Political pressure postpones the final report to amend the constitution

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A presidential committee likely to transfer constitutional amendments to the new parliament

Sunday 22nd November 2020 32

 

 

 Baghdad: Morning

 

The Constitution Amendment Committee in the Presidency of the Republic expected that all constitutional amendment proposals will be transferred to the next Parliament. A member of the committee, Mosaddegh Adel, said: “The committee met and discussed amending the constitution and the paragraphs on the political system and other details, including the center’s relationship with the region.”

He added that “Parliament has not fulfilled its promises regarding resolving the file of constitutional amendments after forming the committee in accordance with the decision of the Federal Court, as it promised to submit proposals within four months, but it failed,” indicating that “Parliament voted for the individual vote to be made for each candidate, meaning that the formation of the bloc The largest will be after and inside the first session of Parliament, while the opinion of the committee was to announce the victory of the bloc and assign it to form the government upon completion of 

The election".

Adel pointed out that “the popular referendum on constitutional amendments has not taken place at the present time, and it will fail in the event that the region’s relationship with Baghdad is affected, due to the presence of a (veto) from three governorates, as well as the existence of a wide debate, which will lead to the transfer of the file (constitutional amendments) as happened. Previously to the new parliament under the pretext of being represented 

The largest of the people ”.

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The Constitutional Amendments Committee announces the end of all its work

19:13 - 26/11/2020

 

  

The information / Baghdad ..

On Thursday, the Constitutional Amendments Committee announced the end of all its work.

The committee said, according to the Iraqi News Agency, that "all our work has been completed and the report is ready and we will present it in the coming sessions."

She added that "Article 140 is a matter of controversy and will be decided under the dome of Parliament."

The second deputy speaker, Bashir Haddad, had called earlier in the day for the committee to finish the work entrusted to it and to submit a final report on the work done. 25 S.

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The Constitutional Amendments Committee in Iraq finishes all its work, with the exception of a controversial article

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 November 26, 2020 09:21 PM

Mubasher: The head of the Constitutional Amendments Committee in Iraq, MP Faleh Al-Sari, announced today, Thursday, that the committee has terminated all constitutional amendments with disputed points in need of political consensus.

In a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency "INA", the media office of the head of the committee stated that Al-Sari received an international delegation headed by the official of the political section of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Manoj Matthew, and the work of the constitutional amendments committee and the latest political developments in the Iraqi arena were discussed.

Al-Sari said that the committee has completed all the articles agreed to amend, with the exception of Article 140, which represents a controversial issue that will be decided under the dome of Parliament, adding that the report on constitutional amendments is ready and we will present it in the next sessions.

In turn, the head of the UN delegation, Manoj Matthew, praised the work of the committee and its completion of its work despite the disruption of Parliament due to the Corona pandemic during the last period, and its overcoming of obstacles, hoping that "the coming days will witness the vote on the amendments as they represent the desire of the Iraqi people."

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We were identifying three points of contention in the constitutional amendments

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Constitutional Amendments Committee announced the end of all its work with the presence of points of contention, and a member of the committee, Representative Yonadam Kanna, identified those points with three that were not resolved and need a political agreement.

We said in a press interview that "the most prominent points of contention were (the nature of the system, will it remain a parliament or become presidential republic or mixed) and has not been resolved, and secondly (the exclusive and joint powers, and the supremacy of the laws, for whom?) For the federal or for the regions, and (Article 140) It remained stuck without discussion or agreement, "and added," As for what is agreed upon are several points, the most important of which is the winning electoral bloc that has the right to form a government according to the amended Article 76. "
Kanna added that "the differences have political backgrounds, and the defect is not in the committee, but with the references of the political blocs, as suspicion of the other still exists, and there is fear of the return of centralization and the concentration of powers and powers in the center and disavowal of the decentralized administrative system, and this is contrary to the constitution and principles that were the basis for consensus." Al-Watani ", and added," As for the agreed articles, the most important aspect of them is the consolidation of the language and the treatment of formulas bearing faces, which have loose ends that lead to jurisprudence and cause difference in interpretation, which are dozens of materials. "

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Video: Article 140 is still in dispute despite the constitutional amendments

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The Constitutional Amendments Committee established by the House of Representatives in 2019 to make amendments to some paragraphs of the constitution has completed its tasks and is in the process of preparing a report for all the articles agreed to be amended with a view to submitting them to Parliament in the next sessions for a vote, with the exception of Article 140, which is expected to be resolved under the Parliament.
 

