"Actions are underway to extend the work of the parliament to 22 from next month"
Monday, march 15, 2010
In the last day Seek to extend the life of Parliament Four Weeks
No parliamentary immunity after tomorrow
بغداد - الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
The curtain falls tomorrow on the legislative mandate in the House of Representatives does not allow him to hold any special meeting, after four years, completed a lot and did not succeed in achieving the ambitions and other targets.
With the lifting of parliamentary immunity of deputies from next Wednesday
Actions are underway to extend the work of the parliament to 22 from next month.
MP Abbas al-Bayati said that Parliament would lose its authority on the legislative and constitutional will not be entitled to hold any meeting until a new council.
Bayati said for «morning»: the «end of the mandate of the parliament will not enter the country at the stage of a constitutional vacuum because such a vacuum would have happened not for the parliamentary elections», pointing out that «the first meeting of Parliament linked to the question of art is to declare the results and approval, and thus invite the President of the Republic through a presidential decree contains a request for a meeting of the new parliament .
He stressed that extending the work of the parliament for one day, an act is unconstitutional because the absence of any indication in the Constitution about the possibility of extension, as did the President of the Republic or the Prime Minister the right to request to extend the work of the parliament as a result of the expiration of four calendar years and to hold new legislative elections.
Conversely said the Kurdistan Alliance MP Adel Berwari that parliament's mandate will expire tomorrow, while keeping the government functioning until a new Council of Representatives.
Through Berwari told the morning believed the possibility to ask the President or Prime Minister held an emergency meeting in the event of any problem in the country in case of lack of consensus between the blocs on the outcome of the elections.
On the other hand suggested parliamentary sources familiar with the existence of the movement to prevent the occurrence of any constitutional vacuum after the mandate of parliament on Monday by the extension of up to 22 next month, asserting that it would lift the parliamentary immunity of deputies on Wednesday.
The sources told »Sabah»: The lift the parliamentary immunity of all deputies, including Vice President, will remain as Chairman of the House of Representatives to exercise its administrative until the formation of the new Council», pointing to the existence of efforts towards the judiciary in order to examine the possibility of extending the work of Parliament to 22 next month by relying on the issue is that the opening of the first meeting was in March 16, 2006 and remained open until April 22 when the vote on the government at the time.
In turn, the legal expert said Tarek Harb, the House will end at the end of official working hours of work and no right to hold any meeting, whether regular or exceptional. War, said in a telephone conversation with «morning» that would lift the immunity of all deputies, but they will stay have salaries, security, diplomatic passports.
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