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8/10/2015 0:00

Parliamentary Legal stresses need for parliamentary approval

 BAGHDAD - morning
Differing legal interpretations on the reforms taken by the Prime Minister yesterday, which was ratified by the Council of Ministers extraordinary session, while the Legal Committee of Parliament announced that the abolition of positions of major Congress of the Republic and the Minister needs to the House vote, a legal expert stressed that these decisions do not need at all to the approval of Parliament being one of the constitutional powers .

Member of the Legal Committee smile Hilali explained, in a press statement, that "the Prime Minister's decision to cancel a major positions of the Republic and the Vice-Minister was brave," indicating that "the powers of the prime minister to take such a decision."

Hilali and added that "the decision needs to be a parliamentary vote inside the Dome of the House of Representatives to become effective", as suggested to "see the next parliament session, put government reform measures including the abolition of positions of major Congress of the Republic and the ministers," showed that "like so decisions need to be a simple majority ".

While the MP for the Bloc Mohammed Mayahi intercept any block or a political party on the decisions of the prime minister Haider al-Abadi recent pro-reform as a "political suicide", calling for a travel ban on the characters that have been canceled their posts and accused of corruption in, "explaining that" the people will not have mercy on those who would stand in general reforms, "expected" the House of Representatives vote on the resolutions Abadi faster than vote on the choice of the current government. "

For his part, he saw the legal expert Tareq Harb decisions reducing its government and the abolition of the top positions do not need at all to the approval of Parliament being one of the constitutional powers of the Prime Minister, noting that "these decisions do not also need to be approved by the Council of Ministers."

War added, in a press statement, said that "very little part of some of these decisions require a legal amendment, but most of them does not require a legal amendment or a law," adding that it "does not need the final approval to the House of Representatives or the Council of Ministers."

And between the legal expert said, "In general, these orders were issued correspond with the Prime Minister powers contained in Article 78 of the Constitution in his capacity as responsible for public policy and Chief Executive Officer in the state."

On a related matter, will provide the abolition of positions to the state budget of more than six billion Iraqi dinars, according to a member of the parliamentary finance committee Masood Haider, who explained that the salaries par for these deputies up to 250 million Iraqi dinars per month, describing the Prime Minister's decision Petrhik government as well as the cancellation of the posts of Vice the President and the Cabinet as a "bold step and break the political quotas".

Haider pointed out that "there are a huge number of protections for these deputies," explaining that "nominal salary of the deputies month up to 250 million Iraqi dinars".


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