The committee, which consists of 18 parliamentarians, the main goal of its work is to expedite the settlement of controversial points, make amendments to the constitution, be careful in studying proposals related to them and follow up on proposals submitted by political blocs or received by citizens through the website and e-mail, especially since these points raise A great sensitivity in the street, and it must be resolved according to what meets its hopes, in addition to being related to the future of the democratic process in the country.

 

 

A number of deputies expected that the opinions of the political blocs would tend to divide from consensus in light of the deep differences that generate doubts about the ability to reach the stage of voting on the amendment in Parliament, and that there are disagreeing paragraphs within the committee, including the nature of the system, is it presidential or parliamentary, and Article 140 , Power and wealth sharing.

While some of the blocs demanded the need to speed up the completion of the discussions and receive the rest of the proposals for the articles that have not been amended, in order for the committee to complete its mission and submit its final report to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives in order to present it to the Iraqi people’s referendum.

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Vice-Chairman of the Committee: The constitutional amendments will recognize the availability of this condition?

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Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Amendments Committee, Yusuf Muhammad, confirmed, Saturday, that the constitutional timing granted to the committee to present its report to the House of Representatives came for the purpose of speeding up the completion of its tasks, pointing out that it would acknowledge the availability of parliamentary consensus on it.

"The timing stipulated in Article 142 of the Constitution, that the Constitutional Amendments Committee submits its report to the House of Representatives within a period not exceeding 4 months," said Muhammad, in a statement, for the purpose of expediting the completion of its work.
Muhammad added that "that time has not been determined to thwart the committee's work in the event that these amendments are not completed," citing an example "with Article 140 of the Constitution and the Federal Court's decision that the article has not expired due to the government's failure to resolve this file in the time specified by the constitution."
The deputy head of the amendments committee stated that "the amendments proposed by the committee will be presented at once for a vote in the House of Representatives, and are considered approved with the approval of the absolute majority of the number of members of the House," noting that "the committee needs parliamentary consensus to pass these amendments by voting either in the committee or in Parliament".
The deputy head of the Parliamentary Constitutional Amendments Committee acknowledged "the necessity to find a permanent solution to the problem of the disputed areas," stressing that "the problem of these areas cannot be solved by imposing a fait accompli."
And that "those areas represented a raging internal and external conflict, directly or indirectly, to Iraq over the past 50 years."
He added that "the solutions must be either to implement Article 140 as stated in the constitution, or to reach an agreement that satisfies all the original components present in those areas."
Muhammad hinted to "the existence of necessary constitutional amendments that must be discussed in the work of the committee, especially the formation of the Union Council" by drawing up constitutional articles of its own, as it is very important to all federal systems in the world, "describing the federal system in the country as" deficient and anomalous until now because it is not Forming this council. "
He explained that "all countries of the world find the Federation Council with different names, except for Iraq, which is the only country in the world in which there is no such council, whose mission is to represent all regions in equal proportions at the state level."

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The Amendments Committee: Minority rights are guaranteed in the preamble to the constitution

Sunday 13 December 2020 31

 

 

Baghdad: Morning

 

The special parliamentary committee in charge of constitutional amendments has assured representatives of minorities and other components of ensuring their rights and adding them in the draft amendments

New. The committee’s rapporteur, Saeb Khadr, said in a press statement, “The parliamentary committee sought to ensure the representation of minorities and the rights of nationalities in the preamble to the constitution, as most minorities were added, including Yezidis, Syriacs and Armenians.” Supporting political blocs during voting 

The final. ”Khadr added,“ The rights of minorities are present in the constitution under the heading of civil rights and freedoms, but unlike the application in the ministerial cabinet and higher state institutions, we find minority representation inconsistent with the principle of equal opportunity. 

