Expectations that the general amnesty will reach Parliament soon, and an agreement to expedite its a

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[size=52]Expectations that the general amnesty will reach Parliament soon, and an agreement to expedite its approval[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]The pace of preparing the draft general amnesty is escalating with expectations that it will reach the House of Representatives soon. A specialized parliamentary committee confirms that the most important thing that will be dealt with under this law are those convicted based on the statements of a secret informant or forced confessions, pointing to the inability to include those involved in terrorist acts.[/size]
[size=45]The deputy head of the legal committee, Abdul Karim Abtan, said, "The draft general amnesty law has been agreed upon with the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani, and with all the blocs within the state administration coalition."[/size]
[size=45]Abtan continued, "The legal committee did not want the draft general amnesty, but the Council of Ministers sent the document of the political agreement, including this law."[/size]
[size=45]And he believed, "This represents an important indication that the government is continuing to prepare the law and send it to the House of Representatives for approval."[/size]
[size=45]Abtan pointed out, "Many political blocs are pressing for the speedy implementation of this law in order to provide justice to the innocent in prisons."[/size]
[size=45]And he indicated that “the general amnesty involves a number of humanitarian and social aspects, in addition to achieving true national reconciliation.”[/size]
[size=45]Abtan stressed, “The general amnesty law will be passed, and this is a settled matter and there is no dispute over it, because it was mentioned within the political agreement, and it cannot be waived, whether the Sunni blocs that submitted this demand, or the other one who agreed with us in order to form the government.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "Those who demand the approval of a general amnesty do not want to include those whose hands are stained with the blood of Iraqis, but they want justice for the innocent people whose confessions were extracted under torture or who were sentenced as a result of the secret informant's slander."[/size]
[size=45]Abtan noted, "There are many mistakes in prisons, and they are cases accumulated for years and do not concern the current government only."[/size]
[size=45]And between, “Parliamentary questions I directed to the Minister of Justice, Khaled Shawani, and the Minister of Health, Saleh Al-Hasnawi, and both of them are cooperating by virtue of their previous work in Parliament.”[/size]
[size=45]Abtan added, "The questions focused on the cause of tuberculosis deaths in prisons, or that there are parties that take convicts for interrogation, which is not permissible, and the issue of feeding and harassment that prison inmates are exposed to."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, committee member Muhammad Anouz agrees with Abtan, that “the general amnesty was one of the laws that were mentioned in the document of the political agreement and were put into the ministerial curriculum.”[/size]
[size=45]Anouz added, "Work is underway to ripen the law and scrutinize many concepts that have not been specified, including defining the terrorist crime, and the extent to which it is covered by the general amnesty."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The general amnesty law should not affect issues related to financial and administrative corruption and terrorist acts."[/size]
[size=45]Anouz confirmed, "The draft law is still in the corridors of the government, but the discussion about it continues with the House of Representatives before it is sent to us," explaining that "the law, after it is sent to the House of Representatives, will be presented to the Legal Committee and read for the first time without additions, and then discussions take place." It is presented for the second reading, and then it is presented for voting, and this process needs some time.”[/size]
[size=45]And he spoke, about “a desire to produce sober and accurate formulations so that we have before us a fair and applicable law by the competent authorities.”[/size]
[size=45]Anouz added, "Everyone stresses the need for this law not to cause harm to others or harm their rights by including those who do not deserve a general amnesty."[/size]
[size=45]Committee member Omid Muhammad spoke about “the existence of two formulas for general amnesty, the first being a proposal submitted by deputies to the Presidency of the Council.”[/size]
[size=45]Muhammad said, "The second formula will be presented by the government in implementation of the ministerial curriculum paper that was agreed upon by the political blocs and voted on by Parliament."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "Parliament may work to bring the two drafts closer together until it comes out with one draft that satisfies the government and the political blocs, and then votes on it."[/size]
[size=45]In addition, legal specialist Jassim Al-Moussawi confirmed that “Iraq is not new to the general amnesty, and two laws were enacted for it after the fall of the previous regime, the first in 2008 and the second in 2016.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Moussawi continued, “The law issued in 2016 resulted in the release of more than 10,000 convicts who were in prisons.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The information available to us confirms that the Council of Ministers is continuing to prepare this law in order to send it to Parliament."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Moussawi concluded that “two matters are focused on in this law, which are the issue of the secret informant and the issue of confessions that were extracted under duress.[/size]
[size=45]A meeting of the presidencies had been held a few days ago and confirmed the priority setting for the legislation of the general amnesty law, the law of the Federation Council and the oil and gas law.[/size]
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