Thursday, December 30, 2010

January 10th, Parliament Returns and Work Begins ~ Nat'l Policy Council Begins its Work Next February


Tenth of January, next month, the end of the holiday Parliament

30/12/2010

Iraq: Policy Council begins its work next February

بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning

The Iraqi List, said that the Law on the National Council of the Supreme policies was completed in all its aspects no longer be any differences with the National Alliance and will be submitted to a vote in parliament after the tenth of next month, the end of the holiday Parliament ».

Advisor list Hani Ashour said in a press statement: The «Dr. Iyad Allawi will begin after the vote on the law of the Council, its composition and will exercise its beginning next February.

It was now since work on the rules of procedure ».

Ashor noted that the «differences were small and had some of the paragraphs of the law, has been exceeded and agreed upon, will be the Council's independence in its work, in order to facilitate the implementation of the tasks, and will be President Allawi, the same value of legal persons for the Prime Minister in accordance with what was agreed upon» he says.

He ruled out Ashour said the chairman shall have a number of MPs, but will be the prerogative of the President of the National Council of the policies the Supreme choose from acting for him to perform his duties in his absence, as stated in the draft law, pointing out that «the month of February next will see the beginning of the National Council of the policies the Supreme , and its decisions will be taken to vote and will have the right invitation of the Chairman of the Board deems necessary from the officials when considering any decision in its area of competence.

He also stressed that the work of the Council will be supportive of the Government in the formulation of Iraq policy in the areas of high economic, security and political, social and external relations ».

He also denied a member of a coalition of state law Abdullah Iskandar, there are differences between the leaders of the National Alliance and the leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi on the Law of the National Council for the strategic policies, expected to open the question of the powers of the Council early next year.

Iskandar said in a statement quoted by news agency Nina: It «There are no real differences about the powers of the National Council for the strategic policies, but there was controversy on the issue of protocol at the beginning it was agreed to find a special formula to resolve recent».

He pointed out that «the matter of protocol relating to the fact that the Prime Minister and his deputies and the President of the Republic and his deputies are empowered executive, will own the chairman of the National policies of strategic executive authority, or is it issued guidance to the executive authority to implement them», noting that «things are going in the right direction, and I think that the day of the ninth January will see the enactment of this Council in the House of Representatives and then ends this dilemma