Passed the constitution. "

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Article 140 postpones the settlement of constitutional amendments

Wednesday 13th January 2021 41

 

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

Article 140 of the constitution stands as an obstacle to the completion of the work of the constitutional amendments committee in the parliament, which may delay the settlement of these amendments to the next parliamentary session.

Committee member Yonadam Kanna told Al-Sabah: "The committee's meetings have stopped because Article 140 of the constitution remains suspended until now. The political dispute between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region has been added to it."

He added, "It was supposed to hold a meeting between the political leaderships and a joint committee of the main components in the Kirkuk governorate, which is the basis for the problem of resolving this constitutional article, but the matter is too late, and the amendments may not be completed during the current session." "The amendments, even if completed, need to be passed by Parliament, and the matter may be difficult."

And we were indicating that "the committee agreed to reformulate Article 140 in a new form, but the deputies of Kirkuk governorate refused to do so, which led to the article remaining unchanged and not put up for discussion or voting", and he confirmed that "the report that is supposed to be written by the committee chairman and the reporter We haven't seen it yet. "

Article 140 of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq defines the disputed areas in Iraq as "those that have been subjected to demographic change and the policy of Arabization at the hands of the dictatorial regime."

The article stipulated a mechanism that includes three phases, the first of which is (normalization), which means treating the changes that occurred in the demographics of Kirkuk and the disputed areas in the previous regime and after it, and the second (the population census) in those areas, and the last of which (the referendum) to determine what their residents want, before December 31, 2007.

 

 

 

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Article 140 First
The executive authority shall undertake the necessary steps to complete the implementation of the requirements of all subparagraphs of Article 58 of the Transitional Administrative Law.
Second
The responsibility placed upon the executive branch of the Iraqi Transitional Government stipulated in Article 58 of the Transitional Administrative Law shall extend and continue to the executive authority elected in accordance with this Constitution, provided that it accomplishes completely (normalization and census and concludes with a referendum in Kirkuk and other disputed territories to determine the will of their citizens), by a date not to exceed the 31st of December 2007.

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Article 58 First
The President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Council of Representatives, or fifty members of the Council of Representatives may call the Council to an extraordinary session. The session shall be restricted to the topics that necessitated the call for the session.
Second
The legislative session of the Council of Representatives may be extended for no more than 30 days to complete the tasks that require the extension, based on a request from the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Council, or fifty members of the Council of Representatives.

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Article 141
Legislation enacted in the region of Kurdistan since 1992 shall remain in force, and decisions issued by the government of the region of Kurdistan, including court decisions and contracts, shall be considered valid unless they are amended or annulled pursuant to the laws of the region of Kurdistan by the competent entity in the region, provided that they do not contradict with the Constitution.

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nice refresher recap wheelman ... letsroll 

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Constitutional amendments: The decision is still in the hands of the political authorities

Monday January 18, 2021 49

 

Baghdad: Hazem Muhammad Habib

 

The Parliamentary Constitutional Amendments Committee confirmed that the decision to submit proposals and solutions to amendments to the constitutional paragraphs is still in the hands of the political references and leaders of the blocs from outside parliament.

A member of the committee, Yonadam Kanna, said in an interview with “Al-Sabah”: “Political differences still constitute a major obstacle and challenge to the implementation of constitutional amendments, in addition to other differences in Article 1 related to the nature of the system and the efforts of some to return to more concentration of powers in the hands of a governor in Baghdad and fear of exclusivity. And leaving the decentralized administrative system, in addition to the articles related to exclusive federal or joint powers. Regarding the committee’s inability to present proposals or solutions to disputed points, Kanna stressed that “the decision is not with the members of the Constitutional Amendments Committee, but with the political references and leaders of parliamentary blocs from outside the parliament, as most of the representatives are not entitled to make a final and decisive decision without the advice and decision of its leader.” Revealing the formation of a committee of Kirkuk deputies to reformulate Article 140 by consensus among them, but "we have not received any report or formulation from them, and accordingly, the file must be completed, which is still stumbling and unfinished."

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On 11/30/2020 at 6:02 AM, yota691 said:

Vice-Chairman of the Committee: The constitutional amendments will recognize the availability of this condition?

