Civilian forces, organizations, and representatives of minorities: The Federal Court Law in its curr

[size=52]Civilian forces, organizations, and representatives of minorities: The Federal Court Law in its current form consecrates quotas and exacerbates the division[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Muhammad Sabah[/size]
[size=45]Democratic political forces, civil society organizations, activists, and cultural and academic figures have expressed their reservations about including Islamic law jurists in the judiciary of the Federal Court, and granting them the right to veto the court law that the House of Representatives is working on legislating.[/size]
[size=45]This came in two press conferences held simultaneously in Baghdad yesterday morning, where two statements were delivered at each conference, the first for political forces and civil figures, and the second for activists of civil society organizations and academic and cultural figures.[/size]
[size=45]The law exacerbates the division[/size]
[size=45]A group of civil political parties, including the Iraqi Communist Party, warned against passing the Federal Court Law in its current form "which will exacerbate the division in the country and disturb the harmony in our diverse Iraqi society."[/size]
[size=45]Those parties said in a statement delivered at the press conference held by His Holiness (Al-Mada), that “the House of Representatives continues to vote on the articles of the Federal Court bill, amid concerns that its passage in its current form will lead to several problems, increase the severity of the division in the country, and disturb the harmony in Our Iraqi society is characterized by diversity, ”noting that some articles of the law that the House of Representatives stopped at are subject to legal and political disagreement and controversy, because they affect the foundations and pillars of the civil state and its democratic building as stipulated in the constitution, and undermine the role of the judiciary by what it requires of adding members Other than the judges in the Federal Supreme Court.[/size]
[size=45]In their statement, the parties believe that "the Federal Court represents a fundamental pillar in the constitutional order of the state, and when legislating its law, it is imperative not to diminish the civilization of the constitution in letter and spirit, and that it remains a guarantor of the rights and freedoms of all segments of the people with its religious, sectarian, national and cultural diversity."[/size]
[size=45]And she stressed, “The need for the court’s law to be widely accepted by the various parties inside and outside the House of Representatives and in an atmosphere of mutual trust, and to take into account the opinion of the competent judicial and legal authorities, as well as the Bar Association, the Union of Jurists, human rights organizations and university professors specializing in the judiciary and constitutional law, and the task should not be shortened. Legislating the law on the political blocs currently represented in the House of Representatives. The parties, which described themselves as representatives of the political forces and national figures calling for civilization and their democratic construction based on pluralism and respect for the diversity of nationalities, religions, sects, and political intellectual orientations, demanded that “the legislation of the law be carried out in an appropriate atmosphere and not in the current unfavorable and unfavorable conditions Mutual confidence, and that the legislation is not part of a political deal and in conjunction with the budget law legislation, and under pressure to hold early elections, as the political blocs return us to seek within the framework of such deals to consolidate their hegemony and their attachment to the spoils of power and influence.[/size]
[size=45]It also demanded that "the formation of the Federal Court is based on the principles of citizenship, integrity, competence and independence away from all forms of religious, sectarian and national quotas."[/size]
[size=45]In their statement, the parties expressed their belief that the solution lies in agreeing to amend Article Three of the Court's law in force so that it reads as follows: “When any vacancy occurs in the court’s quorum, the appointment is made through consultations between the judges of the Federal Court, the Supreme Judicial Council and the Supreme Judicial Council. Kurdistan region, in order to ensure that the court continues to perform its duties.[/size]
[size=45]Organizations object[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, representatives of civil society organizations and human rights activists, in a press conference held in Baghdad and attended by the (Mada) as well, called on the House of Representatives to postpone the legislation of the Federal Court law to the next session, in order to subject the draft law to further study and scrutiny with the broad participation of Specialized experts, experts and civil society organizations, calling on the legislative authority to limit itself to amending the applicable Federal Court law, in a way that guarantees it the exercise of its role in approving the results of the upcoming elections.[/size]
[size=45]The gathering of organizations, activists, and social and academic personalities within the framework of (Article 38 Coalition) expressed their rejection of “the attempt to insert religion and entrench sectarianism in the structure of the Federal Court that will fuel conflicts, sectarian rupture and bloody violence, and will impede this important organ from carrying out its sensitive function in implementing the constitution and protecting the interests of Iraq. Countries and people ”.[/size]
[size=45]In this context, Hana Adwar, Secretary-General of the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, said on the sidelines of the press conference that "a memo by civil society organizations on the legislation of the Federal Court law was sent to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives."[/size]
[size=45]Muhammad al-Salami, an activist and human rights activist, believes that “the appointment of scholars from Islamic law in the Federal Court is a marginalization of other religions,” expressing his rejection of this mechanism and procedures that are considered marginalizing the rest of the components.[/size]
[size=45]Minority MPs refuse[/size]
[size=45]In a related context, MPs from different components warned against passing the Federal Supreme Court Law, as it would create new problems and affect societal cohesion in the country, and impose the will of the majority on others, stressing that reading the law caused great controversy in several parliamentary, civil and human rights circles.[/size]
[size=45]Minority representatives presented: Aswan Al-Kaldani, Hoshyar Qardagh, Rehana Hanna Ayoub, Al-Salman, and Nawfal Al-Nashe, an objection to the legislation of the court law in its current form, considering that it establishes a religious state that imposes the religion of the majority on all sects of Iraq, and this will cause great anger over the religious components. The other one that has its peculiarities that are safeguarded by relying on what the Iraqi constitution referred to, which guaranteed in several articles to guarantee the basic rights and freedoms of citizens and which also guaranteed religious and national pluralism.[/size]
[size=45]He asked the statement of the representatives of minorities: Is it reasonable to legislate the Federal Court’s law without having any regard for the diversity that exists in the country? .. Should not the selection of Federal Court judges be from persons who possess all the qualifications of integrity, professionalism and competence and represent at the same time all spectrums? The Iraqi people, taking into account pluralism, religious and national diversity, or does the policy of exclusion and marginalization of others still exist until now?[/size]
[size=45][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]