Thread: Archive News - Iraqi Dinar Think Tank - 08/09/09 - 09/01/10

Abawi for "author": a joint diplomatic efforts to resolve the pending files with Kuwait

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq's diplomatic efforts that the Iraqi-Kuwaiti efforts to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries, including Iraq's debt owed to Kuwait and the joint oil fields as well as many outstanding issues since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in (1990).

Abawi said in a statement to the "media center of the communication," There are many joint committees, which formed between the two countries in political, economic and commercial decision to proceed with reactivation of their meetings and discuss pending issues between the two countries and work to resolve them as quickly as possible."

Abawi said that "resolving the outstanding issues through dialogue between the two countries would devote diplomatic relations between the two countries away from statements that give rise to reservations between the two countries.

He noted that the issue of demarcation of the border with Kuwait and to agree on joint oil wells as well as the border file, water, and compensation and all common issues, important files collected Iraq and Kuwait and therefore the region discussed the dialogue helps to resolve quickly."

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Backfired .. Parliament voted against the demands of Hashemi .. The Kurds only benefited from the veto?!!

At a meeting of the House of Representatives, attended by 190 deputies of the 275 deputies to the total they have been voting against the veto-Hashemi and approval of the calculation of votes of the displaced With their home provinces without the approval of increasing the share of seats outside of Iraqis of 5% prescribed by law to 15% as demanded by Hashimi, who is expected to invalidate the law again at a later time.

The Council also approved the request of the Kurds to increase the proportion of the population in the provinces increased by 2.8%, after having complained of the lack of proportion given to the three northern Kurdish their governorates of Arbil, Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah. Have prompted the approval of this article fifty Arab and Turkmen deputies to withdraw from the meeting, representing the Accordance Front bloc and the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue in addition to some of Representatives Sadrists.

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Iraqi lawmaker: America is exerting constant pressure on the Iraqi parliament

The decision of the Kurdistan Alliance List in the Iraqi Council of Representatives that the United States was "pushing" on the parliamentary blocs to be a U.S. withdrawal on schedule.

He said Sirwan Zahavi told the Kurdistan News (AKnews) that "because of the approaching date for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, America is exerting constant pressure on the Iraqi Council of Representatives", stating that "America's interests require stability and security in Iraq, in order to be able to withdraw its troops in accordance with the paragraphs of the Convention security to leave behind a token force in Iraq."

On June 30 last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraqi cities, and under the security agreement between America and Iraq should U.S. troops leave Iraq by the end of 2011.

The decision to list the Kurdistan Alliance, "said another pressure to force the vice president to back down from the veto of the law against the elections, which is unconstitutional, because it must take the House of Representatives resolution on the veto and resolve the issue."

For his part, said Ahmed Anwar legal committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives for (AKnews) that "America wants Iraqi elections on time so you do not have to alter the timing of withdrawal."

He said that "America thinks that the lack of or delay the conduct of the elections will lead to sabotage the security situation in Iraq and will affect the overall situation in Iraq and thus delay the withdrawal of American forces."

In this regard, said Latif Hassan Iraqi MP from the Kurdistan Alliance List, told reporters that turn off support for humanitarian organizations and their withdrawal from Iraq, an example of the pressures exerted by America and the United Nations of the House to force him to hold elections, because they declared it openly that they would cut off all aid to Iraq.

In early November, it was announced the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, Christopher Hill, said the delay in issuance of the law the Iraqi elections and the lack of Iraqi political forces agreement would have on Washington to extend the stay of troops in Iraq.

And the impact of U.S. pressure on the Kurdistan Alliance, said the decision list that we will not accept pressure from one and put the interests of our people above all other interests.

The Iraqi Council of Representatives approved today, the proposal to add 2.8% to calculate the population such as the growth provincial seats in parliament.

According to the new amendment to the law voted by 132 parliamentary vote, the parliament consists of a seat for every 100 thousand inhabitants, according to statistics of the Ministry of Commerce in 2005.

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House of Representatives vote on the amendment of article I of the Electoral Act

House of Representatives approved at its Monday on amending the election law on the veto Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi of the law.

The Council decided to adopt the proposal, the first of three proposals submitted by the Legal Committee of the Council after a vote of 133 votes cast on the proposal out of 151 deputies present at the meeting.

The amendment to accept the veto and amended the first article as follows:

1 - House of Representatives consists of a number of seats by one seat per one hundred thousand people, according to statistics of the Ministry of Commerce of the provinces in 2005 to be added to population growth rate (2.8) for each province annually.

2 - Iraqis vote where the lists of what they or their districts for their candidates to include voting outside Iraq, the vote of the controls.

3 - gives the following components share (quota) is calculated from the seats allocated to their districts, as follows:

1) component of the Christian five seats are distributed to the governorates of Baghdad, Nineveh, Kirkuk, Dohuk and Erbil.
2) component Yezidi one seat in the province of Nineveh.
3) component Sabian Mandaeans one seat in the province of Baghdad.
4) networking component of one seat in the province of Nineveh.

4 - a proportion (5%) of the compensatory seats Kmhad distributed to lists of seats won by them."