Editing date: 11/28/2020 10:15 • 124 times read

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Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Amendments Committee, Yusuf Muhammad, confirmed, Saturday, that the constitutional timing granted to the committee to present its report to the House of Representatives came for the purpose of speeding up the completion of its tasks, pointing out that it would acknowledge the availability of parliamentary consensus on it.

"The timing stipulated in Article 142 of the Constitution, that the Constitutional Amendments Committee submits its report to the House of Representatives within a period not exceeding 4 months," said Muhammad, in a statement, for the purpose of expediting the completion of its work.
Muhammad added that "that time has not been determined to thwart the committee's work in the event that these amendments are not completed," citing an example "with Article 140 of the Constitution and the Federal Court's decision that the article has not expired due to the government's failure to resolve this file in the time specified by the constitution."
The deputy head of the amendments committee stated that "the amendments proposed by the committee will be presented at once for a vote in the House of Representatives, and are considered approved with the approval of the absolute majority of the number of members of the House," noting that "the committee needs parliamentary consensus to pass these amendments by voting either in the committee or in Parliament".
The deputy head of the Parliamentary Constitutional Amendments Committee acknowledged "the necessity to find a permanent solution to the problem of the disputed areas," stressing that "the problem of these areas cannot be solved by imposing a fait accompli."
And that "those areas represented a raging internal and external conflict, directly or indirectly, to Iraq over the past 50 years."
He added that "the solutions must be either to implement Article 140 as stated in the constitution, or to reach an agreement that satisfies all the original components present in those areas."
Muhammad hinted to "the existence of necessary constitutional amendments that must be discussed in the work of the committee, especially the formation of the Union Council" by drawing up constitutional articles of its own, as it is very important to all federal systems in the world, "describing the federal system in the country as" deficient and anomalous until now because it is not Forming this council. "
He explained that "all countries of the world find the Federation Council with different names, except for Iraq, which is the only country in the world in which there is no such council, whose mission is to represent all regions in equal proportions at the state level."

Muhammad hinted to "the existence of necessary constitutional amendments that must be discussed in the work of the committee, especially the formation of the Union Council" by drawing up constitutional articles of its own, as it is very important to all federal systems in the world, "describing the federal system in the country as" deficient and anomalous until now because it is not Forming this council. "
He explained that "all countries of the world find the Federation Council with different names, except for Iraq, which is the only country in the world in which there is no such council, whose mission is to represent all regions in equal proportions at the state level."

 

it seems that it would be impossible for this council of the union or federation council to be already voted in and working when there aren't any constitutional articles written up on it yet. Yes it's in the constitution but it's rather vague in its entirety. What we have learned from it has only been in articles. This is like the Senate in our government. Little hard to hide this one. I'm sure they are going to need the provincial elections and law 21 of 2008 amended even before they can enact this, once the constitutional articles are amended for it. Without this they do not have a complete government!!  

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Professional foot dragging & sand bagging at its finest....someday this investment will pay out .... just not sure in which decade though 😆

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The constitutional amendments in the Presidency of the Republic continue its work

Wednesday 20 January 2021 43

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

 

The Constitutional Amendments Committee in the Presidency of the Republic has completed its work, amid expectations that a committee will be formed between it and the House of Representatives to discuss it and come up with a common formula to pass it.

 

In an interview with Al-Sabah, a member of the committee, Mohsen Saadoun, said: “The committee headed by the chief advisor of the Presidency, Dr. Ali Al-Shukry, with a membership of 25 professors specialized in constitutional law, made great efforts and conducted recorded discussions to complete the amendment of all articles, leaving nothing but reviewing them. Which was postponed due to the Korna pandemic, "noting that" the amendment is consistent with what is required by the deficiencies in the constitution. "

He added, "The important constitutional articles that have been amended are to reduce the number of members of Parliament to 180 instead of 329, in addition to Article 76, which has been radically amended from what is in place, and one of its paragraphs states (assigning the candidate of the largest parliamentary bloc, To form the Council of Ministers) ".

