“Independents”: The large blocs exclude us from the dialogues of the parliamentary committee preside

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[size=52]“Independents”: The large blocs exclude us from the dialogues of the parliamentary committee presidencies[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]Independent MPs have warned against marginalizing them and not granting them chairpersons of committees commensurate with their presence in parliament, stressing that large blocs seek to take over them and try to exclude them.[/size]
[size=45]Independent MP Yasser Al-Husseini said, "The current electoral cycle is one that involves hope that there will be work, but we face some challenges, most notably the mechanism of the Presidency in Parliament."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Husseini added, "There is a second type of challenge related to the distribution of committees," stressing that "Parliament differs from the government in that it includes blocs that have entitlements that should be pursued."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The government proceeded with its work in accordance with the platform voted on by Parliament, but Parliament has other specializations, most notably on the legislative and oversight aspects."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Husseini pointed out, "Empowering all deputies, whether belonging to large and small political blocs or independents, will lead to one way out, represented in diversifying parliamentary work."[/size]
[size=45]And he believed that "taking over parliamentary committees by the participants in the government alone does not contribute to reaching good outputs or consistent with the public interest."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Husseini stressed that "all political blocs, especially the large ones, are pushing for the non-appointment of independents in parliamentary committees and are trying to exclude them."[/size]
[size=45]And he continues, “The talk of these blocs about electoral benefits that impose their access to committees similar to ministries is acceptable, but the opinions of others should be taken into account and their rights should not be confiscated.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Husseini noted that "dispersing the independents into different directions does not serve their interest, and this does not help in confronting the large blocs that are trying to take over everything."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The distribution of committees at the present time is taking place according to political weight, on the basis of quotas and components."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Husseini stated that "the large blocs deal with the independents, each according to its component," explaining that "all the independents are from the Shiite component, since the Sunni independents went with the Sovereignty Alliance."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Husseini continues, “The Sunni and Kurdish committees allocated to minorities have been decided, and only the Shiite committees remain. They will also be divided according to the same previous mechanisms, by classifying the committees into three levels according to importance.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The presidencies of the committees have not been officially named until now, but the features of their distribution among the blocs have become clear to a large extent."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Husseini went on to say that "Parliament has completed its first task by distributing its new deputies who came as replacements for the resigned Sadrist bloc to the committees, after which it is agreed upon who is the president, the first deputy and the second deputy."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, another independent MP, Haider al-Salami, said, "The struggle over the committees means that there are interests, far from the public interest."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Salami continued, "The issue has gone beyond the differences, but we have reached the stage of exclusion according to legal violations that occurred by distributing the independents to the members."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the coordination framework is trying to take over the independent committees under the pretext that it represents the Shiite component in Parliament."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Salami explained that “independents suffer from two types of exclusion, the first is by transferring them from one committee to another of a lower level, and the second is not giving them the opportunity to obtain presidencies, even though they have weight and an important parliamentary role.”[/size]
[size=45]On a related note, the other independent MP, Raed Al-Maliki, confirmed that "a minor disagreement occurred during the distribution of new members to the committees, but in the end a vote was taken on that last Wednesday."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maliki finds, "This will pave the way for a final settlement of the file through the election of the head of each committee, his first deputy, and his second deputy, and we look forward to expediting the resolution of this issue as soon as possible."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, "Parliamentary committees are currently being run by the oldest members, and resolving them with authenticity will help revitalize the oversight and legislative performance of Parliament."[/size]
[size=45]Representative Hussein Al-Sabri stated, “The committees, in terms of their importance, are divided into three categories. The first is in table (A) and includes eight committees, which is the same number for committees affiliated to (B) table, while the rest will be in (C).”[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Sabri continued, "The division on which the political custom has taken place should be abolished, because the committees within Schedule (C) do not have influence and the blocs refuse to lead them."[/size]
[size=45]And he demanded that "there be new mechanisms for distributing committee chairs, and the issue is not subject to political agreements, bargaining and quotas, but rather the focus should be on the public interest."[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives voted to form permanent committees for the current session, which are legal, financial, security, defense and integrity, oil and natural resources, foreign relations, services and construction, electricity and energy, economy, industry and trade, investment and development, strategic planning and federal service, health and the environment, and non-regions and governorates. Organized by region, transport and communications, culture and tourism, antiquities and media, education, higher education, migration, displaced persons, community reconciliation, martyrs, victims and prisoners, human rights, endowments and clans, women, the family and childhood. According to parliamentary sources, expectations indicate that the members of the committees will be named next week, and that each committee will include in its membership from 3 to 21 deputies.[/size]
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