Now the Electoral Commission is refusing to punish people for mere past Baath Party membership.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	6:advmod	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	4:det	_
3	Electoral	Electoral	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	amod	4:amod	_
4	Commission	Commission	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	6:nsubj|8:nsubj:xsubj	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	6:aux	_
6	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	8:mark	_
8	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	6:xcomp	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	8:obj	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	15:case	_
11	mere	mere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	15:amod	_
12	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	15:amod	_
13	Baath	Baath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	14:compound	_
14	Party	Party	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	15:compound	_
15	membership	membership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	8:obl:for	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	6:punct	_
