Parliamentary Regions: reject the abolition of district councils and district as a retreat from decentralization

Parliamentary Regions: reject the abolition of district councils and district as a retreat from decentralization



Since 22/01/2017 19:42 pm (Baghdad time)

BAGHDAD - balances News

Committee announced the regional and provincial parliamentary, Sunday, refusing to cancel the council districts and areas in the provinces while suggesting it seeks to activate the decentralization in the provinces.

Committee Chairman Soran Ismail, according to a statement of the Department of the media during a meeting with a number of members of the boards of districts and areas in a number of provinces in the presence of members of the parliamentary committee that "the Commission refuses Cancel boards of districts, counties, even if not conducted local council elections because the cancellation means retreat from decentralization and overcoming rights legal which can not overtake them. "

He stressed, "The Commission is ready to provide solutions to the demands filed by members of the boards and within the law," stressing that "locked in decentralized Committee is seeking to activate the decentralization in the provinces."

For his part, MP Messenger Abouhsnh that "local councils, districts and areas is a link between the citizen and the provincial council."

For his part, touched by the local council of Wasit province that "councils face a number of problems in the districts, counties, especially in Wasit province, including the problems of the agriculture sector."

And between board members and district suffering, "and calling for" financial and moral Basthakhm, "explaining that" the work of local councils walking Resume efforts, stressing the absence and Anthreyh the financial allocations, in addition to the local council employees are the placement of the provincial councils ".anthy 29

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