And voted to add another paragraph concerning Kota Christian and read: "The seats reserved for Christians within the quota for a single constituency" for all of Iraq.

With regard to article III, the Council voted to overturn the veto.

The House of Representatives has seen extensive debate on the veto election law by al-Hashimi, and information revealed that there is an attempt to persuade al-Hashemi not overturn the law again.

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Aalberlman Iraqi vote on the election law outside the principle of consensus and defer oil law to parliament next / report

Iraq's political arena has witnessed the beginning of this week a lot of developments and the first was the vote to repeal the election law, which was vetoed by Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi after over rough time in parliament where he was scheduled to vote on Saturday but had adjourned to the second day because of the practice of law in the agenda and the lack of quorum on the second day also for a vote because of the inability of the Legal Committee to reach a compromise among committee members even get us on Monday to come to the Legal Committee at the House of Representatives, declaring at a news conference. "The committee has been able to reach two proposals to resolve the issue aside the election law and leave Resolution of the Council of Representatives in that matter, "In light of this announcement out members of the Dialogue Front and the Iraqi List and some members of the Sadr bloc from the courtroom and then announced House of Representatives vote to repeal the veto, where said Bahaa al-Araji told (conscious) "The legal committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives and found that the law set aside election were unconstitutional and recommended" push ", .., noting that" the Legal Committee Reached Proposals at its meeting held today in order to preserve the political process, "noting that .." I believe that the proposed Iraqi Alliance, giving Iraqis at home and abroad the right to vote for their governorates with the survival rate (5%), as well as share Kmahe Kota minorities to be deducted from provinces for which they are them. "Araji noted that the second proposal is an amendment to a United Nations proposal made by the Iraqi List and the National Dialogue Front, stressing that the elections Parliamentary elections in scheduled and was delayed a few Vloyam

We expect that adding invalidate the law again by Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, but majority voting today ensures response veto if the law was re-back to the parliament.

Previous in the same MP Osama al-Nujaifi The first proposal made by the Kurdistan Alliance and coalitions have been paid to vote, despite the legal constitutional violations contained therein Knowing that he has been out 50 deputies from the Council Chamber. Nujaifi said in a telephone conversation with (conscious) that "this article trying to steal the seats in the province of Nineveh and Salahuddin province and Kirkuk And give To the northern provinces Dohuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah illegally. "He pointed out that the Nujaifi The second article in the electoral law Has not expired and provided for the adoption of voter registration for the year 2009 According to the latest census of the ration card This matter has not been adopted by the Presidency were asked to abstain from voting Material contrary to the Constitution and it is not acceptable And we consider it an encroachment on the rights of the provinces of Nineveh, Salahuddin, Kirkuk province for political purposes is unacceptable and is trying to change the direction of the House and trying to To cancel the role of this provincial cultural and historical " He Nujaifi said the groups objecting support Overturn the law The new law that is harmful to the future Iraq, contrary to the case of Dstrovi undone, it is the first veto of that there is a new article introduced the law. "Nujaifi also accused of delaying the elections for the Kurdish insistence on a vote on a controversial article," he said.

And away from the Election law to confirm the MP Ali Keywords suspend approval of oil and gas law in the last legislative term of the current session He told (conscious) can not pass such a law, it is important at an hour when in addition to the decisions that the Council oversees the end of the chapter Legislative and added that such decisions need to study a broad and open time limit in addition to the Specialists and experts Working In the field of oil and gas without adding to Formation of joint committees in order to reach a law satisfies the Iraqi people's aspiration.

He pointed out that the parliament In the process of completing some Readings of some of the laws that need to read the final in the remaining life of the Parliament.

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Slave: the commission will not be able to organize the elections on time

Prime electoral administration in the Office Electoral Qasim slave that UNHCR would not be able to organize parliamentary elections in January next because of the repeated postponement of the adoption of the Law on organizing.

Aboudi said in an interview with "Radio Sawa" The amendments made by Parliament to the election law requires that the agency is re-actions in the mechanism of the distribution of seats and the number of candidates for each circle, and the redesign of the ballot paper in accordance with the new modifications:

He favored the slave to postpone the elections "in all circumstances", adding that UNHCR would register under Iraqis living abroad to enable them to vote like Baracie home:

He pointed out that there is a slave in the financial aspect of the organizational arrangements will contribute to the postponement of the elections, pointing out that the Commission wait for deciding the issue of law to start preparations for the elections:

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MP Izz al-Din State: no reversal of the election law again prejudice the right of Iraqis

A member of the Iraqi Parliament Azzedine if it did not initiate the Vice-President Or members of the Presidency Council to veto a second time, this prejudice The right of Iraqis.

The state told the reporter (news agency, Iraqi Information / conscious) that "the Vice-President of the Republic When Overturn the law veto The paragraph on the internally displaced, and when the vote came on the proposals, including a proposal to serve the Kurdistan Alliance Fmaho the link between the displaced and the Kurdistan Alliance for this I am I think This time, said the veto would be the benefit of all Iraqis."

