UNAMI promote the constitutional agenda is ended in Iraq: Conference on the Federation Council

Published: 11:34 am, December 28, 2012 by jamal Views: 46

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BAGHDAD (Iba) ... said the UN mission observed a UNAMI in Iraq that after the Iraqi constitution was drafted and approved through a referendum in 2005 and the Constitution defines the structure of the federal government and the states bodies that should form the legislative, executive and judicial.

The legislative branch consists of the House of Representatives (parliament) and the Federation Council, a "Supreme Council" of the parliament, which largely parallels the senates or higher councils in other parliamentary systems, intended to represent the regions and provinces.

The Federation Council can strengthen the principle of separation of powers and serve as an intermediary between the executive and the House of Representatives and give the regions and provinces and their constituencies highest voice in the central government. Because of the lack of consensus among Iraqi political leaders on the composition and powers and procedures of the Federation Council, the legislation that must be enacted by the House of Representatives for the creation of this Council remained open since then.

According to a statement issued by UNAMI received by the independent press (Iba) ... that the United Nations Mission to help Iraq (UNAMI) is providing advice and support and assistance to the Government of Iraq in the enactment of laws stipulated by the constitution and the establishment of the institutions provided for by the constitution and the advancement agenda, constitutional is ending in the country.

Consequently Mission actively supports the work of the House of Representatives with regard to the Federation Council and contribute to the discussions on this issue by providing the best international practices and comparative experiments.

He Federal High Court issued a decision on October 1 / October on legislative measures necessary to pass a law for the formation of the Federation Council and was approved after that the decision to begin the procedures for the issuance of the law by the House of Representatives on October 9 / October, which provided a new impetus to this issue were utilized him in a meeting "Roundtable on the constitutional and legislative dimensions of the Federation Council", which was organized by the Mission and the House of Representatives in Beirut on 08-10 December / December 2012.

The meeting was chaired by the round table, which lasted three days, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Dr. Qusay al-Suhail and the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs Mr. Gyorgy Posten. The meeting of the representatives of the political blocs and parliamentary committees the opportunity to review the basic principles of the law of the formation of the Federation Council and study different models of countries which have a bicameral two pieces of legislation more in-depth. The participants discussed the possible composition of the Federation Council and its powers and its relationship with the House of Representatives and the Council of Ministers and provincial councils, as well as whether they should have a right to veto laws.

The expert in the field of Federal Regulations George Anderson of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs in New York presentations on legislative powers, consisting of two chambers in the regimes Federal and unilateralism (central) and international experience in the field of fiscal federalism and the role and membership of councils of elders in parliaments around the world. And invited expert of the Shura Council, Dr. Abdul Latif Naev, to comment on these offers while browse governor of Baghdad, Salah Abdul Razzaq, head of the Nineveh provincial council, Mr. Jabr Abed Rabbo, the subject under discussion in front of parliamentarians at the provincial level.

Mr. Posten participants that the United Nations stands ready to be a partner of the House of Representatives in the establishment of a body is adapted in line with the Iraqi context so as to contribute in particular to protect the rights of vulnerable groups and minorities. He expressed his hope that "the meeting contributes significantly in the deliberations in the House of Representatives on the bill that eventually help in the establishment of a legislative council was higher effective and would reinforce and entrench democracy in Iraq."

According to Vice President of the House of Representatives Mr. Suhail that considerable progress has been made towards achieving this goal and Mr. Suhail gratitude for the Mission for its cooperation and coordination are good and which resulted in the what he considered a successful event so allowed the organizers to gather ideas and opinions that would contribute to the fee legislation relevant.

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