Saadoun explained that "the most important article is related to (the Union Council), for which several chapters have been set, after it was referred to in the constitution in one article and is prescribed by law, knowing that it forms the second chamber of legislation, that is, it is like a council of elders or notables, as it should be. Board level 

Representatives. "

Saadoun continued: "The committee decided that there should be more powers for the president of the republic after they were formal, instead of making the system presidential as the demonstrations that started in Baghdad and some governorates demanded." The constitutional articles, "describing those amendments as" the best among their counterparts that were presented in the past. "

Saadoun explained, "The House of Representatives decided to form a committee for constitutional amendments after popular pressure on them, while they should have formed this committee and completed its work within 4 months, as stipulated in Articles 126 and 142, and despite this, they did not reach any." 

calendar".

A member of the Constitutional Amendments Committee in the Presidency of the Republic affirmed that “whoever wants the people's interest chooses what is best for him,” indicating that “the general rule is that the country's stability is linked to the stability of the constitution,” noting that “the amendments committee in the Presidency will send the amendments to Parliament in preparation for forming a committee "Between the two, in order to discuss it and come up with a common formula for the amendments between the two institutions, which the people badly need."

Saadoun alluded to the necessity of "a common political will that can pass these amendments by voting on them in the House of Representatives, so that there will be a constitutional amendment with the elections."

He expected that a meeting would be held during the next stage between the members of the committee to discuss these amendments, then adopt and publish them to be the basis for the constitutional amendment, and then they would be sent to Parliament to produce positive results in the interest of the Iraqi people.

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Parliamentarian: The "constitutional amendments" did not reach an agreement, and it is difficult to reduce the number of deputies

 

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Baghdad - IQ  

On Saturday (January 23, 2021), the Parliament's Legal Committee ruled out the possibility of reducing the members of Parliament, while it indicated that the Constitution committed itself to complex mechanisms that make amending it difficult.

Committee member Yahya Al-Muhammadi told IQNEWS , "The Iraqi constitution committed itself to very complex mechanisms, making it difficult to amend the constitution except through a referendum," noting that "the demands to amend the constitution have existed since 2005, and are increasing due to the constitutional articles in the law."

And, and that "the House of Representatives formed a committee concerned with the constitutional amendments, but the committee did not reach an agreement that satisfies all parties on the articles," noting that "the problem remains existing only with the agreement of all the political blocs."

He added, "Reducing the number of members of the House of Representatives is one of the articles that he demands to amend," stressing "the difficulty of reducing the members of Parliament and making the amendment to the constitution."

Al-Muhammadi concluded, "Some parties demand to amend the system from parliamentary to presidential or mixed, and this is also very problematic."

This comes after news of the existence of a proposal being circulated politically, to reduce the members of the House of Representatives, while some parties are calling for a change of government system from parliamentary to presidential.

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Including Article 140 on Kirkuk .. The Constitutional Amendments Committee reveals 3 problems

 

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Baghdad - IQ  

On Sunday (May 9, 2021), a member of the Constitutional Amendments Committee, Representative Yonadam Kanna, explained the problems that the committee suffers from during the current session of Parliament, noting that there are 3 problems, including Article 140 of Kirkuk.

He said, in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency, followed by  IQ NEWS , that "the work of the Constitutional Amendments Committee has been frozen for months for the failure to complete the report on Article 140," indicating that "the Constitutional Amendments Committee formed a sub-committee of Kirkuk MPs to submit a report on Article 140, but no The report is being submitted so far. "

He added that "the constitutional amendments do not lie in the number of amended articles, but rather by re-drafting and consolidating the language in several articles amounting to 50 constitutional articles that need to be reviewed."

He pointed out that "the problems facing the Constitutional Amendments Committee are three related to the exclusive and shared powers between the center and the Kurdistan region, and the political problem related to the nature of the political system, and whether the system remains parliamentary, turns into a presidential system, or is it a joint system (i.e. a mixed presidential), in addition to a problem. A third relates to Article 140 of the Constitution. "

Kanna assured that "the constitutional amendments committee has completed the articles related to the exclusive federal and joint powers, and only the disputed articles remain, including Article 140 due to the lack of completion of the report," ruling out at the same time "the passage of constitutional amendments during the current parliamentary session."

