Hashemi
Encouraged Kurdistan's Government To Implement The Amnesty Law
Baghdad, Mar 24, (VOI) – Vice President Tareq Hashemi encouraged on Monday that
the Kurdistan regional government implement the legislation of General Amnesty
as a "Federal law," to facilitate the process of releasing detainees from
detention centers supervised by the region's authorities.
"In two messages that he sent to Massoud Barzani – president of Kurdistan
Region, and Nechirvan Barzani – premier of Kurdistan regional cabinet, al-Hashemi
appreciated the good efforts to corroborate and reinforce law's superiority in
Kurdistan region," said a release issued by Hashemi's office and received by
Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
The release quoted Hashemi, "We hope to see the day when detainees implied by
the General Amnesty Law will be released in Kurdistan region, especially when
considering that it is a Federal Act," believing this to be a "step that goes
beyond its legal purport to be a step forward on the national reconciliation's
path."
The Iraqi Presidential Council ratified the General Amnesty Law by the end of
February 2008. The law pardons huge numbers of Iraqi detainees, exclusively in
Iraqi detention centers, and according to certain terms and conditions.
