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Iraqi Presidential decree needed to
implement death sentences
5.9.2007
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September 5, 2007
BAGHDAD, -- The National Legal Consultation
Council (NLCC) in Iraq said that it is not legal to
implement the death sentences handed down by the
Supreme Criminal Court without a presidential
decree, Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi's office
said on Wednesday in a statement.
"The vice president requested a legal opinion from
the NLCC about the necessity of a presidential
decree to carry out the death sentences handed down
by the Supreme Criminal Court, according to the
first clause of article 6 of law number 65 in 1979,"
al-Hashemi's office said.
"The NLCC informed al-Hashemi that it is not legal
to implement the death sentences without a
presidential decree," said the statement.
The Supreme Criminal Court executed former president
Saddam Hussein, his brother Barzan Ibrahim
al-Hassan, Awad Hamad al-Bander and Taha Yassin
Ramadan, who was found guilty in the Dujail case,
without a presidential decree. |
Ali Hassan al-Majid, first cousin of executed
dictator Saddam Hussein and also known as 'Chemical
Ali', 'Butcher of Kurdistan' sentenced to death over Kurdish genocide, AP |
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The statement said that al-Hashemi's office sent a
message to the prime minister's office, the
headquarters of the presidential council, the
justice ministry, the general prosecution
chairmanship and the Supreme Criminal Court with the
NLCC opinion attached.
"The Iraqi Supreme Court has
confirmed the death sentence on "Chemical Ali"
Ali Hassan al-Majid, Sultan Hashim al-Tai and
Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti," the court head Judge
Aref Shaheen said on Tuesday.
Majid, widely known as "Chemical Ali," was the
executed Iraqi dictator's most notorious hatchet
man, Tai was his defence minister and Tikriti was
armed forces deputy chief of operations.
The three
were sentenced to death on
June 24 after being found responsible
for the slaughter of thousands of ethnic Kurds in
the so-called Anfal campaign of 1988.
They will be hanged within 30 days in line with
Iraqi law.
VOI
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