Parliament - Only 145 members of 275 Showed up for work today

[Telestar]

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Heads of parliamentary blocs to meet on ministerial reshuffle Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Sunday , 27 /05 /2007 Time 10:59:57 </B>
By Dergham Mohamed Ali Baghdad, May 27, (VOI)- Heads of Iraqi parliamentary major blocs and the House's presidency will meet on Monday to discuss the names proposed By Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to fill up the seven vacant portfolios within his cabinet, a parliamentarian said on Sunday.
"The House Speaker intends to meet heads of the major blocs in the parliament prior to Monday's scheduled session to reach an agreement on the proposed ministerial reshuffle," lawmaker, Mohammed al-Khazaali, from the Shiite Fadhila party, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Seven portfolios are still vacant in the Iraqi government after six Sadrist ministers quit Maliki's cabinet in addition to the justice minister who resigned early this year.
"It was scheduled for today's parliament morning session to witness a vote on the names of the nominees for the seven vacant portfolios but the parliament Speaker preferred to put off voting till more lawmakers would attend in the afternoon session but only 145 members out of the 275 members were present leading the Speaker to adjourn voting until tomorrow," al-Khazaali said.
A nominee needs at least 138 pro-votes to be a minister.
Before tomorrow's session, the lawmaker pointed out, Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani is scheduled to meet heads of the major parliamentary blocs to agree on the names proposed for the portfolios.
The major blocs in the Iraqi parliament are the Shiite Iraqi Unified Coalition (113 seats), the Kurdistan Coalition (55 seats), the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front (44 seats), the Iraqi National List (25 seats), the Shiite Fadhila party (15 seats) and the Sunni National Dialogue Front.
Asked about the Fadhila party's view about the nominees, al-Khazaali replied "We have not decided yet about voting for or against the proposed names."
Earlier on Sunday, the Sadrist bloc, 30 seats within the Shiite Iraqi Unified Coalition, decided to vote against the proposed names on the grounds that they are not "technocratic enough."


Looks like they started their vacation early. Would someone give these guys a kick in the backside to get them started....

[BILLYG]

Telestar, thanx for all your hard work and good posts today!!!:)
I just wish your posts had BETTER NEWS!!!:mad: Oh well, may be BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD:crying: :no: :crying:

[John Jay]

How many memers are needes to pass a law?

[Telestar]

Telestar, thanx for all your hard work and good posts today!!!:)
I just wish your posts had BETTER NEWS!!!:mad: Oh well, may be BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD:crying: :no: :crying:


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Iraq's football team signs Brazilian coach Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Tuesday , 22 /05 /2007 Time 1:44:53 </B>
By Hisham al-Salman and Ammar al-Satie Baghdad-Sports
Iraq's football team signs Brazilian coach
By Hisham al-Salman and Ammar al-Satie
Baghdad, May 22, (VOI) – The Iraqi Football Federation announced that it signed a Brazilian coach to train the Iraqi national team for two months.


Parliament out to hire the Iraqi Football Federation, they can get a job done!!!

[F-12]

They would rather stay home and build bombs

[Telestar]

How many memers are needes to pass a law?


A nominee needs at least 138 pro-votes to be a minister.

[BILLYG]

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Iraq's football team signs Brazilian coach Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Tuesday , 22 /05 /2007 Time 1:44:53 </B>

By Hisham al-Salman and Ammar al-Satie Baghdad-Sports
Iraq's football team signs Brazilian coach
By Hisham al-Salman and Ammar al-Satie
Baghdad, May 22, (VOI) – The Iraqi Football Federation announced that it signed a Brazilian coach to train the Iraqi national team for two months.


Parliament out to hire the Iraqi Football Federation, they can get a job done!!!




Thanx GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!:lmao: :happy64:

[niss0001]

[quote=F-12;377852]They would rather stay home and build bombs[/quote


:eek: :eek: :eek:

[heres-hoping]

How many memers are needes to pass a law?
That's like asking how many politicians needed to screw in a lightbulb - never mind an oil law.

[Bear]

These people are a JOKE

Looks like Maliki is the Joke to me,

Stop their money and pay them on attendance, Or performance,

LOL all the way to bank,

Im nearly through with this , These people dont Deserve freedome, send back Saddam, and take away their freedome of everything, Gee see how quickly people forget how things were,

[Telestar]

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Maliki discusses with Allawi's INS developments in political process Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Sunday , 27 /05 /2007 Time 10:59:57 </B>
By Dergham Mohammed Ali Baghdad, May 27, (VOI) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Sunday that any opposition or criticism from political parties within a democratic framework is triumph for the political process. (Only if they manage to get any work done!)


