House of Representatives finish reading two bills hosts Minister of Water Resources to discuss the d

House of Representatives finish reading two bills hosts Minister of Water Resources to discuss the development of the Mosul Dam

02/08/2016

Finished houses at its seventh regular second legislative term of the legislature enacted the second and led by Dr. Salim al-President of the Council and in the presence of 259 deputies on Monday 02/08/2016 reading two bills with the Minister of Water Resources hosted to discuss the issue of the Mosul Dam.

At the outset of the meeting, Mr. President of the Council stressed that Dr. Mahmoud al-Mashhadani of the institution personalities of the political process and led the House of Representatives in difficult circumstances, noting that each deputy the right to express an opinion in line with the Constitution and mutual respect.

Council finished reading the report and discuss the draft banning the Baath Party and the now defunct law entities, parties and activities of racist and terrorist Takfiri and submitted by the committees of reconciliation and accountability, justice and security, defense and legal.

In the interventions, ladies and gentlemen of Representatives MP pointed Haider Mawla to the need for a political agreement to serve the community and not delivering the wrong message to the people.

She drew MP Samira al-Moussawi, the need to diagnose the Arab Baath Socialist Party name in the bill in order to be clear in defining the banned party.

He noted the MP on the Keywords that the Constitution referred to the prohibition of Saddam's Baath Party in Iraq was not mentioned in any other country.

For his part, MP Ahmed al-Jarba no difference on the approach and the criminality of the Baath party, and wondered about the fate of those who supported the political process and was affiliated with the former party dissolved.

MP stressed Khalid al-Asadi that the elimination of dictatorship and terrorist and takfiri organizations, promotes national reconciliation in the country.

MP Hassan al-Shammari said the law focuses on the approach and the Baathist thought and condemn this party does not respect the legal status of individuals being processed within a matter of justice and law.

For its part, the MP suggested to Birwan Khairallah add a paragraph in the draft law concerning each entity adopts organized armed.

And ask MP Abdul Rahman Alloizi reasons for ignoring the bill for organizations engaged in violence and extremism.

MP Zana happy that the bill refers to the rise of hatred and racism.

In its reply to the interventions of the Committee on confirmed the bill to enact the law in the national interest is not about the Baath Party only dissolved but to all terrorist activities and Takfiri, noting that the law regards the Iraqi constitution and talking about the Baath in Iraq and we are the custodians of other countries, noting that address the issue of hate will be the focus of attention of the Commission through a law is being prepared for discrimination, noting that the bill Ecere from the effective date of the adoption of the ideas contained in the draft law later and not apply retroactively.

The face of Dr. al-Jubouri Committee concerned to provide definitions of what is stated the bill.

Council finished reading the report and discuss the draft abandon acquired nationality and provided legal committees and deportees and displaced and expatriates law.

In the interventions MP Ammar Tohme expressed support for the enactment of the law to its importance, calling for the inclusion of the Vice Prime Minister, or any officer in the security services in the bill.

MP Tariq friend universally employed the diplomatic corps of the citizenship campaign bill.

He noted MP Ali Huellet to the need to develop new legislation includes a limitation of the fill any one nationality.

The MP Aziz Ugaili the importance of abandoning assume a ministerial post or a body independent of the second nationality.

MP Mohammed Halbusi in turn pointed to the necessity of abandoning presidential assumes the post of foreign nationality being linked to the sovereignty of Iraq.

MP confirmed Hanan al that the passing of the bill would be a deterrent to those who take advantage of having another citizenship, pointing to the inclusion of the regions and the heads of provincial councils and advisers with the law.

And ask the Attorney Mahmoud Hassan all measures to ensure that the conduct of law enforcement, and called for the texts of the process to apply.

In its response to the interventions of the ladies and gentlemen of Representatives, the relevant committee confirmed taking into consideration the proposals made in order to mature the bill and vote on it.

In another matter, the Council hosted Mr. Mohsen al-Shammari Minister of Water Resources to discuss the situation in Mosul Dam.

At the outset of hosting MP followed Firat Tamimi, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Water and marshes report on the Mosul Dam, adding that the committee has hosted a number of experts and specialists to discuss the reality of the Mosul Dam and reflect the reality of the growing warnings about the possibility of its collapse and discuss what you received government official reports from the US side in this regard.

The report addressed the steps to build a dam Mosul and Matard him from the problems emerged after it is created and reports on the prospects of collapse.

He recommended the Committee's report to provide large numbers of workers specialized technicians especially that groomed site is decreasing because of the difficult circumstances which require speed up regardless of financial allowances and the allocation of incentives commensurate with Maigmon its work, as well as the importance of expediting take all actions required to update business Overstuffing methodology, pointing out that the company Italian is a solid company with great experience in the field of dams, demanding a search for quick solutions to drain the water to the well suited to save the leaked quantities for use in the summer season tanks especially since the current year point to rising water levels in March and April than a monthly increase stress on the body of the dam.

