Parliament Member calls on Iraqi Presidency to sign execution decisions

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: The Chairman of the Security & Defense Committee in the Iraqi Parliament, Hassan al-Suneid, has called on the Iraqi Presidency to sign the execution decisions, as decided upon by the courts, according to a statement he made during a visit to southern Iraq’s Karbala city on Wednesday. When asked about the delay in implementing the execution orders during his visit to Karbala, Suneid told IraqiNews.com news agency, “We have asked about this issue several times. The Ministry of Justice has repeatedly told us that the Presidency of the Republic has stated that it was not the party that should sign the execution orders against those who had shed Iraqi blood.” “I demand the Presidency to sign the execution decisions. This will satisfy the citizens’ desire to see their martyrs avenged, by executing those who shed their blood,” Suneid said. In response to another question about the current visit by Syrian Foreign Minister, Walid al-Muallim, to Baghdad, Suneid said, “It is a natural visit between both countries.” “There are no deals between Iraq and Syria to hand over the (Iraqi) Baathists in order to achieve stability in Syria,” he added.   “Iraq does not work through such deals, because it is a constitutional and institutional State,” he stressed. “We care about stability in Syria. Stability for the Baathists however, we do not care about, but rather for those who had killed Iraqis,” he concluded. Syrian Foreign Minister, Walid al-Muallim, arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday, on his third visit since 2003, as his first visit took place in Nov. 2006, when diplomatic relations that had been severed for years were restored. His second visit to Iraq was in 2009. SKH (TR)/SR 587