Federal Court rejects Parliament’s request regarding the presence of foreign forces in Iraq
Federal Court rejects Parliament’s request regarding the presence of foreign forces in Iraq
2024-10-08 04:13
Shafaq News/ The Federal Supreme Court (a judicial authority in Iraq) responded today, Tuesday, to the parliament’s request to clarify the constitutional procedure that must be taken by the House of Representatives in the event that the government is slow to end the mission of foreign forces in Iraq.
According to an official letter issued by the court bearing the signature of its president, Judge Jassim Mohammed Aboud, this request was rejected for lack of jurisdiction.
Washington and Baghdad have reached an agreement on a plan for the withdrawal of US-led international coalition forces from Iraq within a period of 12 months.
The United States and Iraq aim to establish a new advisory relationship that could keep some U.S. forces in Iraq after the withdrawal.
An “official” announcement was scheduled to be made weeks ago, but was postponed due to regional escalation following the Gaza events and incidents such as the bombing of the Ain al-Asad base.
Last August, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry confirmed that the announcement of the end of the coalition’s mission had been postponed, with the Foreign Minister indicating that the circumstances of the negotiations had changed.
There were also warnings from armed factions that attacks could resume if negotiations continued to stall.
The agreement came after more than six months of talks, which the Iraqi prime minister began in January 2023, amid escalating attacks by Iranian-backed factions on US forces.
Meanwhile, the Federal Supreme Court issued a decision today, Tuesday, which included an interpretation of the phrase (fully sovereign) contained in Article (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005.
The text of the resolution stated that the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq guarantees the unity of Iraq, and that unity requires that Iraq have full sovereignty over all its lands, airspace, and territorial waters.
According to the decision, this also requires obligating all federal authorities, decentralized regional and provincial authorities, and local administrations to abide by the provisions of the constitution to preserve the unity of Iraq and not to take any action that would undermine its sovereignty.
The court’s decision stressed that “otherwise, any authority that violates this will have violated the constitution and endangered Iraq’s sovereignty, in accordance with Articles (1, 8, 50, 109, and 116) of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005.”
This came in accordance with the decision issued by the court No. (89/Federal/2024), according to the statement issued by the Federal Court.
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