"It is the right of any parties or blocs to be active and form fronts, but it would be dead wrong to leave the door wide open for foreign intervention that might drag Iraq into an unfavorable vicious circle of actions and reactions," Maliki said after receiving a number of members from former premier Iyad Allawi's secular Iraqi National Slate (INS), which has 25 seats out of the parliament’s 275.
"We have to send Iraqi citizens the message that the government is working (Don't they have to show up for work first?) on molding a unified national vision for the political process, away from sectarianism," Maliki said in a cabinet statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The Iraqi prime minister also called on political partners to "shoulder their responsibility." (It is about time these clowns take responsibility for themselves!)

Maliki, referring to the Iranian-U.S. negotiations scheduled for Monday in Baghdad, to be attended by U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iranian ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi, said the Iraqi government has encouraged both sides to "launch a dialogue and settle the problems that have a negative impact on Iraqi reality," the statement added.
The INS had said on Saturday that it has no plans to withdraw from the Iraqi government and parliament at present, but left the door open for possibly quitting.
"The INS expresses support for the current political process in the country, provided that there is no sectarian quota system," the spokesman, MP Iyad Jamal al-Din, said during a press conference in Baghdad.
"The INS is evaluating its participation in the government (When did they start?) of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki," said Jamal al-Din, adding INS leader Allawi is seeking closer viewpoints among the political blocs.
"Allawi managed to facilitate contact between the Iraqi government and armed groups, many of which have joined the political process," he said.
Jamal al-Din noted that the INS is continuing its efforts in dialogue with all political powers in order to get Iraq out of its current predicament.

[AAD]

Those GOI jokers will never learn...

[heres-hoping]

"We have to send Iraqi citizens the message that the government is working (Don't they have to show up for work first?)

Would be a start wouldn't it? LOL

[BugmanIraq]

Just tell them it's payday.

[imluvinit]

Or tell em free buffet

[Joel57]

How many memers are needes to pass a law?

138 members are needed to make quorum. A majority vote of quorum is needed to pass a law.

[heres-hoping]

I can only assume that the word "technocratic" is a cross between Technological and democratic put together to make one?

[Anaconda_Dinar_Sheik]

These people are a JOKE

Looks like Maliki is the Joke to me,

Stop their money and pay them on attendance, Or performance,

LOL all the way to bank,

Im nearly through with this , These people dont Deserve freedome, send back Saddam, and take away their freedome of everything, Gee see how quickly people forget how things were,



They are just not ready for a Democratic type Government...

[williambedloe]

If this was baseball, these GoI jokers would all be in a serious Hall of Fame type race to beat Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak, except here it would be the streak for consecutive days MISSED due to vacation

[AJOB]

How many memers are needes to pass a law?

In parlamentry procedure they need a Quorum which is "... in a legislative body is normally a majority (http://www.investorsiraq.com/wiki/Majority) of the entire membership of the body. If there are vacancies, that fact is not considered. Thus, a quorum of a legislative body that has 100 seats would be 51 (more than half of 100), even if some seats are vacant. However, it is also common in a legislative body to have a rule that the lack of a quorum does not affect the proceedings unless a point of order (http://www.investorsiraq.com/wiki/Point_of_order) is raised.

[AJOB]

I wonder if they have any PORK in their Bills?:D :no:

[Garf]

Or tell em free buffet

Yes, free cakes ! :)

[harpua]

Yeah but according to the kool-aid club... all the "senior members" are gathering in Florida for a RV party...:lmao:

[Garf]

Yeah but according to the kool-aid club... all the "senior members" are gathering in Florida for a RV party...:lmao:

As Pauline Hanson would say, 'Please explain' :)

[yunowu]

What a bunch of lazy bums !!:no: :no:

[En Fuego]

The work ethic is ludicrous! I know our gov is not perfect, but they should be embarassed by this!

[rykpa]

for. Is is how they honor the sacrifice of many individiuals and the families of said brave and dedicated warriors?

Let Israel at them. They like nothing better than ridding humanity of the bane of Islam. And the Jews are more efficient, with the exception their last run in with Hamas. Hopefully, Israel will return to their typical ways.