Parliament violates the constitution in a "blatant and frank"

2018/6/22 18:46

Parliament

[Ina-Baghdad]
The House of Representatives on Friday, in an extraordinary session, the first reading of the proposed law of the fourth amendment to the Law of the elections of the House of Representatives No. 45 of 2013.
The reasons for the fourth amendment "in view of the issuance of the decision of the Federal Supreme CourtNo. 99, 104 and 106 / Federal / Media / 2018) on 21/6/2018 and to oblige the House of Representatives to take what is necessary to implement some of its paragraphs, which requires the continuation of the work of the House of Representatives and for the purpose of following up the implementation of the resolution and ensure Integrity of the process of counting and sorting, initiated this law. "
The speaker of parliament, Salim al-Jubouri, said that "the House of Representatives is continuing to complete the task in a clear and unambiguous constitutional way to establish the rights fixed and restore the rights vested within the disciplined procedures will cut all the charges against the electoral process and contribute to the detection of the manipulators of the will of the people and hold them accountable by law, And their functional or political positions. "
Law experts confirmed that the House of Representatives can not extend its work, and that the constitutional text is clear and explicit.
Article 56 of the Constitution stipulates: First: The term of the electoral cycle of the Council of Representatives shall be four calendar years, beginning with the first session, and ending at the end of the fourth year. Second: The new Council of Representatives shall be elected forty-five days before the end of the electoral cycle Former ".

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