The Presidency of the Republic provides clarification on issuing a whole set of decrees to ratify capital punishments.

INA-  Baghdad


The Presidency of the Republic clarified on Thursday the rumours that it would issue a set of decrees to ratify death sentences in cases involving terrorism. It also cautioned against suspicious attempts by certain infiltrators whose interests were harmed by the fall of the dictatorial regime and the defeat of the terrorist group ISIS.  

 "Some suspicious pages belonging to some wanted by the judiciary and intelligence officers in the time of the former regime, whose hands were stained with the blood of Iraqis, circulated news that republican decrees were issued as whole set to ratify the death sentences issued against those convicted of terrorist crimes," the Iraqi News Agency (INA) was informed by the republic's presidency's statement .


"Here, we would like to point out that such false news promoted by the enemies of Iraq seeks to provoke chaos, confuse people and stir crisis in light of the exceptional circumstances that the region is going through," the statement said. 

  It added that "the presidency of the republic will not hesitate to carry out its duties in approving the death sentences for terrorists whose hands are stained with the blood of innocent Iraqis after the verdict fulfils all legal procedures such as cassation, retrial and presentation to the special amnesty committee."

"The president of the republic is keen on the constitution and completing the legal procedures against the convicts, and he is responsible for protecting the blood of innocent Iraqis and retribution for their killers," the statement said.