End of the mandate of local councils raises a dispute between Baghdad and the provinces

End of the mandate of local councils raises a dispute between Baghdad and the provinces

 Karbala / Tariq Terminal


Parliamentary Legal Committee revealed that , on Monday, for a request by 150 deputies to freeze the work of local councils , which will end its mandate early next June.
Parliament Committee confirmed the support of the parliament speaker and heads of blocs to issue a decision to extend the work of the provincial councils.
In addition, said members of the local government of Karbala, extending the mandate of the provincial councils as "contrary to the will of the voter," Marjaheen to wait for the reaction of the blocks on the street extension.
Furthermore, legal pointed out that local councils will be no "official status, in the middle of next June. In
turn , said the MP Ibtisam Hilali, a member of the Legal Committee in an interview (range) yesterday, said that" provincial councils will end the legal term in the first half of the month of June the next and then will not have the right to work in an official capacity. "
stressed Hilali , " the need for the House of Representatives shall issue a decision on the continuation of the work of the provincial councils , or whether or not before the beginning of next June , which will see the legislative term holiday. "
she said the legal Committee of the parliamentary member , said" a hundred and fifty deputies parliament signed a request for a decision to freeze Ml provincial councils and not be extended and shall conservatives running the provinces and under the supervision of deputies until the local elections. "
Showed Hilali said , " the speaker of parliament and a number of its members, along with the heads of political blocs in favor of a decision to extend the work of the provincial councils until the date of the elections. " In
turn , said Bushra Hassan Ashour, a member of Karbala provincial Council, in an interview (term), " the legal duration of the session of the provincial council , the current will end in the next month of June and then will not have any legal status."
she added Ashour "after this date is all the members of provincial councils , former unless issued legislation of House of Representatives on Extend the work of the Council. " She said , "In the event is not to extend the work of the Council will be incumbent upon all of its members and his hand over what Bzmthm the competent departments of the Council, and managed to maintain by the governor and his deputies until the upcoming local elections, taking into account not entered in any financial obligations during this period."
She said the Karbala Provincial Council member , said "opinion in the corridors of political blocs divided over the fate of the provincial councils and there are feelers to the street process, and is likely to extend the work of the councils in the event of the weak reaction of the street."
He said Ashour , the extension of the work of the provincial councils that "other than the will of the voter , which the councils were elected only for four years, and no one has the right to extend this period", criticizing at the same time , the postponement of local elections in central and southern governorates , "for lack of justification must be held before the end of this year ".
For his part , said the legal Consulter Ayad Jaafar al - Asadi, in an interview (range), " The Karbala Provincial Council will enter status unconstitutional and a legal case if the boards of the rest of the provinces, but the membership status of the members of these councils will end before the first half of the month of June next end, and will not remain them any legal status except in the case of legislation was passed to extend their session by the parliament. "
Asadi said that "there are differences in the House of Representatives on the extension of the work of the provincial process, and that the extension is very unlikely because it would be contrary to the social contract with the citizen , who was elected to the councils for a period of only four years, based on the law of the provinces."
He said al - Asadi that " the election of the provincial No. 36 Act of 2008 authorized the Prime Minister to postpone the date for the local elections, but he did not mention the issue of the extension of the electoral cycle councils after the end of the legal term , " he said, adding "there is a media confusion between the issue of postponement of the local elections and the extension of provincial cycle, which may not be extended to the fact that the law set by only four calendar years. "
He continued legal expert "in the case did not issue a law that extends the work of the provincial councils For its members hand over their financial interests and their offices and their vehicles if the legal end of their term to the administration of the province through a committee chaired by the Deputy Governor, until the advent of the new council."
Asadi stressed " the need to take a conservative role in this regard and non - observance of political parties and blocs to the fact that it is a legal issue, not a partisan, and must prevent any violation may occur by the Council after the end of the legal duration."
The Legal Counsel 's opinion that "if the provincial council continued or one of its members to work on behalf of the Council, after the end of the legal duration, it must establish lawsuits against them by citizens, activists and civil society organizations through public prosecution in Iraqi courts . " For his part, al - Moussawi , phone, a researcher at the legal Affairs (range), " the President and members of the provincial council will become without any official status and is not charged with any public service in the event of electoral their session ended in the first half of the month of June, and then they are obliged to hand over all Bzmthm and otherwise considered each of them winning on the back of state funds with suspicion For illegal ".
He said al - Moussawi , the postponement of local elections " a constitutional violation and a breach of more than ten articles of the Iraqi constitution and the confiscation of citizens ' rights," pointing out that "every governorate council represented is and does not represent all the Iraqi people, and therefore, the House of Representatives does not have the power to postpone the elections in the capital Baghdad and the rest of the provinces as long as there was no emergency or exceptional circumstances, except provinces experiencing battles against terrorism. "


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