Parliamentary proposal to vote on the Federal Court and the budget with "one basket"

Parliamentary proposal to vote on the Federal Court and the budget with "one basket"

2021-03-17 04:53

Shafaq News / A parliamentary source said, on Wednesday, that there is a political proposal to vote on the Federal Court and the budget laws in one basket.

The source said to Shafaq News Agency, that "there is a proposal among some political blocs that the vote on the Federal Court and the budget be in one basket, provided that the political blocs offer their concessions in exchange for voting on the two laws at tomorrow's session, Thursday."

The source pointed out that "the Shiite blocs have no objection to voting on the region’s share of the budget, as stated in the government text that the Kurdish blocs give up on the unanimous voting clause in the Federal Court Law."

The Federal Supreme Court is the highest court in Iraq, which has jurisdiction over constitutional disputes. It was established by Law No. (30) of 2005 in accordance with Article (93) of the Constitution. Its decisions are binding on all authorities, and it is completely independent from the regular judiciary and there is no connection between them. It is based in Baghdad and consists of a president and eight members.

Parliament had voted to amend a number of provisions of the Federal Court Law in effect on Monday, after it was unable to overcome differences over three articles in the new draft law for the Federal Court.

This amendment contravenes the Iraqi constitution, which stipulates in Article 92 / Second: “The Federal Supreme Court consists of a number of judges, experts in Islamic jurisprudence, and legal scholars, whose number is determined, the method of their selection and the work of the court shall be regulated by a law enacted by a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives. ".

Discussions are still ongoing in the corridors of Parliament to agree on the remaining articles to pass the new bill, in order to remedy the constitutional breach.



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A meeting chaired by the Minister of Finance to prepare the budget for the next 3 years
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 3:59 PM


Baghdad / National News Center

Today, Wednesday, Finance Minister Ali Allawi chaired a meeting to prepare the budget for the next three years.



"The Minister of Finance, Ali Allawi, chairs an expanded meeting to prepare the federal budget strategy for the years 2022-2024," the ministry said in a brief statement received by the National News Center.



The House of Representatives is awaiting the task of passing the general federal budget for 2021, which it is hoped will be approved at next Thursday's session.




https://nnciraq.com/57027/

Parliamentary Finance: political will that prevents the budget from being passed before the Federal Court


15:21 - 17/03/2021


The Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed, on Wednesday, that there are political wills that prevent the budget from being passed before the Federal Court order is decided and the date for the dissolution of Parliament.

A member of the Finance Committee, Jamal Cougar, told "the information" that "the last amendment to the budget was settled by the Finance Committee on February 14, and only the issue of disagreements with the region regarding its share remained and it was handed over to the Presidency of Parliament to be included on the agenda."

He added that "there are political wills that prevent their inclusion before resolving the Federal Court file, in addition to setting a date for dissolving Parliament and then proceeding to pass the budget."

Cougar explained that "more than 150 signatures were submitted to the Presidency of Parliament to put pressure on it and include it in the agenda, but the political will of the heads of the blocs prevented this," and expected the session tomorrow, Thursday, without passing the contract.




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