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Newspaper: The general amnesty law raises widespread controversy in Iraq after Al-Sudani backed down from passing it
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15:51 2023-06-30 27 Arab and international reports 0
Newspaper: The general amnesty law raises widespread controversy in Iraq after Al-Sudani backed down from passing it
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15:51 2023-06-30 27 Arab and international reports 0
Today, Friday, the London-based Al-Arab newspaper reported that the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’a al-Sudani, retracted previous commitments he made to the Sovereignty Alliance, including passing the general amnesty law due to intense pressure from the leaders of the coordination framework.
The amnesty law was supposed to be passed after the federal budget was approved, but the matter was postponed amid information that the entire law could be repealed.
The Al-Fatah Alliance considers that the government's delay in approving the law protects it from falling into a political trap, while the Sovereignty Alliance looks negatively at the government's retreat from the government's commitments, especially with the approaching date of the provincial elections.
The Fatah Alliance expressed its dissatisfaction with the re-investigation of about 70,000 convicts, and considered it illogical.
"The Sudanese government was subjected to political blackmail by some blocs and parties, especially the Sovereignty Coalition, to try to pressure it to pass the general amnesty law," coalition member Aed al-Hilali said in press statements. Al-Hilali added, "The government avoided falling into the trap of approving a general amnesty law, which may include many of those who committed numerous crimes against the Iraqi people in the past period."
The leader of the “Al-Fatah” coalition explained that “the process of re-investigating 70,000 convicts in prisons is illogical and unacceptable in light of the stability that Iraq is now witnessing at all levels.”
He pointed out that "the cabinet's failure to vote on the general amnesty law is a step in the right direction," noting that "some political parties bet on passing it within the cabinet, and this did not happen."
The coordination framework has always refused to pass the amnesty law under the pretext that terrorist elements are among the beneficiaries, although the Sunni forces have shown great flexibility in dealing with those who will be covered by the law.
The forces backtracked from their position last year under pressure from the need to reach an agreement with the Sovereignty Alliance (the political representative of the Sunnis in Iraq), and those forces agreed to pledge to pass the law in the political agreement concluded last fall under which a year-long political crisis was ended. in Iraq.
As soon as the Sudanese government was formed and a measure of political stability was achieved, the coordination framework showed indications of its desire to evade the agreement concluded with the Sunni component, which today finds itself in a position of weakness, as it does not have any of the pressure cards that force the opposite party to submit.
The representative of the Sovereignty Alliance in Parliament, Abdul Karim Al-Abtan, said that the general amnesty law is within the political agreements, and the coalition will not give up its legislation within the dome of parliament.
Al-Abtan pointed out in a press statement that the amendment of the law and its legislation had been previously agreed upon in the government program, as the government was formed on the basis of a set of agreements, including this law, which is supposed to proceed to redress the innocents languishing in prisons. He added, “Our demand is fairness to those convicted as a result of the secret informant and to confess under duress,” noting that “the calls that have recently appeared to amend the law do not represent everyone, and they are nothing but points of view.”
And the Minister of Justice, Khaled Al-Shabwani, announced last April that the prime minister had formed a committee on the general amnesty law, indicating that “when approved, it will be an achievement for all political blocs affiliated within the State Administration Coalition.” Observers believe that the formation of this committee was apparently intended only to gain time with the aim of urging the Sovereignty Alliance, especially the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to support the ratification of the submitted federal budget and not to obstruct its discussion in Parliament.
Observers point out that Al-Sudani is unable to take any decision that contradicts the political system that supports him, and therefore his retraction from the general amnesty law was expected, pointing out that the Sovereignty Alliance cannot do much in this regard, as it suffers from a crisis between its poles as well as competition. Fierce forces hostile to him in the Sunni areas, which is certainly in their interest that the law not be passed before the provincial elections because it is a point that will be counted for sovereignty and al-Halbousi.
A member of the State of Law Coalition, Ahmed Al-Sudani, indicated that the situation is heading towards the government going towards canceling the general amnesty law, stressing that it was objected to its passage by most of the ministers during the council session held last Tuesday. Al-Sudani said earlier that "there is widespread rejection by most segments of the people," pointing out that "passing the law will make the government confront citizens through massive demonstrations that will come out against the release of murderers and criminals from prisons."
A member of the coalition led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki indicated that "the government will work to study the file of citizens' reactions regarding the passage of the general amnesty law or not, but the cancellation is the opinion that prevails in the current situation," explaining that "there are many and a large percentage of those who will be included law implicated in past atrocities.” The controversy over the general amnesty law dates back to 2016, when the Iraqi parliament approved the law at the end of August of that year after political differences that ended with the deletion of a number of provisions of the law and paragraphs related to reviewing the file of the convicts and the conditions of their trial.
Amendments were made to the amnesty law in November 2017, after a request was made by forces currently affiliated with the coordination framework. The most prominent amendments included the inclusion of arrested persons who are being settled with those with a personal right to amnesty, in addition to including those whose funds are paid to the public interest for corruption crimes.
At that time, a paragraph was stipulated that prohibited amnesty for all those convicted in accordance with the anti-terrorism law in force in the country after the tenth of June 2014, which is the date that ISIS took control of the city of Mosul in the north of the country. Paragraph 5 has also been amended in Article 3 of the law, regarding the exclusion of kidnapping and rape crimes from amnesty procedures.
