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The Iraqi Parliament concluded, yesterday evening , Monday, the report and discussion (second reading) of the draft law amending the “General Amnesty Law,” before adjourning its session until today, Tuesday .
The Yazidi component representatives in the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc in the Federal Council of Representatives boycotted yesterday’s session due to the inclusion of the general amnesty law for the second reading .
Documents showed Yazidi MPs sign a petition to the parliament session held yesterday , protesting the inclusion of the general amnesty law for the second reading .
The signatory representatives attributed their decision to boycott the session to the possibility that the law could be a way or means to release terrorists from prisons.
In the same context, the Iraqi Council of Representatives completed, in the same session, the report and discussion of the proposed law “amending the Personal Status Law” in preparation for voting on it in another session .
The media department of the House of Representatives stated in a brief statement: The House of Representatives has completed its report and discussion of the proposed law amending Personal Status Law No. (188) of 1959, Articles 2 and 10 .
The amendment of the Personal Status Law sparked widespread controversy within Iraqi society, between those who oppose it and those who support it, so the Iraqi government decided to discuss all the comments raised about it through the “Supreme Council for Women’s Affairs .”
Opponents say that amending the law allows the marriage of minors and deprives the wife of the rights of alimony and custody, in addition to adopting the religious texts of each sect and denomination in Iraq as a reference for rulings instead of the laws in force.
