Amendment provincial law reduces the "petro-dollar" resources and reduce revenue ports

Amendment provincial law reduces the "petro-dollar" resources and reduce revenue ports


 Baghdad / Mohammad Sabah

Threatening the three proposals submitted by the government and parliamentary blocs obstructing the adoption of the Third Amendment to the provincial law , which the House of Representatives recently completed the second reading.
The odds widely between the government and the masses on the one hand and local governments on the other hand, about the law (delegation of authority) , which would determine the transfer of the powers of the federal government to the provincial mechanism.
The Legal Committee has accused some local governments to act outside their powers to distribute land and appointments despite the failure to approve the amendment law of the provinces.
Includes a third amendment to the Law No. 21 submitted by the government, reduce and restrict Bmordan only petrodollar resources, in addition to calculating the lump sum rather than a percentage.
Government amendment also includes reducing the provincial share of ports revenue from 50% to only 25%.
The proposed parliamentary bloc clause stipulating the abolition of district councils and areas within the Third Amendment to the inclusion of provincial law.
The Cabinet decided, the end of December 2014, the withdrawal of the appeal submitted by the previous government on the law amending the Law of Governorates not organized province.
The government sent its proposal to amend the law to the presidency of the parliament before almost Aktrmen year, in preparation for discussion and approval in order to reduce the members of provincial councils to half, and the abolition of district councils and district and granting some of the powers of the governors.
MP says Hassan Turan, a member of the Legal Committee of Parliament, "There are three amendments to provincial law No. 21, one of the bill sent by the government, and there are two proposals presented by the head of the citizen parliamentary bloc Hamid vegetative , " noting that " the first proposal to abolish the Councils, and the second calls the abolition of district councils. "
He continues Turan in a statement (range) yesterday that " the government amendment includes a number of points , including the abolition of Councils and to maintain the district councils , as well as reduce some of the powers of local governments in terms of recruitment and selection of some security leaders in the province."
Parliament was unable to discuss the third amendment to the provincial law which was included on the agenda of the meeting on Sunday due to the agenda , which included hosting a number of ministers of the service ministries.
In the meantime, Minister of Municipalities and Reconstruction and Housing confirmed to parliament that " the transfer of powers from the law ministry , which limit the right to choose competent to manage the validity of municipal figures, as has many of the cases where the treatment of administrative irregularities."
He noted MP Hassan Turan, a member of the Legal Committee, to "arbitrariness of some local governments that have not Taatat awarded with some of the powers in a constitutional and legal", accusing some of the provinces as "began to act in agricultural land, and the appointment of some general managers and even dismissal without reference to the ministries concerned . " .
MP stresses the Turkmen on " the need for the presence of an officer and the constitutionality of laws , which include the looting of the powers of the ministries , " calling " to address these legal and constitutional matters in ways that do not reduce the granting of powers to local governments."
Parliament voted in 2013 a majority on the Law (Second Amendment to the Law of Governorates not organized in the territory) , which grants governorates not organized province wide powers through decoding nine ministries circles link.
The member of the Legal Committee that " the government withdrew the appeals filed by the previous government on the law of the provinces and sent in the form of the law of the House of Representatives , " and expressed fear that "these interactions lead to problems between the provinces and the central government."
And calls for MP for Kirkuk , the need to "hold dialogue and discussion seminars between the parliamentary committee regions and representatives from the government to reach a common vision and formulas to modify the devolution of powers law in order to achieve decentralization to ensure the survival of the role of the federal ministries to exercise supervision of the departments in the provinces."
The third includes Adil determine the number of members of the governorate councils with 11 people in the provinces with a population of more than half a million people, and added one member for every 250 thousand inhabitants.
He said MP Hassan Turan that " the parliament completed the second reading of the third amendment to the law of the provinces and work is still under way to listen to the ideas of blocs and political parties in order to reach an agreed - upon formulas before submitting the bill to a vote."
In turn , MP Messenger Abu Hasna, Rapporteur of the Committee of the Regions and the provinces, explains that " the amendments included reducing the preparation of members of provincial councils with the granting of powers to local governments in line with the Constitution and the law."
He said Abu Hasna, in an interview (range) yesterday, said , "Among the changes that have occurred in the government project is to give conservative powers to oversee local jobs , " pointing out that "there are changes took place on government draft include the granting of oil - producing provinces five dollars for every barrel of oil extracted, not 5% as stated in the text of government. "
He adds MP for the rule of law that " the new amendments also granted the provinces, which have production and extraction and filter more than three resources, calculating its suppliers within the allocations of petrodollars."
He continued to the Committee of the Regions and provincial decision that " the government draft amendment provides for one resource calculation for the province , which has more than suppliers," adding that " the amendments included the allocation of 25% of the border crossing points for local governments revenues and the remaining will go to the federal treasury."


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