An invitation to a session to elect a new Speaker of the House of Representatives
An invitation to a session to elect a new Speaker of the House of Representatives
2023-12-24
Representatives from different blocs called for a session to be held to choose a new Speaker of the House of Representatives, calling for the matter not to be procrastinated since the House’s bylaws indicate the election of a new Speaker of the House after holding the first session after the position becomes vacant.
The head of the Al-Faw Zakho parliamentary bloc, Amer Abdel-Jabbar, stated that choosing an alternative to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives is clearly indicated in the law, but there was procrastination in the selection process, because according to the bylaws of Article 12/3, the alternative must be chosen in the first session after the position becomes vacant. The Council held three extraordinary sessions before the elections, and our bloc boycotted them because it was necessary to choose an alternative Speaker of Parliament before starting any other sessions, according to the official Al-Sabah newspaper.
He explained that we feel that the failure to choose the alternative president is a process of procrastination, as for the Parliament Presidency’s citation that there is a decision of the Federal Court 2009/18 that if the position of president is vacant and a session is held and the Council is unable to choose the alternative during the legislative term, there is no problem for the first deputy to be the president and that The sessions continue to choose the president, as this is contrary to reality, as the decision of the Federal Court at that time came during the legislative term and we were not in the legislative term, and secondly, the decision includes if a session was held to choose the president and the council was unable to choose, but currently 3 exceptional sessions have been held to pass the vote. Commission law, so a president will not be chosen until next year. In the same context, a member of the Parliamentary Extension Bloc, Haider Al-Salami, explained that the bylaws of the House of Representatives confirm that the first session held after the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes vacant must be dedicated to electing the Speaker of the House, and accordingly we respect the regulations and laws.
He added that the bylaws of the House of Representatives indicate and confirm that a session will be held to choose the president, and the members of the House and its presidency should have been the first to adhere to the bylaws, according to the newspaper. Al-Salami indicated that the solution lies in the Council proceeding to choose a president by announcing the session to elect the Council’s President, and thus the session will inevitably be held and a quorum will be reached. He pointed out that as much as possible we are trying to eliminate quotas and balances, but so far no names have been put forward for nomination, and the (extension) bloc ) With the empowerment of the opposition in the presidency of the Council, and all parties participating in the government are supposed to show good faith in dealing with the opposition and empowering it in the presidency of the House of Representatives, so that the real work of the House of Representatives in the field of oversight of the executive authority.
The House of Representatives was scheduled to hold a session to elect a new speaker before the local elections, but the session was postponed until further notice without setting a date for it.
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