April 28, 2011Parliament votes today on the Convention on «the settlement of claims
Amid expectations of a heated session .. And attempts to delay the approval
Baghdad morning
The Presidency of the Council of Representatives put on the agenda for the meeting of the Parliament today, paragraph vote on the draft law on ratification of the Convention on the settlement of claims between Iraq and the United States, according to the announcement made by a source familiar with the "morning".
The source expected the meeting to witness debates ahead of the vote on the bill, especially after the announcement of the free block of the Sadrist movement, and other legislators rejection of the agreement altogether.
The draft legislation includes nine articles, and specific dates for the payment of certain amounts of financial and implementation of the commitments between the parties, according to Article IV of the Settlement Agreement ..
the government of the United States accepts the Government of Iraq $ 400 million for full and final settlement of the claims of U.S. citizens covered by the Convention.
The source revealed the existence of attempts to postpone the vote on the Convention for the existence of a divergence of views on them.
Will see today's meeting, according to the source, also vote on
_the draft law of the Federal Court, and
_the first reading of bills holidays, and government offices (the Shi'a Waqf, the Sunni Endowment, Office of Religious Endowments Christians, Yezidis and Mandaeans), in addition to
_the national information infrastructure.
The meeting will also see the first reading of
_the draft Law on the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and
the second reading of
_the proponents of the House of Representatives legal salaries and the salaries of the presidency.
The House of Representatives had voted at its usual 58, to amend the investment law, the liquidation of crude oil.
It also ended the Parliament first reading of the six laws are:
_the law of the media and communications, and
_the law on ratification of the Framework Agreement on Trade Preferential System among the member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference, and
_the law of ratification of the Statute of the Islamic Union of Telecommunications, in addition to
_the draft Law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Treaty Organization of Islamic Conference on Combating International Terrorism and
_the Law of the Republic of Iraq to join the International Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism, as well as
_the draft Law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
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