Tuesday Evening Iraq Parliament News Highlights 9-20-22

Al-Kazemi During His Departure To New York: The Doors To Resolving The Political Crisis Are Still Open

Posted On2022-09-20 By Sotaliraq    Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi commented during his departure from Iraq to New York, saying: "The current political crisis is difficult, but the doors to a solution are still open."

Al-Kazemi said in a statement issued by his office on Monday (September 19, 2022): “We are now leaving for New York City in the United States of America; To participate in the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of Iraq.

According to Al-Kazemi, "The experience of our government has confirmed that Iraq can play an important role in stabilizing the region, and be an arena for convergence of views between everyone, and this is an approach that must take its extent at all levels."

He pointed out that "the current political crisis is difficult, but the doors to a solution are still open, and this requires a calm and frank dialogue that puts the interest of Iraq and its people above all."

The Prime Minister called on the national and political forces to “remain calm and patient, rely on the language of dialogue and reason, and arm ourselves with a solid will and a high patriotic spirit; Let us cross our country from this stage to safety at this historical moment, through our national dialogue that is capable of producing solutions that end this current crisis.”

Earlier today, the spokesman for the Iraqi Council of Ministers, Hassan Nazim, stated that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi will meet with high-ranking figures within the work of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Nazim said in the weekly press conference, today, Monday (September 19, 2022), that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi "will go to the United States to participate in the work of the United Nations General Assembly at its 77th session."

He added that "Al-Kazemi will meet high-ranking figures in New York," adding that Al-Kazemi's participation "is of importance in representing Iraq diplomatically, and enhances Iraq's position internationally."

Nazim noted that "the government succeeded in the file of foreign relations and was able to dismantle the crises."

He pointed out that “the Council of Ministers decided to stop work on previous decisions related to lagging projects,” noting “to stop work on previous decisions of the Council of Ministers because they were taken in exceptional circumstances.” LINK

Hassan Nazim: Al-Kazemi Will Meet High-Ranking Personalities In New York

Posted On2022-09-20 By Sotaliraq    The spokesman for the Iraqi Council of Ministers, Hassan Nazim, stated that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi will meet high-ranking figures within the work of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Nazim said in the weekly press conference, Monday (September 19, 2022), that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi "will go to the United States to participate in the work of the United Nations General Assembly at its 77th session."

He added that "Al-Kazemi will meet high-ranking figures in New York," adding that Al-Kazemi's participation "is of importance in representing Iraq diplomatically, and enhances Iraq's position internationally."

Nazim noted that "the government succeeded in the file of foreign relations and was able to dismantle the crises."

He pointed out that "the government succeeded in the file of foreign relations and was able to dismantle the crises," adding that "the Council of Ministers decided to stop work on previous decisions related to lagging projects," noting to "stopping previous decisions of the Council of Ministers because they were taken in exceptional circumstances."

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Parliament Is Preparing To Enact 20 Laws.. Despite Calls For Its Dissolution

Posted On2022-09-19 By Sotaliraq     Baghdad/Bright news   Parliament is preparing, as soon as its sessions are held, to enact 20 important laws, while specialized committees confirm the exclusion of projects that have political differences at the present time.

A parliamentary source said, "The Parliament's Legal Committee will proceed to submit about 20 laws to vote, successively, after the resumption of Parliament sessions."

For his part, committee member Aref Al-Hamami said, in a statement to (Al-Mada), that “an agreement was made within the Legal Committee that Parliament should give priority to the legislation of laws that do not require political consensus and concern the Iraqi people all.”

Al-Hamami continued, "There are laws that need political consensus, such as oil, gas and elections, but at the beginning of the sessions, it is the ones that do not need consensus between the blocs."

He pointed out that "the most important laws prepared for passage are social security, amending the Unified Retirement Law, and the law on providing housing for trespassers and addressing slums."

And Al-Hamami, that "some of the laws are new projects and proposals, and others go back to previous parliamentary sessions."

He explained, "There is a request submitted with the signature of 180 deputies in order to resume parliament sessions in the coming days."

Al-Hamami held, "The Presidency of the House of Representatives is responsible for delaying the sessions, despite the passage of not short time since the demonstrators withdrew from the Green Zone."

He believes, "The conditions are ripe today for the return of parliament sessions, the progression of constitutional entitlements and legislation, and the exercise of the oversight role."

Al-Hamami concluded, “Disrupting the work of the legislative authority is not in the interest of Iraq, especially with the presence of many files that are waiting for Parliament to be resolved.”   LINK

Will The Reform Of The Iraqi Political Process Be Through The Constitution And The Law?

Posted On2022-09-19 By Sotaliraq   The parliamentary system needs basic and important components for its success, foremost of which are economic development and societal well-being

Monday 19 september 2022      a call to amend articles in the constitution that caused the political impasse in iraq (reuters)

The  political process  in  iraq continued  its precarious path after each electoral process, but this time it was characterized by obstruction and abuse of constitutional terms.

The political blocs continue their struggles over the mechanism  of government formation  since the elections were held in october of last year.

