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Wed, 05/06/2009 - 15:28
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Council debates general draft for mobilisation and martial laws
Abu Dhabi, May 6, 2009 (WAM) - The Federal National Council (FNC) held a closed-door session on Tuesday to debate two federal draft laws concerning general mobilisation and martial laws.
Although the UAE is considered one of the best countries in the world in terms of security and stability, and that this atmosphere had helped it achieve developments in many fields, the FNC members said these laws will help maintain such an atmosphere through a clear-cut strategy for the upkeep of security in the country.
While confirming any emergency is a distant probability in the country, lawmakers, who wished not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the UAE, the world's fifth-largest owner of oil reserves with only less than 20 per cent of the population Emiratis, faces threats due to the imbalance in the population structure, foreign labour, social change, and security challenges.
A member told Gulf News before the FNC went behind closed-doors, the UAE is safe and well-prepared to tackle any emergency, but laws must be issued to regulate all measures taken during emergencies.
Another member said at this point in time, the UAE faces very real security challenges including conventional military threats, asymmetric warfare and "wars of intimidation", Iranian missiles and proliferation, Iraqi instability, energy and critical infrastructure.
All these challenges, the member added, prompts issuing laws on general mobilisation and martial laws.
Once passed by the FNC, the drafts require the Cabinet's approval and the president's signature to be enacted into laws. Martial law is a short-hand for the use of force to maintain order when the rule of law has broken down and the Constitution no longer applies.
Although the UAE is considered one of the best countries in the world in terms of security and stability, and that this atmosphere had helped it achieve developments in many fields, the FNC members said these laws will help maintain such an atmosphere through a clear-cut strategy for the upkeep of security in the country.
While confirming any emergency is a distant probability in the country, lawmakers, who wished not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the UAE, the world's fifth-largest owner of oil reserves with only less than 20 per cent of the population Emiratis, faces threats due to the imbalance in the population structure, foreign labour, social change, and security challenges.
A member told Gulf News before the FNC went behind closed-doors, the UAE is safe and well-prepared to tackle any emergency, but laws must be issued to regulate all measures taken during emergencies.
Another member said at this point in time, the UAE faces very real security challenges including conventional military threats, asymmetric warfare and "wars of intimidation", Iranian missiles and proliferation, Iraqi instability, energy and critical infrastructure.
All these challenges, the member added, prompts issuing laws on general mobilisation and martial laws.
Once passed by the FNC, the drafts require the Cabinet's approval and the president's signature to be enacted into laws. Martial law is a short-hand for the use of force to maintain order when the rule of law has broken down and the Constitution no longer applies.
