Committee of the regions and provinces: provincial law enshrines the principle of decentralization i

Committee of the regions and provinces: provincial law enshrines the principle of decentralization in Iraq



09: 47: 24/06/2013


Smiling face-said the Chairman of the Committee on the regions and governorates of representative Mohammed Kayani that the vote on the amendment of Act No. 12 of 2008 provinces establishes the principle of decentralization in Iraq dramatically, for the Federal Court and the political blocs to be the level of the Constitution and federal decentralization concepts to individual happiness.
Kayani said in a statement: "the vote on the amendment of Act No. 21/2008 establishes the principle of decentralization in Iraq radically and incarnations is real federalism and decentralization on the ground was unclear, as under this Act are given broad powers to the provincial councils and Governors of the Department of local government independently without the need to return to the Centre, in addition to their domestic legislation and the right to Executive control".
"This law gives wide administrative and financial powers to local governments, including the appointment of senior staff in the provinces, control and punish them, in addition to the transfer of seven ministries of the service gradually over two years".
He: "under this law will be the responsibility of local governments to provide essential services to citizens in their areas, and to consolidate the task given to the provinces fiscal decentralization, this rooting, self-reliance, local governments were given powers of land allocation and taxation and obtaining half of the imports of border and five dollars from each barrel of oil produced in the province, plus share of refined oil and gas produced in the provinces, with maintenance of corporate taxation that may cause contamination in the The environment in areas of local governments, as well as the proportion of the leases companies. "
Kayani said: "there is to be equality in the level of development and progress in the provinces, the law on rate almharomet and must be taken into account in population when preparing financial budget, to be coordinated and harmonized at the level of provincial growth and development in all fields".
He noted that: "under this law were given to provincial powers to be conservative is within its province security official, in coordination with the Centre, and in the absence of local forces to do the security functions within the province can use federal troops, the Committee of the regions has demonstrated the seriousness and the provinces to work out modifications to suit the ambitions of local governments to provide services to its citizens, unlike some persistent hyped their personal interests than in previous years."
And between entities: "from all that we can say that Iraq will become a centralized State after the entry into force of this law, and we hope the Government and the political forces assisting local governments in the promotion of its functions to serve the citizens and achieve a better future for federal Iraq."
Kayani called for Federal Court, parties and political blocs to: "to be the level of the Iraqi Constitution of concepts and principles of decentralization and federalism in Iraq, to his Excellency the Iraqi individual and dignified life for all Iraqis and end the abhorrent Central, please also follow the KRG will follow in adopting a law similar to this law for citizens of the region's provinces".
The House had voted on the proposal of the law on second amendment law of governorates that are not organized in the territory of the No. 21/2008 and of the legal and territorial committees.


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