He added: "For the first time encounters agree blocs in the parliament while it was several times when he was the powerful one party to the issue of whether Issar to respect the feelings and the day to come to the democracy, because the service goals and interests of the Kurdistan Alliance's why we objected to a number of reasons other than the constitutional Until the law was issued, paragraph Contradiction Paragraph veto for displaced Today Was enacted Article Otherwise the second article in the law and this may not be that inconsistent materials Per the law and may not be enacted. "He said."

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Denunciation of Mr. Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi of the amended election law

Hashemi invalidate the amendment voted on by parliament in response to al-Hashemi to set aside the election law

Where the Parliament voted on the amended election law, knowing that Mr. Hashemi has been set aside objections to the law on the background on some of the material.

This site has been published Alsidalhashimi interpretation of Aaataradilat about the new law when he said:
November 21, 2009

Said Professor Tariq al-Hashemi, Vice President of the Republic's election law, passed by the House of Representatives lacks the constitutional basis, especially in its first article, which summoned me to overturn the law from the responsibility of the Presidency is to ensure that the application of the Constitution.

He added, in a T.elevision interview conducted with him: I had to exercise their constitutional right and to ensure that justice and equity for the various social components of the hand, and displaced the other hand,

With regard to the position of the House of Representatives of the veto, he explained: "There are constitutional mechanisms are known to all in how the House of Representatives with the laws that revoked by the Presidency Council," adding: "can the House of Representatives to vote yes on the proposals and the amendments contained in the Book of the veto, amend or reject and return again to the Presidency Council to study and take the appropriate decision thereon. "

On objections by some regarding the veto bill, said Al Hashimi: "I did not hear a substantive objection at this point says that Tariq al-Hashemi override the law or to override the Constitution to exceed the percentage of seats awarded compensation to Iraqis of overseas quota, have not heard of this moment, any objection critical re - the distribution of seats on the components of ethnicity, I did not hear until this moment criticism objectively the importance of reviewing the lists of small lists that have not won a major terms of the distribution of justice in terms of reinforcing the principle of political pluralism "

He further said: "This is the main axes which are guaranteed by Amendments in the book was inflow of veto to the hearing that some allege the unconstitutionality of the veto and refuted the allegations on Saturday Paljlsp held by the House of Representatives to discuss the veto and to reach a formula acceptable to article Almnicodp."

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Iraqi lawmaker: Add 5 seats to share the cities of the Kurdistan Region

Iraqi Deputy that the report of the Legal Committee in the Iraqi parliament has ratified it, according to the report 5 seats will be added to the share of the Kurdistan region.

He said Brown MP Hussein list the Kurdistan Islamic Union of Kurdistan News Agency (AKnews) "has been at today's meeting of the Council of Representatives approved by a majority vote on the report of the Legal Committee, noting that: the report in the interest of the Kurdistan region and will add at least 5 seats to share the cities of the Kurdistan Region ".

For his part, MP for Rashid al-Azzawi (AKnews) that "the Accordance Front and the Arab bloc and some members of the Turkmen and the Iraqi list withdrew from the parliament session in protest against the first proposal of the Legal Committee of the Council of Representatives."

For its part announced that the Legal Committee in the House of Representatives that it has reached to a veto on the proposals Tariq al-Hashimi to the election law passed by the House of Representatives on the eighth of this month.

The UNHCR announced in 11 of the current on the number of seats in parliament according to the law, which was Iraq's parliament has ratified it.

Qasim عبودي President of constituencies in the Electoral Commission announced in an earlier news conference, the distribution of seats in the Iraqi parliament to the provinces according to population of the provinces, declaring that the division of seats in the chamber next to the provinces is as follows, 68 Baghdad, Nineveh, 31, Basra 24, a Waqar 18, Babel 16, Sulaymaniyah 15, Anbar, 14, Arbil, 14, Diyala, 13, Salah al-Din, Najaf and Kirkuk, 12 seats each, and 11 Wasit, Diwaniyah 11, Maysan 10, Karbala 10, Dohuk and Muthanna 9 seats 7.

The عبودي that the number of seats reserved for minorities (Christians and the Sabians, Shabak and Yazidis) 8 seats and the number of national compensatory seats 8 also.

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Ammar taste for ((et al)): the elections be postponed for more than a month behind schedule, according to leaks Commission

parliamentary bloc virtue Ammar Tohme said Chief Election Commissioner Faraj al-Haidari told the committee that the legal date of the elections be postponed for more than a month after its due date of the original January 15.

Tohme said in a statement to ((et al)) that Mr. Faraj al-Haidari told the Legal Committee of the House of Representatives unofficially that the date of the election be postponed and that the UNHCR can not hold elections on the earlier date, noting that there are leaks that the elections be postponed to 15 February or 1 March next year because of the delays which occurred during the reversal of the electoral law.

Marginalia and on Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi to rob them of the law again between Tohme it remains the option to either the House of Representatives to respond or invalidate the veto once again and the second requires a vote of the House of Representatives three-fifths of the members of the Board House of Representatives, 165 Deputy Maisawi and I think that it is possible to mobilize this number to overrule the veto if that happens.

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