MP, Khalaf Abdul Samad, that the change of the President of the Parliament of the Kurdistan region must be under the dome of parliament in the region, noting the existence of a federal court can be resorted to.
For his part, President Jubouri pointed out that the Presidency of the Council will work to find a suitable resolution for its implementation.
It was then decided to adjourn the meeting to next Tuesday 9/5/2017.

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