Those who spent a third of their sentence for forgery crimes were granted the possibility of pardon, with the remainder of their imprisonment being replaced by 50,000 dinars (about $33) per day.
Source: Al-Arab newspaper, London
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The amnesty law was supposed to be passed after the federal budget was approved, but the matter was postponed amid information that the entire law could be repealed.
The Al-Fatah Alliance considers that the government's delay in approving the law protects it from falling into a political trap, while the Sovereignty Alliance looks negatively at the government's retreat from the government's commitments, especially with the approaching date of the provincial elections.
The Fatah Alliance expressed its dissatisfaction with the re-investigation of about 70,000 convicts, and considered it illogical.
"The Sudanese government was subjected to political blackmail by some blocs and parties, especially the Sovereignty Coalition, to try to pressure it to pass the general amnesty law," coalition member Aed al-Hilali said in press statements. Al-Hilali added, "The government avoided falling into the trap of approving a general amnesty law, which may include many of those who committed numerous crimes against the Iraqi people in the past period."
The leader of the “Al-Fatah” coalition explained that “the process of re-investigating 70,000 convicts in prisons is illogical and unacceptable in light of the stability that Iraq is now witnessing at all levels.”
He pointed out that "the cabinet's failure to vote on the general amnesty law is a step in the right direction," noting that "some political parties bet on passing it within the cabinet, and this did not happen."
The coordination framework has always refused to pass the amnesty law under the pretext that terrorist elements are among the beneficiaries, although the Sunni forces have shown great flexibility in dealing with those who will be covered by the law.
The forces backtracked from their position last year under pressure from the need to reach an agreement with the Sovereignty Alliance (the political representative of the Sunnis in Iraq), and those forces agreed to pledge to pass the law in the political agreement concluded last fall under which a year-long political crisis was ended. in Iraq.
As soon as the Sudanese government was formed and a measure of political stability was achieved, the coordination framework showed indications of its desire to evade the agreement concluded with the Sunni component, which today finds itself in a position of weakness, as it does not have any of the pressure cards that force the opposite party to submit.
The representative of the Sovereignty Alliance in Parliament, Abdul Karim Al-Abtan, said that the general amnesty law is within the political agreements, and the coalition will not give up its legislation within the dome of parliament.
Al-Abtan pointed out in a press statement that the amendment of the law and its legislation had been previously agreed upon in the government program, as the government was formed on the basis of a set of agreements, including this law, which is supposed to proceed to redress the innocents languishing in prisons. He added, “Our demand is fairness to those convicted as a result of the secret informant and to confess under duress,” noting that “the calls that have recently appeared to amend the law do not represent everyone, and they are nothing but points of view.”
And the Minister of Justice, Khaled Al-Shabwani, announced last April that the prime minister had formed a committee on the general amnesty law, indicating that “when approved, it will be an achievement for all political blocs affiliated within the State Administration Coalition.” Observers believe that the formation of this committee was apparently intended only to gain time with the aim of urging the Sovereignty Alliance, especially the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to support the ratification of the submitted federal budget and not to obstruct its discussion in Parliament.
Observers point out that Al-Sudani is unable to take any decision that contradicts the political system that supports him, and therefore his retraction from the general amnesty law was expected, pointing out that the Sovereignty Alliance cannot do much in this regard, as it suffers from a crisis between its poles as well as competition. Fierce forces hostile to him in the Sunni areas, which is certainly in their interest that the law not be passed before the provincial elections because it is a point that will be counted for sovereignty and al-Halbousi.
A member of the State of Law Coalition, Ahmed Al-Sudani, indicated that the situation is heading towards the government going towards canceling the general amnesty law, stressing that it was objected to its passage by most of the ministers during the council session held last Tuesday. Al-Sudani said earlier that "there is widespread rejection by most segments of the people," pointing out that "passing the law will make the government confront citizens through massive demonstrations that will come out against the release of murderers and criminals from prisons."
A member of the coalition led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki indicated that "the government will work to study the file of citizens' reactions regarding the passage of the general amnesty law or not, but the cancellation is the opinion that prevails in the current situation," explaining that "there are many and a large percentage of those who will be included law implicated in past atrocities.” The controversy over the general amnesty law dates back to 2016, when the Iraqi parliament approved the law at the end of August of that year after political differences that ended with the deletion of a number of provisions of the law and paragraphs related to reviewing the file of the convicts and the conditions of their trial.
Amendments were made to the amnesty law in November 2017, after a request was made by forces currently affiliated with the coordination framework. The most prominent amendments included the inclusion of arrested persons who are being settled with those with a personal right to amnesty, in addition to including those whose funds are paid to the public interest for corruption crimes.
At that time, a paragraph was stipulated that prohibited amnesty for all those convicted in accordance with the anti-terrorism law in force in the country after the tenth of June 2014, which is the date that ISIS took control of the city of Mosul in the north of the country. Paragraph 5 has also been amended in Article 3 of the law, regarding the exclusion of kidnapping and rape crimes from amnesty procedures.
Those who spent a third of their sentence for forgery crimes were granted the possibility of pardon, with the remainder of their imprisonment being replaced by 50,000 dinars (about $33) per day.
Source: Al-Arab newspaper, London
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