Parliament avoids delving into controversial laws and leaves them to the political blocs

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[size=52]Parliament avoids delving into controversial laws and leaves them to the political blocs[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives avoids delving into controversial laws and leaves agreement on them to the political blocs. It is expected to receive a package of projects from the government commensurate with the ministerial curriculum, at a time when the budget is still in the corridors of the executive authority, with 700 parliamentary requests regarding it.[/size]
[size=45]And the government had voted in its last session, last Tuesday, to withdraw 7 draft laws and to authorize the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani, to withdraw more. 2017, and the draft law of the first amendment to the Law No. 10 of 2012 on supporting small income-generating projects.[/size]
[size=45]A member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Aref Al-Hamami, said, "The government took the initiative to withdraw a number of laws that were being discussed within the House of Representatives in order to review them in a manner consistent with the current conditions of the country and the ministerial curriculum."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamami continued, "Most of the laws that the government has withdrawn have negative consequences for society, and there are significant observations against them that require reconsideration."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "This step promises the right direction in order to enhance cooperation between the executive and legislative authorities to implement the ministerial platform of the government of Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamami said, "The government will review these laws, and some of them will make amendments to them, such as the transgressions law, on which some observations appeared after the first reading."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The time to introduce the law in parliament was not appropriate, and the treatments it contained were not correct and fair, and left many problems emerging in the form of rejection statements from the political blocs."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamami stated, "There is another set of withdrawn laws, and we believe that the conditions are not ready to return them to the House of Representatives again, even with amendments to them, foremost of which is the flag service law."[/size]
[size=45]And he stressed, "Iraq does not suffer from a shortage of military resources, and it is possible to benefit from the youth energies that are intended to be put into compulsory service, by transferring them to the private sector and supporting the economic cycle."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamami believes that "everyone has felt the seriousness of this law in that it militarizes society and adds a new weight on young people, since those who evade service will be deprived of travel or the opportunity to be appointed."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed, "The youth segment suffers from many pressures, most notably unemployment and the lack of job opportunities. It is not acceptable to add new burdens to them in the future without solving their basic problems."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamami noted, "When the committees in the House of Representatives begin to move laws, they go to those against which there are no political problems, such as the Social Security Law. As for the laws that need consensus, they are left to the blocs to reach common points regarding them."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "The most important of these laws is the oil and gas law, which has become a real obstacle in the dialogues between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamami expects that «the draft budget law for next year will be sent by the government to Parliament in the coming days».[/size]
[size=45]He explained, "Parliament, as soon as the project reaches it, will start discussing it through readings and dialogues, leading to a vote on it, and we hope that this process will end before the end of this year."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamami concluded, "The budget paragraphs are not devoid of controversy and disagreements, but we hope that they will be less severe than in previous years, given the agreement between the political blocs to support the government with legislation that helps it provide services and implement its platform voted on by Parliament."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, another member of the committee, Raed al-Maliki, said that “the House of Representatives is still discussing draft laws submitted by previous governments, some of which date back to 2015.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maliki continued, "The parliamentary blocs are waiting for the government to receive laws that are commensurate with its ministerial platform, and at the forefront of that is the draft budget law, in an official form."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The draft budget law is still with the relevant ministries and has not been presented to the Council of Ministers until a vote is taken to raise it to the House of Representatives until the present time."[/size]
[size=45]And he continued, "There are many trends regarding the law, which is the financial tool of the state, including one that goes to the need to make the budget explosive in order to employ the largest number of unemployed, and another that calls for careful disposal of the abundance resulting from the rise in oil prices."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maliki stressed, "The need for there to be harmonization between the two directions in order for us to come out with a law that meets ambition and does not drain current funds in the operational aspect only."[/size]
[size=45]He revealed, "The Parliamentary Finance Committee has received more than 700 requests from MPs regarding the budget so far."[/size]
[size=45]And he ruled out that “the competent parliamentary committees, especially the financial ones, should have direct communication with the government regarding the preparation of the budget, given that this work is executive and not within the jurisdiction of parliament and contradicts the principle of separation of powers,” but he did not hide “the possibility of indirect communication through requests that It is raised in this regard, hoping to be included in the project.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maliki concluded, "The need for both the Ministry of Planning and the Ministry of Finance to take full opportunity to exercise executive jurisdiction in preparing the budget."[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives had held its session yesterday, and finished reading a report and discussing the draft law on partnership between the public and private sectors submitted by the Economy, Industry, Trade and Finance Committees, and the House postponed reading the report and discussion of the third draft amendment to the Law of the Great Imam College No. Higher education and scientific research to the session tomorrow, Monday.[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives also completed reading the report and discussion of the draft law for the National Authority for Nuclear, Radiological, Chemical and Biological Control, submitted by the Committees of Health, Environment, Higher Education and Scientific Research, and completed reading the report and discussion of the draft law of the third amendment to the Law for the Implementation of Irrigation Projects No. (138) of 1971 submitted by the Agriculture and Water Committee.[/size]
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