Iraqi Council of Representatives decides to double the fine

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Iraqi Council of Representatives decides to double the fine deputies

Baghdad, February 15 (Rn) – decided the Presidency of the Council of Representatives to double administrative penalties against the deputies of the parliament sessions of 500 thousand dinars for each day to one million dinars Presidency also intends to begin the replacement of the MPs who were absent more than ten consecutive meetings without a legitimate excuse.

The decision of the House of Representatives Muhammad Al-Khalidi told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided to impose a fine of million dinars for each day absent the MP for the sessions to vote on laws instead of 500 thousand dinars in order to reduce the phenomenon of absent deputies continuous sessions causing no quorum to convene. ”

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives had agreed with the heads of parliamentary blocs beginning of the current election cycle to include a paragraph in the rules of procedure provides fined MP absent for the meeting of $ 500 thousand dinars for each session deducted from his monthly salary. “

He said Khalidi, “The decision also included a separate MP absent over the ten sessions and replace it with one from the list itself,” explaining that “there are some MPs did not attend to parliament since being sworn in because they receive salaries from the official position that they Ischglonh previously and therefore they do not uninterested to any fine imposed on them now as vice. “

And forced the Presidency of the Council of Representatives across several sessions because of a lack of quorum, the last about a week ago, and the Presidency had warned deputies attending the signing in the register of attendance without coming to the chamber affects the quorum required to pass laws.

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives Kdq decided earlier to deny licenses and to send deputies to approve the budget bill for 2012.

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