State law: the questioning will force us to go to a majority government or early elections

19/06/2012 0:00

National meet tomorrow after a day of meeting two main Kurdish parties
BAGHDAD - Alaa al-Tai - Muhannad Abdul Wahab

I learned the "morning" from a source within the coalition of state law that the last board to form a majority government with some political or parliamentary blocs to resort to the option of early elections if it was the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The National Alliance held a meeting tomorrow to discuss the developments in the political process prior to a possible meeting of the parties to Erbil, Najaf, confirmed the decision of the House of Representatives Mohamed Khaldi the absence of any requests to question the government.

Khalidi said in a statement the "morning": not "reach any formal request submitted by the state of a political bloc in the House of Representatives on to question the prime minister."

He continued: "The Presidency has not received any formal request for questioning the prime minister or no-confidence debate during the first sessions," noting that "if the arrival of such request, the Presidency will represent to the questioner and then degree is on the agenda and inform the questioner is to come to Parliament.

"It is said that Article (61) VIII, paragraph (b) of the Constitution states:

" 1 President of the Republic may submit a request to the Council of Representatives to withdraw confidence from the the Prime Minister.

2 of the House of Representatives, at the request of five (fifth) of its members to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister, may not be submitted this request except after an interpellation addressed to the Prime Minister, and after seven days from the submission of the application decides to .

3 Council of Representatives may withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister by an absolute majority of its members. "is scheduled to hold a National Alliance meeting on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in the political landscape and to develop an idea about the escalation and tension in the positions of the parties demanding the withdrawal of confidence.

Clearly, the National Alliance MP Habib Terminal "morning" that "the Iraqi political scene was not the level of ambition for the presence of interactions at the present time.

" He said, "There is a lot of negatives that should be resolved through the mechanisms be agreed upon in the dialogue session of the political blocs that will be the next step, "noting that" the efforts being made to persuade the parties claim to withdraw confidence from Maliki to hold the national meeting and to respond to the initiative of President of the Republic.

"The President Republic said in a letter addressed to the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, the head of the list of Iraq, Iyad Allawi, and the Speaker Osama al: "The President of the Republic must remain neutral and sponsor of the meeting of the national reunification and unity, this is the role If that Sevkdh stop with one party against another party, so if you forced me Fannie conditions on the initial conviction of violating this Vsakdm resign from the presidency of the Republic ",

He went on Terminal: that "there are certain things that can be dealt with constitutional to end the crisis, but the withdrawal of confidence from the options are not feasible because the government formed in accordance with the consensus and partnership of all the political blocs and adheres to the National Alliance, the solution saves the country not enter Bdehles of problems, we also solve with the negatives and diagnosed through the table of dialogue.

" He also stressed "the need to bear the political blocs responsibilities towards what is happening and must be reset on the crisis and problems develop logical solutions to save the political process, and that everyone on the solution there are no channels cut between the political parties.

" Terminal and warned of the continued escalation and committed themselves to positions and not to be flexible, because of political differences affect the citizen is to pay the toll, calling for the resumption of dialogues and give up the blocks for their interests and attitudes and to find an average logical solutions save the country and out of the crisis the current.

He noted that "the National Alliance will meet Wednesday being concerned with the developments that you get the political scene and overwhelm the topics to be discussed will be discussed to develop an idea about the developments in the political arena." and sources close to the coalition the rule of law "morning" yesterday, said that "the political body of the State of Law Coalition held a meeting yesterday evening, which deliberated the latest developments in the political arena and the developments of the political scene was put all the problems and outstanding issues relating to the decisions to exit the process political and out of the crisis. "

In turn, said MP Hussein net member of a coalition of state law: "The meeting of the political coalition discussed the developments of the political scene, and confirmed support the initiative of President Talabani and the Alliance sought to raise the political blocs to the dialogue table, and that all be common approach to serve the citizen, also expressed his willingness to resolve the problems outstanding Alliance and out of the current crisis. "

He added by saying: "We are at the present stage we want to move things in the proper way, and achieve successes to serve the citizens and the political process, however, in the event of failure to reach a solution with the parties continuing escalation of anti-owners and not to show the flexibility of the dialogue and go in for questioning, Fsnljo to other options including the formation of majority government or call early elections.

" As for the Iraqi List MP Hassan Jubouri has said: "The prime minister will be questioned at the beginning of the next legislative term."

He Jubouri "morning": that "it is supposed to be the interrogation process in the first sessions House of Representatives to come, according to an agreed discussion would be to question the prime minister, "noting that" until this moment we do not know what are the files that will be the most prominent question the prime minister about it.

"He said," the motion It is a constitutional right of Parliament to question any person in the state.

"In Sulaymaniyah, politicians hold two offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party yesterday, a joint meeting, where he said Mullah Bakhtiar, an official in the General Political Bureau of the Union PUK: that the meeting was positive, and we agreed to continue the march and the deepening of the Kurdistan Alliance .. We are interested in the existence of a federal, pluralistic and democratic Iraq, and this strategy is important and crucial for us.

"For his part, said Fadhil Mirani, secretary of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, according to him the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) site:" We are in Kurdistan region suffering from political crisis as Iraqis and part of Iraq, and the process integrated and need to be resolved, was not the first requirement is to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister because we are in fact still allied with the Shiites and the brothers are still partners in the political establishment Iraqi and not have any personal issues with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki or the National Alliance .. We are with the application of the Constitution and abide by the constitution and implementation of agreements.

"He said Mirani about the news of the determination of the Kurds withdraw their ministers:"

The minister is the option to withdraw is not a decision as easy as we as Kurds as parties and partners in the government and we are not participants We are not a party to withdraw our minister, we are partners in this country and we enjoy the right of the partnership, and will defend the government and defend Iraq and defend the Constitution by virtue of the partnership and not by virtue of participation, so the withdrawal decision is not a decision but temperamental needs need to study and to the depth of Iraqis.

"Observers believe that the official's remarks at the party, led by President Massoud Barzani of the Kurdistan region is a" good start "to resolve the differences.

In the meantime, said the legal expert Tariq Harb," The Constitution does not prevent the prime minister to bring others with him in the interrogation session. "he said in a press statement yesterday that" there is no provision in the Constitution and Bylaws of the House of Representatives which regulate the interrogation as a form of parliamentary control, preventing from being questioned to bring others with him in the interrogation session to consult them before to answer questions directed to him.

"He War," This is settled by Parliamentary custom in previous issues of questioning in the House, where the presence of others with the personal interrogation, "noting that" the history of impeachment in the United States as the ideal of democracy reminds us that U.S. President Bill Clinton, despite being a lawyer, law scholars, he brought with him in hearing the charge in Congress was consulted lawyers before answering when being accused of perjury in the case of Monica Lewinsky.

He continued: "This confirms the capacity of the tasks entrusted by the Constitution to the Prime Minister in Article 78 as a CEO in the country, and that the interrogation was on the multiple aspects and not a single issue and because it is holds a law degree ".


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