Gorran bloc: we don’t support any bill to restrict the freedom of law
16/08/2020
Gorran bloc in the Kurdistan
parliament stressed that they don’t support any bill to restrict the freedom of
opinion in the Kurdistan parliament.
In a statement, Gorran bloc
mentioned that they don’t support mixing terror issues with the freedom of law.
And according to the statement, the all signatures of Gorran bloc members who
sign on the bill to restrict the freedom of law will be withdrew.
The detail of the statement:
Dear citizens
About the bill of organizing
electronic media
We want to reassure you that we don’t support any project at all that has
effects on the reduction of
freedom of opinion. These critics and notes that we have gotten are important
and respected, we get into consideration.
First: we
withdraw the all signatures of Gorran bloc members who sign on the bill.
Second: this
bill has just met the first reading. It still waits the second reading, report
and writing, and voting. We call the parliament presidency to halt the project
and instead of working on this, it should work on the projects that related to
the life of people, facing corruption and the salary.
Third: still
there are many issues in the courts in which the journalists and citizens have
been accused of misuse of mobile phone and they judged by the Iraqi law of
punishment. The court decision with those laws has included imprisonment. We
try to amendment those laws that district the freedom and the freedom of
opinion.
Fourth: we
don’t support to mix terror issues with the freedom of opinion at all.
Gorran bloc
in the Kurdistan Parliament
August 16,
2020