What is the consequence of stopping the work of the Presidency of Parliament?
What is the consequence of stopping the work of the Presidency of Parliament?
2022-01-13 07:38
Shafaq News/ An Iraqi legal expert explained, on Thursday, the repercussions that will result from the decision of the Federal Supreme Court to stop the work of the Presidency of Parliament.
Muhammad Al-Saadi told Shafaq News Agency, “The work of the parliament is now suspended after a pro-federal order was issued by the Federal Court to temporarily stop the work of the Presidency of the Council.”
He added, “Parliament cannot hold any regular session, take any action, or elect the president of the republic until the issue is resolved.”
Al-Saadi pointed out that “the decision to stop is not specified for a specific period, and it may take a week, a month or more.”
Earlier on Thursday, the Federal Court decided to temporarily suspend the work of the Presidency of Parliament until two lawsuits regarding the legitimacy of the first session are resolved.
According to the Federal Court, Representatives Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and Bassem Khashan filed two lawsuits, requesting the issuance of a wilaya order to stop all measures taken by the House of Representatives, the Speaker and his two deputies until the two lawsuits are resolved regarding the challenge to the constitutionality of the first session and all legal procedures that were issued in it, including the procedures for electing the president and his two deputies.
The Iraqi parliament had elected, during its first session, Muhammad al-Halbousi to head the council for a second term, and the leader of the Sadrist movement, Hakim al-Zamili, as his first deputy, and the representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Shakhwan Abdullah, as a second deputy.
Tension and chaos marred the first session, which was initially chaired by Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as the eldest, before he was transferred to the hospital due to a health problem in the midst of the controversy that raged over the largest bloc between the Sadrist bloc’s deputies and the coordination framework.
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