Widespread calls for independent bodies to reconsider a commitment to political reform

Widespread calls for independent bodies to reconsider a commitment to political reform


09/11/20140 
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A senior member of the National Alliance, said the judiciary review the sentences, recently as "politically motivated" against the figures had been running "independent bodies", in line with the atmosphere of "reconciliation", and work to strengthen these institutions and away from sensitive political battles.
He says Parliament he was determined this time to withdraw the hands of the government from those bodies that exceed ten, according to the words of Congress for the "long", along with the appointment of figures efficient and fair administration, stressing that the government of al-Maliki, was restricted the House of Representatives in the previous session, after it launched a campaign for "distorted" and upload all the mistakes, to be able to the acquisition of the "independent bodies" and appoint replacements to the acting presidency of those bodies.
This comes at a time won the former central bank governor Sinan al-Shabibi sentenced to seven years, with most of the appointed heads of such bodies as the "Agency" is close to the former prime minister.
He says a senior member of the National Alliance Rubaie "long" it "must disengagement independent bodies under the chairmanship of the Council of Ministers, and taking them out of the sectarian quotas."
Rubaie said "must also choose the presidents of those bodies and employees in the first grade professionally, and specialists," stressing the need to restore "the judiciary to consider the verdicts, which were politically motivated against personalities who ran those institutions, because we live in a new era of openness on the other, and reconciliation National ".
He said al-Rubaie, a former national security adviser as a "must keep the authority of the government and the quotas for sensitive independent institutions, including the corps commanders, and intelligence, and national security," adding that the continuation of quotas in these institutions as a "new kind of terrorism."
In this regard, describes the head of the Integrity Commission former Rahim which dogged four judicial rulings in absentia, were issued in the late days of the Maliki government, the charges made ​​against him as "charges administrative simple no where even a violation, but the elimination exploited now for the liquidation of all persona non grata by the name of the law and the judiciary. "
And refers Ugaili told the "long" that the number of independent bodies basic than ten bodies, notably the "Integrity Commission and the Electoral Commission and the Human Rights Commission and the Central Bank and the Office of Financial Supervision, and the media and communications", pointing out that some of these bodies is still working laws established issued by the Coalition Provisional Authority dissolved - orders Paul Bremar- such as the Central Bank and the media and the Iraqi Commission for broadcast transmitter (the Iraqi Media Network), which were issued to some special laws of the House of Representatives Kdioan financial control and the Integrity Commission and the Human Rights Commission and the Electoral Commission.
The head of the Integrity Commission, the former that "the previous government took over the joints of the official institutions and swallowed the whole country, and it was the decision of the Federal Supreme Court's famous 2010 is given independent bodies for grabs to the Prime Minister," explaining that the substance of the decision was given to the Council of Ministers "supervisory authority "the independent bodies, which give him the authority to intervene in their affairs and squeeze it in and use of the purposes and goals of political or illegal, as happened with the Integrity Commission and network media and the media and the Election Commission.
And believes that the reform Ugaili independent bodies requires "permanent appoint the heads of her before the House of Representatives and prevent the Prime Minister from accepting the resignation or dismissal of, or to appoint a replacement agency where for any reason and in any case", and support those bodies financially budgets sufficient to carry out its duties. It also should reconsider Bkiedadtha of general managers and vice-presidents to appoint qualified independent professionals do not intervene in partisan and sectarian appointed, including chairman.
The former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Safa al-Din was appointed president of the Spring Communications and Media Commission acting, and Ala al-Saadi head of the Integrity Commission, and Saadi himself president of Property Claims Commission by proxy, all of them are (Dawa) or are close to it. He was appointed in the last days of his rule, Ismail Ali Alak, the governor of the central bank and agency (state law). The purity of net debt and the finance minister and the agency, and President of the Foundation of political prisoners (state law), and Amer Alkhozai president of the Martyrs Foundation and the acting minister of national reconciliation proxy also (state law).
For her part, Vice-united for the "long" that the "mass demanded during the negotiations to form a government, the events of the balance in the independent bodies, and away from the management of those bodies by proxy."
She Attorney Nora Albjara that "maintaining the independence of these bodies is to choose personalities efficient, and activating the role of parliamentary committees to follow up the work of those bodies," pointing out that "the Parliament in its previous failure to monitor the bodies, because of the campaign led by the government to discredit Parliament and upload all the mistakes .
Conversely show Albjara "pessimism" of the end of the era of management institutions to "agency" because of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi cabin ministerial "incomplete" and the management of some ministries by proxy.
In the meantime, presumably a member of a coalition of citizen Hassan Khalati that "graduated bodies independent of the quota system, and that is not administered by the government," referring to the need to keep those bodies from political influences and personalities set fair.
He adds Khalati told the "term" that "independent bodies in the previous government came to inter mistakes and violations because of the management proxy is close to the prime minister," stressing that the financial independence of the bodies and activating the role of parliament in the control and accountability will push to the independence of those institutions.  

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