02/05/2011
Having adopted the Convention «Claims» between Iraq and the United States
اليوم.. Today
Parliament questioned the chief election commissioner and vote on the legal inspectors and Control Bureau
بغداد – الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Due to cross-examine the Board of Deputies in its session today the President of the Electoral Commission for elections Faraj al-Haidari, at the time of the vote on the proposals of legal inspectors general and Office of Financial Supervision.
استجواب الحيدري Interrogation of al-Haidari
It will be the first senior al-Haidari was being questioned through the work of the Parliament in its second.
According to sources, the "morning", the MPs of the coalition of state law are behind the interrogation process, especially MP Hanan al.
The sources said the meeting probably will be hot to the nature of the files that will come up during the interrogation process.
It is said that MP Hanan al had confirmed earlier that everything will be put in the interrogation process based on evidence and documents in something called random. The Electoral Commission for elections threatened in an official statement to "pursue all legal proceedings that were guaranteed by the Constitution and existing legislation and prosecution of all of The defamation and accusations haphazardly right. "
Presidency of the parliament and set the twenty-sixth of last month, the date for the questioning of the Commission, but it is to put it off on Monday after it said that the UNHCR is not enough time to answer the questions provided.
The sources also emphasized that today's meeting will vote on the proposals of legal inspectors, public officials and Board of Supreme Audit, in addition to the first reading of the draft legal and Ministry of Agriculture and the exemption of farmers and peasants borrowers of the benefits arising from previous loans discharged.
التصويت على اتفاقية التسوية Vote on the Settlement Agreement
The House of Representatives voted yesterday at its regular 60 in the presence of 167deputies, the Convention on the settlement of claims between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the United States, and finished reading the first and the second of five laws.
The session witnessed a host Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Finance, Rafie al-Issawi and Central Bank Governor Sinan al-Shabibi.
At the outset of hosting, Foreign Minister stressed the importance of the Convention being in the interest of Iraq and address the issues inherited from the time of the former regime requires that the current government resolved, pointing to the lack of the possibility of repudiation of them under the argument that it committed during the former regime because international law does not allow it.
Zebari said the presence of a large group of lawsuits against the acts committed by the former regime worth of Finance under the decisions of U.S. courts over one billion and 137 million where the government agreed to the settlement in a peaceful way through the agreement to pay under the Iraqi government money to the U.S. government $ 400 million for commitment U.S. to secure an end to any claims filed in American courts and discharge of Iraq to American citizens and not to accept open any other case or referring them to the U.S. government and limit compensation claims specific. He also warned Zebari of moral damages and material to raise the international protection of Iraqi funds after the date of June 30, as protection money will be needed to the decision of the U.S. president, noting that the U.S. informed the parties that the executive order the judge to protect the money will not be issued on May 20 to be approved by this Convention.
He continued: The government of Iraq reserves the right to submit claims for compensation from the United States, which did not take the Convention and the formation of a committee of the American and the Iraqi side of the follow-up.
The Finance Minister has said that the issue of Iraqi debt, old issue, but increased in the nineties to reach in 2005 to $ 140 billion, pointing to extinguish the ministry for many of Iraq's debt over the past years through the purchase of the debt of some countries. He said al-Issawi said the legalization of the Convention will be open the door to further lawsuits, contending that this agreement will be a move to buy debt imposed on Iraq as a result of lawsuits.
For his part, Governor of the Central Bank to fulfill Iraq of its obligations will be reflected positively on the sector of trade and investment to the country's need to the rapid development and movement between countries of the world without problems, noting that the Iraqis the right to compensation from the United States and should be regulated this issue in accordance with the Convention. In the interventions of Representatives asked the Attorney Baha Araji on the issue of reporting the Iraqi government to establish Iraqi claims and the possibility of lawsuits to obtain compensation from the United States. MP Haider Mulla has inquired about the reasons that prevent the establishment of a lawsuit to enter the United States to Iraq, in addition to know the criteria used to develop $ 400 million compensation in accordance with the Convention.
