 We stressed earlier that it was too early to judge the political agreement between the blocs after the recent meetings, and we said that the National Council for Supreme Policies carries with it a lot of details that need a realistic understanding.
Otherwise intersections between the political blocs will occur in the parliament when discussing the details and this is what happened exactly during the last Thursday's meeting. We believe that any article of law in the Iraqi constitution can bear multiple interpretations and that we can refer to the Federal Supreme Court to give a legal opinion that can be relied upon in such problems and crises. One of these crises as follows:
1- Vote on the National Council for Supreme policies:
ISCI stressed earlier that all the political blocs that had attended the agreement of Erbil to work on the implementation of all the points of agreement, including the National Council for Supreme Policies provided that this council should not intersect with the articles of the permanent Iraqi constitution, and that this is the condition that we stated earlier and was agreed upon unanimously by all the political blocs, as well as the Iraqi people. This is because not law can pass if it contradicts the Constitution.
2-Electricity crisis:
The crisis of electricity has not seen any glimmer of hope for a resolution, and this has exacerbated the situation further as crises began in breeding to hide the fact of the matter until the disclosure of financial corruption that we do not know who stands behind this crime, other than what was announced in the media. It must bring the electricity minister to pay the bill for this multilateral corruption. We are with the achievement of a comprehensive, clear, and transparent investigation and in front of the public to clarify the truth in all transparency to stop this deterioration and waste of the wealth of Iraq at the expense of partisan or factional or personal interests.
3 -security ministries:
It is strange to form a government of 43 ministers that does not include the most important ministers; the security ministers (Defense, interior, National Security, and Intelligence services) We call on all parties to work hard, away from any hidden agenda, and to expedite the designation of independent ministers and national leaders that are competent and dedicated to the political process, who will stand against the degradation security that has characterized the past months.
4 -Expand the powers of provincial councils:
Article (122 / II) of the Iraqi constitution identified “the governorates that are not incorporated within a regional provinces, get granted broad administrative and financial powers, so that they can manage their affairs in accordance with the principle of administrative decentralization and this is regulated by law.” In the fifth “the Provincial Council will not be subjected to the control or supervision of any ministry or any institution not linked to the Ministry, and shall have independent finances.”
We emphasize that working in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution would enable the new Iraqi state to build its institutions to ensure building the new Iraq away from the grip of the central Government that some are trying to stick to it in contrary to the spirit of the constitutional provisions above, and this in itself is a flagrant violation. It is what is happening in the request for dismissal of police chief of the Maysan province despite that the Provincial Council of Maysan voted unanimously to maintain its survival.
5- The presence of foreign troops:
The recent Political agreement has authorized the Prime Minister to negotiate with the U.S. side to keep some of the advisers and trainers from the Department of Defense (ground, Sea, and Air forces). These negotiations are not yet complete and needs for weapons and equipment to complete the requirements of the Iraqi Security Forces are needed in order to reach the highest levels of armament and equipment.
We see that it is the duty of the Iraqi government to inform the Iraqi people on the number of the U.S. troops that will remain in Iraq and their locations and types of weapons needed by the Iraqi army, and the duration of the extension of the troop presence, especially since the security agreement with the United States will expire at the end of this year , and this means the full evacuation of foreign troops from Iraq.
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