After Al-Sadr’s call, “Finance” expects to pass the Food Security Law on this date
After Al-Sadr’s call, “Finance” expects to pass the Food Security Law on this date
2022-05-28 08:46
Shafaq News/ The Parliamentary Finance Committee expected, on Saturday, that the Iraqi parliament would pass the proposed food security law quickly, after the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, asked to do so.
Committee member Jamal Cougar said in a statement to Shafaq News Agency, that the agenda for tomorrow’s session has not yet been published, I believe that the proposed Food Security Law will be included in it for the second reading, especially after Al-Sadr’s tweet, and the confirmation of the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hakim Al-Zamili.
He also expected that after the completion of the discussion and the second reading of the Food Security Law, we will witness a vote on the law at the end of this week or next week.
Cougar also considered, “Al-Sadr’s tweet will encourage the Sadrist bloc and the Triple Alliance (Save a Homeland) to pass the bill as soon as possible.”
A member of the Finance Committee indicated that there are representatives from the coordination framework and independents who are convinced that the country needs to legislate the proposed food security law.
Earlier today, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on the Iraqi parliament to expedite the vote on the emergency food security support law, stressing that the vote should be kept away from “partisan, sectarian and nationalist auctions.”
Today, Thursday, May 19, the House of Representatives completed the first reading of the proposed law on emergency support for food security and development.
On Wednesday, the 18th of the same month, the committee presented this proposal to the presidency of the Iraqi parliament as an alternative to the project submitted by the current caretaker government headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi.
The law on emergency support for food security sparked controversy between deputies and political blocs and those interested in political affairs between supporters and opponents, before the Federal Supreme Court vetoed and invalidated the law because the current government is a government for the conduct of daily business and it is not within its powers to legislate laws, propose them or send them to the House of Representatives.
On Sunday, May 15, 2022, the Federal Supreme Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq) decided to cancel the draft law on emergency support for food security and development based on a lawsuit filed by Representative Basem Khashan, while it indicated that the Al-Kazemi government is a conduct of business and is not entitled to send bills and hold contracts. Loans, appointment to senior state positions, exemption from them, or restructuring of ministries and departments.
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