For his part, MP Fuad Masum, the need to hire a law firm to adopt and follow up the issues of Iraqis demanding compensation from the United States.
For his part, Deputy Sabah al-Saadi asked about the governance of law and U.S. courts to consider the claimants show of new cases by American citizens.
While the proposed MP Khalid Suleiman approached the United States to drop the amount contained in the Convention and turn it into a special fund provides compensation to victims of the war in Iraq.
As demanded by the MP Hanan al the time period specified on the payment of compensation to other countries.
MP Ahmad Chalabi, has praised the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the possibility of Iraqi citizens get compensation from the United States, noting that the agreement establishes the financial commitments the U.S. government requires to ensure the ability of the American government to fulfill those obligations.
In response to the interventions and the Finance Minister said that setting a payment of $ 400 million was the result of the negotiating effort, especially as they are debts of non-governmental non-fire, noting that the Ministry of Finance to buy debt from the United States so as not to worsen the situation in Iraq.
He added that the payment will be according to the law of the House of Representatives from the funds of abundance, indicating the non-payment amount would leave Iraq before the difficulties in the budget years 2011 and 2012.
Law of the Ministries of Defence and National Security
The session witnessed a parliamentary vote to approve to continue to read the bill and the Department of Homeland Security, in principle, after the completion of the first reading of the law, which aims to preserve national security and dissemination of security awareness among citizens and to monitor and combat crime, terrorism and Abgypaejad the formation of a ministerial assume this task.
As the Council ended the first reading of the draft Law on the Ministry of Defence in order to reshape the organizational structure according to the ministry of its own.
The Council also agreed in principle to the first reading of the bill decorations and medals.
The Parliament also completed the first reading of a bill that weapons Weapons Law No. 13 of 1992 no longer cope with the current stage.
Also finished second reading of the draft law the Higher Institute for Research on embryos and treatment of infertility.
Focused interventions of Representatives on the importance of identifying sources of funding of the Institute and provide all the necessary supplies to sustain the work and the adoption of symbolic wages to provide services with the need to adhere to the legal aspect in the work of the Institute.
In response to the Commission on Higher Education to the interventions draw MP Abdel Dhiab that the Institute's funding of the budget of the Ministry of Higher Education, noting that the Institute's work does not violate Islamic law, noting that wages will be an occasion for citizens with limited income
.
رفض كتلة الاحرار Refused to block the free
Back to the Convention on the settlement of claims, it has renewed its free block of the Sadrist movement, its rejection of the claims settlement agreement between Baghdad and Washington.
The MP said the bloc Free Bahaa al-During a press conference at the parliament building yesterday: "The mass Liberals rejected the Convention on the settlement of claims for several reasons, foremost they give to the citizens and companies occupying the right to claim compensation since 1991 till the year 2004," noting that "the mass-Ahrar respect the opinion of the other blocks on the Convention. "
Araji said that "this confirms that they do not want to recognize the crimes committed against Iraqis, whether the war in Najaf or Fallujah," adding that "it is not reasonable to pay Iraq $ 400 million in compensation in the case of detention of 200 people, U.S. and Iraqi citizens to go a martyr nor compensated one thousand dollars. "
For his part, Secretary General of the Liberal bloc Prince Kanani "Convention on the settlement of claims between Iraq and the United States of America was built on the basis of the void that the United States invaded Iraq at will, while there are damages to the State of Kuwait as a result of its occupation of the former regime."