The Iraqi constitution in 2005 defined Article 140 as a solution to the Kirkuk problem and the so-called disputed areas between the Kurdistan region and the neighboring provinces (Nineveh, Diyala and Salah al-Din).

The Committee for the Implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq defines the disputed areas in Iraq as those that were subjected to demographic change and the policy of Arabization at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime, during his rule from 1968 until his overthrow during the US invasion in April 2003 .

The article stipulated a mechanism that includes three phases: the first is normalization, which means treating the changes that occurred in the demographics of Kirkuk and the disputed areas during and after Saddam’s regime, and the second is the population census in those areas, the last of which is a referendum to determine what their residents want, before December 31, 2007. .

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A critical milestone ... Positive moves towards a constitution that "does not exclude anyone" in Kurdistan

Agreeing on a constitution and then voting on it and submitting it to a referendum will be a "milestone" for the region. 

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Parliament is awaiting an agreement by the blocs and parties on a unified version of the constitutional articles - archive photo

 

 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - The Kurdistan Parliament expects that the parliamentary blocs will send their observations and proposals on the region’s constitution later this week.

The draft constitution of the Kurdistan Region consists, in principle , of 122 articles that Kurdish officials had previously said were not inconsistent with the provisions of the federal constitution.

The draft constitution was presented to the Kurdistan Parliament for the first time in 2005, and then the draft was submitted after amendments in 2009 before political disputes hindered its completion.

Years after the draft constitution, the parliament seeks to open the door for all political blocs and parties to present their proposals to agree on a new draft constitution that "does not exclude anyone."

The Director of Kurdistan Parliament Media, Saman Ahmed Abu Bakr, told Kurdistan 24, "It is expected that most of the parties will send their views to the parliament presidency after they postponed it due to the Eid holiday," indicating that the parliament is expecting to receive these proposals this week.

The Constitution Drafting Committee in the Kurdistan Parliament completed about 70 constitutional articles of the new project. The views of political parties are still not clear about it. It is not known exactly whether the committee will continue its work at a time when the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc has intensified its efforts to complete the mission.

The Kurdistan Parliament sometimes relies on the laws issued in the Federal Parliament to make some changes to them before they are approved. It also suspended many Iraqi laws that contradict the exclusive powers of the federal authorities stipulated in Article 110 of the country's constitution.

The head of the Democratic Party bloc, Zana Khaled, stressed the importance of discussing the issue of the constitution under the dome of Parliament to formulate opinions through the Constitution Drafting Committee.

Khaled told Kurdistan 24, "The discussions must be through the committee whose work was suspended or through parties outside parliament as political forces to participate in drafting the constitution," adding, "We need the opinions and observations of all political parties to participate in writing the constitution, regardless of their nationalities and orientations."

Most of the parties in Kurdistan support a constitution for the region, but they disagree on some of its articles. Parliament has repeatedly conducted reviews of controversial files, seeking to come up with a unified formula.

Some parties are pushing towards a parliamentary system that places parliament above all executive powers, but other parties prefer to give greater powers to the region’s president.

Numerous political parties favor the completion of drafting the constitution in this parliamentary session, provided that citizens vote on it in a referendum to be held for this purpose.

And the Kurdistan Regional Government has previously said that agreeing to a constitution and then voting on it and submitting it to the referendum will be a "milestone" for the region.

The existence of a constitution in the Kurdistan Region is of great importance, especially as it defines the duties of the authorities, establishes the foundations of governance in the region, and establishes a constitutional court whose primary function is to settle legal disputes in a manner that clearly contributes to organizing the relationship with the federal government.

