Head of the State of Law Coalition Nouri al-Maliki confirmed that the coalition is for a general amnesty, but refuses to release terrorists whose hands are stained with the blood of innocents.
Al-Maliki said in a televised speech that crimes of financial and administrative corruption, incest and espionage must be excluded from the general amnesty law.
He added that security, stability and the continuity of the political process require adherence to the law and the constitution, noting that the current government has developed its political program and presented it to Parliament, which approved it and has become binding on the political process and the forces that approved it.
Al-Maliki continued: The audience of the political process is a national audience, but winning the audience must be in accordance with the basics of the law and the political process.
He said: We all support those who can achieve an accomplishment in accordance with national affiliations.
Al-Maliki stressed that the national interes
t requires not giving up on those who practiced murder and terrorism, disrupted the country, and prevented reconstruction and services. He said: We hope that there will be a trend towards a general amnesty for ordinary crimes and felonies, and we support that, pointing out that there are controls set by the judiciary that must be respected.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency