Nineveh and Anbar: new security powers will prevent the arbitrary arrest and violations

01-07-2013

Baghdad / Wael grace

Local officials in Anbar and Mosul, which experiencing the biggest rally security at the level of the country, that the application of the powers of security for conservatives stipulated by amending the powers of the provinces, passed by Parliament recently, authorizes local governments to keep the army and federal police from the provinces if any elected council deems it necessary, and reduce the phenomenon of arbitrary arrests and violations against citizens by the security men also took place in Hawija, Karbala and Anbar.

And linking these officials survival of army troops and federal police in the provinces the extent of recognition of those forces powers of the security of the local government, and did not rule out recourse neoconservatives to issue an order to leave the federal forces outside the borders of the province in the case refused to leaders of these forces to cooperate with the provincial-level plans and movements of the security forces and its goals.

Article 14 of the Law of the provincial average that "the governor direct authority over all the hardware in charge of the duties of protection and the maintenance of security and system operating in the province," he suggests that "if felt governor said devices costly to maintain security and order is able to accomplish its duties, it should display it immediately to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces indicating the amount of force sufficient to accomplish those duties, "and also states that" coordinate federal authority with the governor in advance when implementing security functions within the province. "

Unlike the majority of the political blocs that voted for the law, strongly opposed by Maliki's coalition and threatened to challenge it in Federal Court and considers it contrary to the Constitution and would lead to "significant errors" and prevents the federal police to the local.

Many believe that the application of these powers on the ground will not be that easy in those cities hot demand since the turn its file security to the local police linked to the provincial council, and supporters believe local security that interventions federal police and the army are causing stir popular anger is being exploited by militant groups.

I found these estimates in support of security officials in Parliament, said a member of the Commission on Security and Defense parliamentary Shwan Mohammed Taha in a statement to the "long" that "time commander sole gone irrevocably, and the government must understand that the new law is to distribute the powers of security between the provinces and the security forces" .

He said Taha that the government's refusal to transfer some powers of security under the new law to the provinces come "for political reasons", describing the "Voice of the recent amendment to the law of the provinces to" Democratic Front "facing a struggle against the forces of" love central and inventory authorities, however, one person. "

Taha criticized the presence of army troops and federal police in some provinces, stressing that "the functions of the army outside the border," and expressed his belief that the federal police is not entitled to "raid neighborhoods and the establishment of security detachments."

He said a member of the security and defense committee parliamentary that the recent amendment to provincial law "gives validity to maintain that charge and monitors the work of the security forces," stressing that "security incidents that took place in Anbar and Hawija and more recently in Karbala were due to forces" unconstitutional Under the new law, we hope that These incidents are not repeated again, and the province has the right to ask them out or hold them accountable through the legal process if it involved something similar.

Saw Hawija on 23 of April, storming security force for "SWAT" Square sit-in, killing and wounding at least 163 of the protesters, and the arrest of hundreds of others, and implicated these forces also killed coach Karbala football Mohammed Abbas, who died from blows he received at the hands of violent elements "SWAT" and called on the people of Karbala over the incident to bring the troops out of the province.

For his part, the new member and vice president of the former province of Anbar, Saadoun al-Shaalan "long" The amended provincial law "gives the governor broad powers to manage the security file in the province."

He explained that during his experience in the provincial council has clashed with local officials in a big city with obstacles caused by the lack of cooperation by the security forces, stressing that the security forces in Anbar, "do not fall under the supervision and control of the province, but receives its orders from the federal government."

In the view of al-Shaalan, a member of the list, "Iraqi national" that the recent amendment to the law of the provinces "will achieve the target we asked in earlier times an investigation with the security forces and held accountable," revealing that "after security breaches many occurred in the cities of Anbar asked during the formation of an investigative committee to uncover the circumstances But accidents and faced strictly rejection of security forces under the pretext that the accounting ordered security forces continued for the Legal Department at the Ministry of Defense in Baghdad. "

In the meantime, confirms a spokesman for the governor of Nineveh province outgoing Ethel Nujaifi that the security forces caused significant problematic for the citizens of Mosul and even blocked some service projects, stressing also that "the province was unable to be held accountable."

Qahtan Sami adds in a statement to the "long" that "the army in the province is undesirable because it is not the people of the city and did not know to deal with the citizens", preferring to leave the management of the province to the local police.

And stresses that the security forces in Nineveh hindered implementation of service projects and transformed the city into military barracks, stressing that the amendment of the law of the provinces would give really the governor be held accountable security forces and form committees investigative against violations, contending that the amended law will end the "rupture between the governor and the security forces that do not attend meetings security nor forward on security plans.

To the likely source in Mosul, in an interview for the "long" that "the first steps governor of Nineveh new will be directed by the security forces from the city if it did not cooperate with the province," citing that he and throughout the past four years, did not attend the commander of a security one session security meeting in maintain no on security plans.

He pointed out that the security forces in Mosul on citizens stenosis and shut down the streets, and put in all the way three security stressing that the governor "completely helpless before any complaint from citizen Msalawi against a security element."

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