Abstract
Issued the above command and stating ((modify the sanctions imposed on the perpetrator of the crimes of kidnapping referred to in Articles (421 422 423) of the Penal Code to impose the maximum sentence of life imprisonment until the death of the convict)): - Pursuant to the provisions of Article (38) of the Iraqi Constitution of 2005 by which the State ensures the protection of freedom of expression, including without prejudice to public order and morality, and by reading the legal text we would like to ask the following matters: - I / the order and the principle of legality The Authority Order Coalition can be exposed to harsh criticism and the many that exist as it is inaccurate and the lack of legal drafting that was contrary to the principle of legality, which is the principle of a constitutional before the legal principle. And after the main source of the Penal Code and the only one. Which is agreed by the contemporary legal systems. Including the Iraqi constitution, which stipulates in Article 19/2 that no crime or punishment except by law, no punishment, but the act that the law at the time committing a crime may not apply the death penalty more severe than the force at the time of the crime. Also provided for this principle of Article I of the Iraqi Penal Code, which states no punishment for an act or omission. However, based on the law provides for the criminalization of committing time and may not be penalties or precautionary measures not provided for by law