The highest judicial authority in Iraq issues a state order regarding articles of the budget law
The highest judicial authority in Iraq issues a state order regarding articles of the budget law
2023-07-12 03:18
Shafaq News/ Today, Wednesday, the Supreme Federal Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq) issued a state order regarding some articles of the country’s tripartite financial budget law.
The state order included suspending the implementation of the following articles (Article 28 / Fourth: A – B), (57 / First – C), (65 / Second), (70 / Second), (71) and (75) of Law No. ( 13) for the year 2023 (the federal general budget of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years (2023 – 2024 – 2025) until a decision is made on the constitutional case filed before this court to challenge its constitutionality, registered in the number (153 / federal / 2023).
Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani had requested the issuance of a state order against Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi regarding the above articles, according to the statement issued by the Federal Court.
Sabhan Al-Mulla Jiyad, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs, suggested last June that the government would challenge some of the budget articles.
And the Iraqi parliament voted, at dawn today, Monday, June 12, on the federal budget law for the years 2023, 2024, 2025, after discussions that lasted for five days.
The value of the current year budget is 197 trillion and 828 billion Iraqi dinars (about 152.2 billion dollars), with a total deficit of 63 trillion dinars (48.3 billion dollars), while the items of the 2023 and 2024 budgets have not been published.
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