Congress: the coming days will see the adoption of important laws

11/16/2014 0:00

Emphasizing the ability of Parliament to solve the crisis

BAGHDAD Shaima Rashid

Despite the lapse of more than four months at the start of the new parliamentary session, but the Parliament has not seen a single vote on the law. MPs from different blocks pointed out that the reason for non-adoption of these laws is not political but technical. As made ​​clear that a number of bills have been returned to the government for reasons related to the development of the new government, confirmed that the security situation has overshadowed the work of Parliament, which allocates most of its meetings to discuss the security situation of the country.

He said parliamentarians in conversations »Sabah»: The House of Representatives is not incapable of pass laws, especially with the lack of political differences hinder the adoption of draft laws as was the case in the previous session, stressing that the next few days will vote on a lot of laws that have been read a first reading and seconds.

The head of the House of Representatives Saleem al-Jubouri, had promised at a news conference the adoption of important laws broken, adding that «the House of Representatives with nearly 200 law disabled. He pointed out that the most difficult of these laws is to amend the Constitution, and the Social Security Act, the law of passing the budget and the Federation Council and the law of parties, oil and gas and others.

MP Abbas al-Bayati, a state law that the lack of legislation between the laws of the deficit now is not evidence, but because the legislative and executive branches were still at the beginning of a new era, and expected to witness the next chapter legislative vote on a lot of laws.

Bayati said in a statement singled out by the «morning»: The «failure to approve the House of Representatives of any law since the beginning of its formation last July to now is not the inability of evidence, but rather the result of many reasons, including concern blocs to form a government and completed and then the formation of committees and then complete the election of the presidencies of committees», pointing that «the priorities of the government differed from the previous government» He pointed Bayati, that «there are laws sent by the previous government have been reviewed by committees and found that most of them have to be returned to the new government because of financial consequences of where to see whether the new government's budget assumes this responsibility or not ».onoh to an agreement« to pass laws according to the priorities set by the government because the latter at this stage need to be new laws including those related to the ratification of the conventions, including those related to services as well as other important aspects of the functioning of the government. »

Al-Bayati added that «the laws are not approved are divided into the first three categories are the laws of a financial nature, and the second section of the laws malfunction approved in the previous session because of political differences, such as political parties law and the law of the budget and the oil and gas law and the law of the Federal Court and now will be reviewed by these laws, especially that part of the These laws entered the government curriculum, and the other section of the law it is not a political differences or physical issues and these laws will be further approval ».

For his part, the Kurdistan Alliance MP Jamal Panthers denied the existence of default by the Council to adopt the laws, saying that the pass laws in accordance with legal contexts, indicating that «this session of Parliament is to solve crises more than the legislation of laws cycle».

The Panthers said in a statement singled out by the «morning» «There is no shortening of the Council, but there are legal contexts experienced by any law up to Parliament».

He added that «several crises coincided with the current session of Parliament and therefore, most of the sessions dedicated to the security situation or the situation of displaced persons», pointing out that «the Council leads different roles in addition to its legislative role, he exercised supervisory role and exercise a political role as well as his participation in the discussion of security issues and the problem of displaced people and to work with the government to ensure the success of the political process.

As head of the National Reform Bloc Hilal Sahlani stressed that «Parliament is not unable to pass laws, but in the past is done according to legal procedures, and that the coming days will witness legislation important laws».

Said Sahlani in an exclusive interview with «morning»: The «Parliament Stepping real steps in this topic where he completed reading more than 30 or 40 legally between the first reading and a second pertaining to different sectors», adding that «part of the laws importance require reconsideration more of time studied by the relevant committees, such as oil and gas law and the law of the Federal Court and the other will be studied in various parliamentary committees. »

In turn, the National Alliance MP Huda Sajjad pointed out that «the delay in the passage of some laws is caused by the government, which pulled a lot of drafts bills for reconsideration», stressing that «Parliament today works hard for the adoption of important laws».

The carpets in the interview »Sabah»: The «Parliament has a large number of laws, but we do not know what are the Government's vision towards it, especially if a lot of laws such as investment and the law of the Federal Court and the law of oil and gas, some drafts of bills and some proposals from the previous parliamentary sessions», indicating that «the current government needs to develop a new vision of the Parliament forced to return these laws it.»