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Our constitutional institutions after elections


3/5/2014 0:00

BAGHDAD - morning
First: The Council of Representatives
1 . Are mandate expires as soon as the House of Representatives elections ?
- No. Continue the mandate of the House of Representatives to the end of the fourth calendar year calculated from the date of the first session in accordance with Article 56 of the Constitution .
2 . When it ends the current mandate of the Council ?
- The mandate of the House of Representatives in accordance with Article 56 / I at the end of the fourth calendar year calculated from the date of the first session . Held the first session of the current parliament on June 14, 2010 and by the fourth calendar year ending on June 13 (June )
3 . What is the most important work remaining for the current parliament ?
- Can the Council to continue its work and acknowledges the bills submitted to him by the Council of Ministers. But the most important thing is for him to accomplish the budget law for 2014 , which is long overdue and the impact on state institutions .

Second: The President of the Republic
4 . Do you ended mandate of the President of the Republic?
- No. The mandate of the President of the Republic linked to the state House of Representatives in accordance with Article 72 / II / thousand . Accordingly, the mandate of the President of the Republic will expire on 13 June of this year .
5 . But the exercise of powers of the president after that date and before the election of the new President?
- The current president . Has been mandated by the Constitution (Article 72 / II / B) to continue to exercise the powers of the president until after the elections and the new Council of Representatives meeting .
6 . When should elect a new president ?
- You must be electing a new President of the Republic within thirty days from the date of the first convening of the Council.
7 . What is the most prominent activity performed by the current President of the Republic before the election of the new President?
- Call elected Council of Representatives to convene within a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of certification of the election results . ( Article 73 / IV )

Third: Prime Minister
8 . Are mandate ended , Prime Minister Is it acceptable to launch a label , " the prime minister of the outgoing " or the outgoing government ?
- No.
9 . When the mandate ends the current government ?
- When Neil confidence of the new government before the House of Representatives by the new constitutional context provided .
10 . Will it turn the government into a caretaker government after the elections ?
- And not the Iraqi constitution does not use the term at all.

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