Parliament passes critical issues to successors

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The current Iraqi parliament has decided to postpone debates over critical issue, such as oil and gas law and Kirkuk, to the incoming parliament that will be elected on March 7, 2010. “The bills of 2010 budget and electoral behavior are still being debated in the parliament,” Lawmaker Jamal al-Bateekh told IraqiNews.com news agency on Tuesday. He said that political parties in power oppose the electoral behavior act. “They want to use power, media, and public funds unconditionally for electoral purposes,” al-Bateekh said. MH (P) / SS 2