The report called for an agreed contingency plan among all stakeholders and to start raising operations for citizens procedures that they followed to mitigate the damage from the flood wave in a state of collapse, noting the need to exclude the idea of ​​a wall of a concrete insulator for waterproofing gypsum layers are soluble in water under the dam body for not the existence of any guarantee against the collapse of a proposal to accelerate the formation of a national team of specialists and experts from various disciplines required with the use of foreign expertise to work on finding the best solutions to the problem of the Mosul Dam.

Mr. President of the Council welcomed the presence of the Minister of Water Resources for the vision concerning the Mosul Dam mode.

Mr. Mohsen al-Shammari Minister of Water Resources said that the talk about the Mosul Dam is not new, particularly those raised by the US side in 2007, while the ministry's opinion, contrary to the Americans of the possibility of the collapse of the dam, noting that the latest report of the ministry site of five experts worked on the survey the dam since years revealed the existence of 250 sensor device at the dam site, which between not notice any eclipse or cavitation in the bottom of the dam, pointing out that the development of the dam needs to be repaired and gloss and treatment to bring him back to normal.

The Minister of Water Resources and the Ministry pointed to the need for $ 300 million, but the budget deficit prevented the ministry get those allocations, alluding to the lack of having to resort to external consulting deal with the situation as it is not an imminent threat, the fact that the ministry are doing their job.

In the interventions of the ladies and gentlemen of Representatives, Rep focused Salih al-Hasnawi to be realistic answers and stay away from taking on the defense ministry's stance, stressing the need to resolve the possibility of danger, whatever the rate.

And I was amazed MP Vian Dakhil determine the Minister of Water Resources per the proportion of thousands set for the collapse of the dam with a malfunction in which the two gates.

He suggested MP Awad al-Awadi, drag the file from the Ministry of Water Resources and its inclusion on the agenda of the Ministerial Committee on Energy under the supervision of the prime minister.

He inquired MP Hanan al truth about the seriousness of the collapse of the dam and the actions taken and the reasons for the uproar existing.

For his part, the State Attorney Azzedine that most of the global companies that had years before bidding for the rehabilitation of the Mosul Dam apologized for the repair of the depth of the process of the dam and its inability to treat, stressing that the country is facing a real disaster.

It demanded Rep. Birwan Khilani with the help of Iraqi competencies and expertise for the rehabilitation of the Mosul Dam and provide alarm system from any potential disaster and work on the dam emptied of water.

He noted the MP Kanna that the collapse of the dam will not be a sudden being a cumulative dams and different from the concrete dam would collapse, but in stages.

He suggested MP Jamal al-Muhammadawi unloaded two-thirds of the lake dam around Samarra dam and the remaining towards the Lake Thar Thar and Baghdad and on to the marshes.

MP Mohammad al-Karbouli pointed out that the injection process did not reach the bottom of the cracks in the dam areas.

The MP Raad Aldhlki the need to provide the ministry prior to a plan to address the risks that surround the dam and to inform the House of Representatives.

In response to the ladies and gentlemen of Representatives inquiries, Mr. Minister of Water Resources noted that the previous work of the ministry and subsequent plan exists within the cabinet's agenda, pointing out and put it on top of the alleged 330-meter basis.

The Minister revealed that the consultant designer was pointers port to plug identified the descent of the dam by three meters in the first 100 years of the period built in and got so far to 86 cm only, pointing to the presence of indicators of risk and emptying the dam stocks toward elsewhere is risky to compensate for the scarcity of water in the the summer.

The Minister explained that the ministry is currently Filter Options to keep Bmnsop 316 meters and continue Overstuffing operations, stating that the contract was worth $ 300 million with the foreign company and the speculative value was $ 137 million and $ 150 million for advisory value.

The Council voted on the report and recommendations of the Committee on Agriculture on Mosul Dam as well as the formation of a parliamentary investigative commission on the value of what you stated about the rehabilitation of the dam.

President al-Jubouri, and the face of the Committee on Agriculture, Water and marshes to finding a lasting solution through a certain formula are presented to the Board for a vote.

This was followed by MP Arshad Salhi, head of the Human Rights Commission on the situation in the city of Fallujah, which indicated to the displacement operations in the city and surrounding areas because of the dominance Daash terrorist organization.

The report also pointed out that the Commission is closely monitoring the tragic situation in the city where he appealed over the security services and institutions related to the state the past few months to open safe corridors and provide food for the people trapped.

The committee recommended to speed up the process of liberation of the city to stop the human tragedy experienced by the residents of Fallujah and lifting the siege imposed on civilians by providing safe corridors to allow them to go out under the supervision of the local government and the protection of the security services, processing and establishment of camps for displaced people and sending food and medical air assistance or by land.

Recommendations called for by appealing to international and local organizations and aid organizations in the provision and delivery of aid and that the Ministry of Health to provide mobile hospitals, medicine and medical supplies and urged the government to observe international humanitarian law during editing operations as well as the formation of a parliamentary committee to follow up the implementation of the recommendations as well as a meeting of the Committee with the General Commander of the Armed Forces and Director joint operations at the defense Ministry.

Then the Council voted on the recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights concerning the city of Fallujah.

Then decide to adjourn the meeting on Tuesday, 02.16.2016.

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Iraqi Council of Representatives

02/08/2016