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A parliamentary committee presents a proposal to determine the largest bloc and reveals controversial points that have obstructed the constitutional amendments

political| 10:07 - 09/08/2021

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
The Parliamentary Constitutional Amendments Committee revealed, on Monday, the reasons for stopping its work, while it indicated that the presidencies submitted a proposal to determine the winning bloc in the elections and to overcome differences.
Committee member, Representative Yonadam Kanna, said in an interview with the official agency, that "the committee's work has been suspended for a long time due to the presence of controversial points that it was unable to overcome, specifically Article 140, which is the dispute between the region and the center," noting that "the committee did not receive any report from the committee that was formed." From the representatives of Kirkuk Governorate regarding the controversial points, including Article 140, as well as the presence of the federal police forces and the joint forces.
He added that "the percentage of amending the constitution in 2007 was about 50 articles through the language and amendments, but it remained on the shelves due to political differences," noting that "the constitutional amendments committee completed its work, but it was disrupted due to political differences, as some seek towards the presidential system." It is a decline in the parliamentary system and the principle of decentralization.
Kanna stressed that "there is a proposal from the presidencies to come up with only four points for the amendment that are not controversial and contribute to reforming the political process," explaining that "among those amendments for the largest bloc, is that the parliamentary bloc is the winner or that is formed after the elections, and may be dealt with to be The winning bloc, in addition to other points of contention. Ended 29/A 4

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SULAIMANI — Member of Iraq’s Council of Representatives’ Constitutional Amendments Committee Yonadm Kanna said on Monday (August 9) that the committee’s work has been suspended due to political disagreements between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), particularly Article 140 which governs the disputed areas.

Kanna told state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the committee has not received any reports from the committee that was formed from representatives of Kirkuk governorate on a number of points of contention, including the presence of the federal police forces and the joint forces.

He added that work in amending 50 articles of the 2005 Constitution were completed in 2007, but it "remained on the shelf due to political differences.”

Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution of 2005 outlines how to settle the issue of the so-called disputed areas, a belt of territory stretching across several governorates from Nineveh through Saladin and Kirkuk into Diyala and northern Wasit that is claimed by both the KRG and the federal government, but has never been fully implemented.

The article is based on Article 58 of the Transitional Administrative Law, which provides for "just compensation” of people who were displaced by the Ba’athist regimes Arabization campaign in the 1970s and 1980s, which replaced Kurds, Turkmens, and members of other ethnic groups living in the disputed areas with Arabs.

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The Iraqi president warns of the chaos of the alternative and urges to address the "deficiency of the constitution"

 

 2021-09-12 16:27

 

 

The Iraqi president warns of the chaos of the alternative and urges to address the "deficiency of the constitution"

 

Shafaq News / The Iraqi President, Barham Salih confirmed, on Sunday, that the Kurdistan Region has always been "a haven for free people from the oppression of tyranny", while stressing the need to review the constitution and address its flaws.

Saleh said during a television interview on Al-Jazeera, that "the next stage in Iraq is decisive, and after 18 years, it is only possible to acknowledge the existence of a structural defect in the system of governance, and the need to move towards reform."

He added that "the upcoming elections are an opportunity for the Iraqis and their alternative is chaos, so they must be fair and express their free will, in order to produce a capable, effective government that expresses their will and works to harness the country's resources to serve them."

He pointed out that "the popular movement came against the background of misery and deprivation and the Iraqis' refusal to violate their country, and their slogan was eloquent, which is (We want a homeland)", stressing that "the popular movement succeeded in emphasizing the necessity of reforming the political situation and calling for early elections."

And Saleh stated, "The Iraqis in Basra, Baghdad, Najaf, Mosul, Sulaymaniyah and Erbil agree on the need to reform the situation, and it is in the interest of the Kurds to be in harmony and integration with Baghdad."

He noted that "the mountains of Kurdistan have always been a haven for the free throughout history and the oppressed from the tyranny of tyranny, and Kurdistan is a promising experience in many positives (building, services and development), and it also needs structural reforms.

Regarding the Iraqi constitution, the President of the Republic pointed out that there are political, social and elite discussions on the "necessity of reviewing the constitution. It has many positives, but there are deficiencies that need to be addressed."

