More than 200 laws on hold in parl. – Iraqiya legislator

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A lawmaker from al-Iraqiya bloc said on Tuesday that more than 200 draft laws are defunct inside the Iraqi parliament, calling for accelerating the enactment of these drafts. “The Iraqi people need genuine reforms for services, including the speeding up of enacting defunct draft laws, estimated at 200, including the laws on political parties, protection of journalists, oil & gas and corruption fighting,” Othman al-Djeheishi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “We also call on the parliament to cancel its recess, scheduled for the period between April 13 and June 13, 2011,” he said. Djeheishi referred to a campaign to collect signatures by members of parliament to cancel this recess so as to speed up means to provide services for the Iraqi citizens. AmR (TP) 1065