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Saddam court
committed to humane values- Media monitor
5.8.2005
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EDITORIAL: Saddam
court committed to humane values
By: Ismail Zair
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed, 1 August 2005)
We thank God that the special criminal court to try Saddam Hussein and his
regime's men has denied any physical aggression
ogainst Saddam. We know that some who fish in the
disturbed water and those made by Saddam might
exploit this to defame the Iraqi judicial system.
The denial will prove the commitment of the Iraqi
judicial system to the values of humanely treating
the detainees, and the seriousness of Iraqis in
dealing with complicated issues. The body that
announced the rumor aims to raise suspicions about
the credibility of the Iraqi judicial system and of
the special court. These kinds of rumors should not
pass like that; we have to condemn them and say our
words about them and warn those behind them not to
gamble on the truths or distort the facts. We have
to assure that the enmity between Saddam and the
Iraqi people is so big that it is not easy to forget
or neglect. This does not mean to humiliate or
mistreat even a big criminal like Saddam.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
is an independent daily paper.)
OPINION: Civil Society Groups Help Women Achieve
Goals
(Al-Ittihad, 2
August 2005)
The women who demonstrated at al-Firdaws Square
under the heat of summer drew our attention. They
were a strange mixture, as there were the young
lined up with old. They represented civil society
organizations protesting the women's issues stated
in the drafting of the constitution. According to
the interim law, they are represented in the
National Assembly by a 25 percent quota and they
want to raise it to 40 percent. They rejected the
intention to be marginalized. The gathering of women
through the civil society organizations gives them
the chance to get their rights better than doing it
individually. Women might get their rights through
their struggle in the civil society organizations,
and a good example of this is the declaration of the
head of the committee to draft the constitution, who
said the committee is ready to take the women's
suggestions into consideration before the completion
of the constitution.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
OPINION: Government Staff Should Serve The People
By: Farhad Omar
al-Sulaifani (Al-Taakhi, 4 August 2005)
The government should serve the people better, especially after they were
elected under a dangerous atmosphere and after
swearing to offer the people better services. The
offices and their staff should be at the disposal of
the citizens, but we notice that the staff violate
the citizens' human rights when contacting them and
treat them inhumanly. They do not serve the people
unless they pay them money as if the offices are
their own and do not belong to the people. We know
it is a heavy burden the new government deals with,
as corruptive elements are everywhere. They are used
to not serving the people unless bribing them. We
have to line up with the government to eliminate
those corruptive elements and to educate the people
with their rights and duties till we reach the era
when the government official perceives that his main
job is to serve the people. Otherwise, there is no
need for having him beside his desk.
(Al-Taakhi is
issued daily by the Kurdistan Democratic Party.)
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