The Kanani in "The United States agrees to herself to be a state occupation of choice, and then demand compensation, it does not accept the logic of international law," noting that "the mass-Ahrar presented today (yesterday) a request to the House of Representatives and collected signatures to open centers in the provinces required by the government through lawyers, to receive transactions claimants for the purpose of the agreement with the law firm for outside legal establishment of such a litigation. "
Having adopted the Convention «Claims» between Iraq and the United States
اليوم.. Today
Parliament questioned the chief election commissioner and vote on the legal inspectors and Control Bureau
بغداد – الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Due to cross-examine the Board of Deputies in its session today the President of the Electoral Commission for elections Faraj al-Haidari, at the time of the vote on the proposals of legal inspectors general and Office of Financial Supervision.
استجواب الحيدري Interrogation of al-Haidari
It will be the first senior al-Haidari was being questioned through the work of the Parliament in its second.
According to sources, the "morning", the MPs of the coalition of state law are behind the interrogation process, especially MP Hanan al.
The sources said the meeting probably will be hot to the nature of the files that will come up during the interrogation process.
It is said that MP Hanan al had confirmed earlier that everything will be put in the interrogation process based on evidence and documents in something called random. The Electoral Commission for elections threatened in an official statement to "pursue all legal proceedings that were guaranteed by the Constitution and existing legislation and prosecution of all of The defamation and accusations haphazardly right. "
Presidency of the parliament and set the twenty-sixth of last month, the date for the questioning of the Commission, but it is to put it off on Monday after it said that the UNHCR is not enough time to answer the questions provided.
The sources also emphasized that today's meeting will vote on the proposals of legal inspectors, public officials and Board of Supreme Audit, in addition to the first reading of the draft legal and Ministry of Agriculture and the exemption of farmers and peasants borrowers of the benefits arising from previous loans discharged.
التصويت على اتفاقية التسوية Vote on the Settlement Agreement
The House of Representatives voted yesterday at its regular 60 in the presence of 167deputies, the Convention on the settlement of claims between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the United States, and finished reading the first and the second of five laws.
The session witnessed a host Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Finance, Rafie al-Issawi and Central Bank Governor Sinan al-Shabibi.
At the outset of hosting, Foreign Minister stressed the importance of the Convention being in the interest of Iraq and address the issues inherited from the time of the former regime requires that the current government resolved, pointing to the lack of the possibility of repudiation of them under the argument that it committed during the former regime because international law does not allow it.
Zebari said the presence of a large group of lawsuits against the acts committed by the former regime worth of Finance under the decisions of U.S. courts over one billion and 137 million where the government agreed to the settlement in a peaceful way through the agreement to pay under the Iraqi government money to the U.S. government $ 400 million for commitment U.S. to secure an end to any claims filed in American courts and discharge of Iraq to American citizens and not to accept open any other case or referring them to the U.S. government and limit compensation claims specific. He also warned Zebari of moral damages and material to raise the international protection of Iraqi funds after the date of June 30, as protection money will be needed to the decision of the U.S. president, noting that the U.S. informed the parties that the executive order the judge to protect the money will not be issued on May 20 to be approved by this Convention.
He continued: The government of Iraq reserves the right to submit claims for compensation from the United States, which did not take the Convention and the formation of a committee of the American and the Iraqi side of the follow-up.
The Finance Minister has said that the issue of Iraqi debt, old issue, but increased in the nineties to reach in 2005 to $ 140 billion, pointing to extinguish the ministry for many of Iraq's debt over the past years through the purchase of the debt of some countries. He said al-Issawi said the legalization of the Convention will be open the door to further lawsuits, contending that this agreement will be a move to buy debt imposed on Iraq as a result of lawsuits.
For his part, Governor of the Central Bank to fulfill Iraq of its obligations will be reflected positively on the sector of trade and investment to the country's need to the rapid development and movement between countries of the world without problems, noting that the Iraqis the right to compensation from the United States and should be regulated this issue in accordance with the Convention. In the interventions of Representatives asked the Attorney Baha Araji on the issue of reporting the Iraqi government to establish Iraqi claims and the possibility of lawsuits to obtain compensation from the United States. MP Haider Mulla has inquired about the reasons that prevent the establishment of a lawsuit to enter the United States to Iraq, in addition to know the criteria used to develop $ 400 million compensation in accordance with the Convention.