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Baghdad announces the completion of all proposals to amend the constitution

Posted on Monday, September 13, 2021. 12:00 AM

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Baghdad - Ismail Al-Hadidi, advisor to the Iraqi president, announced, on Sunday, the completion of all proposals related to amending the constitution.
The Iraqi News Agency (INA) quoted the Iraqi president's advisor as saying that the constitutional amendments committee was selected from legal and constitutional figures concerned with Iraqi affairs and from all parties.
He explained that the governorates contributed to the constitutional amendment proposal process, noting that this committee was formed in the Presidency of the Republic. He indicated that the committee completed all the proposals, worked on the controversial articles, and submitted the proposals that were confirmed at the Presidency of the Republic. He pointed out that there are other committees in the prime minister's office concerned with the same matter.
Iraqi President Barham Salih said last month that there is a need to amend the current Iraqi constitution with the consensus of political forces and community actors. Saleh stressed during the opening of the activities of the Al-Rafidain Forum, that "the current Iraqi constitution must be amended, in order to ensure understanding between Iraqis and in constitutional contexts. This is an inescapable entitlement, and Iraq cannot be ruled by this system and the constitution," according to the Iraqi News Agency. (Sputnik)

 

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The Iraqi president indicates "a lot of use" of political money: the October elections will pave the way for constitutional amendments

 

 2021-10-01 07:43

 

Shafaq News/ Iraqi President Barham Salih said, on Thursday, that the upcoming elections will pave the way for constitutional amendments according to legal contexts, pointing at the same time to "a lot of use" of political money.

Saleh pointed out in an interview with "Sky News", that "there are skeptics about Iraq's ability to hold the elections on time," adding, "We have succeeded so far in bringing the elections to a good point."

He explained that "there are difficult circumstances that have passed through Iraq, and everyone is aware of the need for reform and that the current system is unable to provide a free and dignified life for Iraqis."

Saleh noted that "the fraud and manipulation of the previous elections shook the citizen's confidence in the electoral process."

He also said, "Everyone acknowledges that the current system is unable to move forward, and our reality requires change and reform."

"There is a lot of use of political money," he warned.

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Nechirvan Barzani: Opponents of the application of Article 140 of the Constitution are against the will of 80% of Iraqis

 

 2021-10-05 05:11

 

Shafaq News/ The President of Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani considered on Tuesday that those opposed to the application of Article 140 of the Constitution are against the will of 80 percent of Iraqis who voted for the country's permanent constitution in 2005.

 

 

 

Barzani, the deputy head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said at an electoral festival for the people of Kirkuk in Erbil, "Oh, Kirkuk people, your lands are subject to Arabization, and being Kurdish and Kirkuk is very difficult."

He addressed the people of Kirkuk by saying: We are all with you, and we are of mind, thought and feelings. We are all Kirkuk, adding that Kirkuk's wealth should be used to provide job opportunities, and to reconstruct Kirkuk, not to be a subject of greed, and to change the demography of the province.

He added that our war was on the national identity of Kirkuk and its historical geography, as well as the rest of the areas cut off from the Kurdistan region, and we were never against any component, indicating that our demands were not for Kirkuk's oil, but rather our demands on the identity of Kirkuk.

The head of the region said: We do not want to wage a national war against the people of Kirkuk at all. On the contrary to all the previous regimes that followed the rule of Iraq, we want to provide services and establish stability, security, and achieve true coexistence among the components that live in this province, stressing that " We do not want, through the fighting, to resolve the fate of Kirkuk, but through Article 140 of the constitution, and this is a legitimate and natural right because the Iraqi people, in 2005, voted on this article.”

Barzani renewed his demand for the application of this constitutional article, saying: Those who oppose its application are against peace, against the constitution, against Iraq's stability, and against coexistence, adding that "those opposed to its application are against the free will of 80 percent of the Iraqi people who voted for the constitution."

 

Kirkuk is one of the disputed areas between Erbil and Baghdad covered by Article 140 of the constitution, and was under joint authority between the Kurdistan Region and the Federal Government before the independence referendum that the region held in September of 2017.

Article 140 provides for the removal of demographic policies conducted by Saddam Hussein's regime in the disputed areas in favor of the Arabs at the expense of the Kurds, and then census the population before the last step, which is to hold a referendum according to which the population determines whether they wish to join the Kurdistan Region or remain under the administration of Baghdad.

It was scheduled to complete the implementation stages of the article until the end of 2007, but security and political problems prevented that.

The Federal Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that Article (140) of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq should remain in force, stressing that this will continue until its requirements are implemented and the objective of its legislation is achieved.