AMENDING THE ARTICLES OF THE CONSTITUTION

On september 10, 2022, the head of the supreme judicial council, faiq zaidan, called for the amendment of articles in the constitution that “caused” the political impasse in iraq since the legislative elections.

Zaidan said in a press statement that "constitutional violations or socially and morally unacceptable acts cannot be held accountable by the judge, whether institutions or individuals, unless there is an explicit text that is punishable according to legal conditions."

He added that "a lawsuit requesting the dissolution of the house of representatives, although the judiciary agrees with the plaintiff in that lawsuit in fact that there are constitutional violations committed by the house of representatives and the person who clearly marked those violations, but the constitutional judiciary rejected the lawsuit by requesting the dissolution of the house of representatives because the penalty for this breach (dissolving the council) entrusted it." article (64) of the constitution to the house of representatives itself.

The head of the judiciary explained that  parliament  “is dissolved by an absolute majority of its members, either at the request of one-third of its members or at the request of the prime minister and with the approval of the president of the republic.”

He added that "the jurisdiction of the federal court is constitutionally defined under article (93), and there is no power among them to dissolve the house of representatives."

Zaidan said, "it is necessary to reconsider the drafting of the articles of the constitution that obstruct the formation of the constitutional authorities, which caused the state of political blockage and the accompanying unfortunate events, that the penalty for violating any constitutional text should be stipulated in the same text in a clear formulation that is not subject to interpretation or interpretation."

BASIC INGREDIENTS

On the other hand, legal specialist ali al-tamimi stressed that the parliamentary system needs basic and important components for its success, foremost of which are economic development and societal welfare, as it has been implemented and succeeded in britain first and then the scandinavian countries, but when it was placed in a country such as iraq, it was said that it would lead to sectarian war and strife, and this is what actually happened.

Al-tamimi indicated in a press statement that “the iraqi constitution has come with positive principles that are consistent with the principles of the parliamentary system, but it is not suitable in iraq and needs to be the first amendments to the constitution to be the form of the political system to be either presidential or semi-presidential.”

He pointed out that "the semi-presidential system is the best and most successful for iraq at the current stage, as is the form of the current system in france, as the parliamentary system in iraq has created multiple dictatorships for parties, and this is the most dangerous."

BIGGEST MASS

But the legal specialist, dia al-din al-budairi, indicated that the largest parliamentary bloc is the cause of the problems and can be amended without amending the constitution, and parliament can amend its law and refer to this paragraph as an explicit indication that the most numerous bloc will become the winning bloc in terms of the number of its deputies, without resorting to an amendment the constitution is also difficult, because the iraqi constitution is one of the very rigid and dry constitutions, and it cannot be amended, especially with the quota system.

Meanwhile, the legal specialist haider al-sufi confirmed that the constitutional amendment requires that there be a committee that presents the amendments to parliament, which in turn must approve them by two-thirds, and then submit it to the people for a referendum.

Al-sufi explained that the current constitution stipulates that in order for the amendments to be approved, three governorates should not reject it, meaning that it is possible to make amendments to the constitution easily, but the governorates should not object to these amendments.

COMMITMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF THE CONSTITUTION

For his part, political researcher saleh lafta believes that “the safest, best and just way to reform the political process is to adhere to the articles and paragraphs of the constitution and not to override the constitution for any reason and to solve problems according to the law.

Respecting the law and deporting problems to satisfy some parties. If the constitution was adhered to to explain the largest bloc, the formation of the government would not be delayed for any electoral cycle, and if spoilers and thieves were held accountable, iraq would not issue the list of the most corrupt countries.”

He added, "but there is a problem, that there are paragraphs in the iraqi constitution that bear more than one interpretation and bearing various aspects. If one party agrees to the interpretation of that article, other parties will consider themselves unjust with that interpretation, as happened in the 2010 elections and the interpretation of the federal court for the largest bloc and considering the iraqi list winning the largest number of parliamentary seats. She was wronged and her right was stolen.”

He pointed out, "we need a clear explanation of these articles without resorting to the federal court, delaying the constitutional benefits in each electoral cycle, and amending articles that cause problems or have been deported for many years."

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Representative Of The State Of Law: The Return Of Parliament Sessions Depends On Political Understandings[/Size]

Iraq   14:05 - 09-20-2022  Representative of the State of Law coalition, Duha Al-Qaisar, called on Tuesday for the need to return to the work of the House of Representatives after consulting with other political forces.

Representative Duha Al-Qaisar said, "The Presidency of Parliament has received an official request signed by 180 who are calling for the resumption of the parliament's sessions, the return of the meeting of the parliamentary committees, and the exercise of their oversight and legislative role."

She added, "There are ongoing meetings with major political forces in order to hold a parliamentary session through which he can get out of the current crisis."

The Caesar indicated that "the presidency of the parliament is awaiting a political consensus to resume holding the sessions," stressing that "things are going normally and that everything will return as it was soon." https://kirkuktv.net/AR/Details/9037