For his part, MP Fuad Masum, the need to hire a law firm to adopt and follow up the issues of Iraqis demanding compensation from the United States.
For his part, Deputy Sabah al-Saadi asked about the governance of law and U.S. courts to consider the claimants show of new cases by American citizens.
While the proposed MP Khalid Suleiman approached the United States to drop the amount contained in the Convention and turn it into a special fund provides compensation to victims of the war in Iraq.
As demanded by the MP Hanan al the time period specified on the payment of compensation to other countries.
MP Ahmad Chalabi, has praised the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the possibility of Iraqi citizens get compensation from the United States, noting that the agreement establishes the financial commitments the U.S. government requires to ensure the ability of the American government to fulfill those obligations.
In response to the interventions and the Finance Minister said that setting a payment of $ 400 million was the result of the negotiating effort, especially as they are debts of non-governmental non-fire, noting that the Ministry of Finance to buy debt from the United States so as not to worsen the situation in Iraq.
He added that the payment will be according to the law of the House of Representatives from the funds of abundance, indicating the non-payment amount would leave Iraq before the difficulties in the budget years 2011 and 2012.
Law of the Ministries of Defence and National Security
The session witnessed a parliamentary vote to approve to continue to read the bill and the Department of Homeland Security, in principle, after the completion of the first reading of the law, which aims to preserve national security and dissemination of security awareness among citizens and to monitor and combat crime, terrorism and Abgypaejad the formation of a ministerial assume this task.
As the Council ended the first reading of the draft Law on the Ministry of Defence in order to reshape the organizational structure according to the ministry of its own.
The Council also agreed in principle to the first reading of the bill decorations and medals.
The Parliament also completed the first reading of a bill that weapons Weapons Law No. 13 of 1992 no longer cope with the current stage.
Also finished second reading of the draft law the Higher Institute for Research on embryos and treatment of infertility.
Focused interventions of Representatives on the importance of identifying sources of funding of the Institute and provide all the necessary supplies to sustain the work and the adoption of symbolic wages to provide services with the need to adhere to the legal aspect in the work of the Institute.
In response to the Commission on Higher Education to the interventions draw MP Abdel Dhiab that the Institute's funding of the budget of the Ministry of Higher Education, noting that the Institute's work does not violate Islamic law, noting that wages will be an occasion for citizens with limited income
.
رفض كتلة الاحرار Refused to block the free
Back to the Convention on the settlement of claims, it has renewed its free block of the Sadrist movement, its rejection of the claims settlement agreement between Baghdad and Washington.
The MP said the bloc Free Bahaa al-During a press conference at the parliament building yesterday: "The mass Liberals rejected the Convention on the settlement of claims for several reasons, foremost they give to the citizens and companies occupying the right to claim compensation since 1991 till the year 2004," noting that "the mass-Ahrar respect the opinion of the other blocks on the Convention. "
Araji said that "this confirms that they do not want to recognize the crimes committed against Iraqis, whether the war in Najaf or Fallujah," adding that "it is not reasonable to pay Iraq $ 400 million in compensation in the case of detention of 200 people, U.S. and Iraqi citizens to go a martyr nor compensated one thousand dollars. "
For his part, Secretary General of the Liberal bloc Prince Kanani "Convention on the settlement of claims between Iraq and the United States of America was built on the basis of the void that the United States invaded Iraq at will, while there are damages to the State of Kuwait as a result of its occupation of the former regime."
The Kanani in "The United States agrees to herself to be a state occupation of choice, and then demand compensation, it does not accept the logic of international law," noting that "the mass-Ahrar presented today (yesterday) a request to the House of Representatives and collected signatures to open centers in the provinces required by the government through lawyers, to receive transactions claimants for the purpose of the agreement with the law firm for outside legal establishment of such a litigation. "
