Deputy: the legal period of the provincial councils "finished"

Deputy: the legal period of the provincial councils "finished"


Last updated: 6 May 2017 - 10:08 p
BAGHDAD / The deputy of the Reform Front Ali al-Badiri, on Saturday, the end of the legal period of the provincial councils at the beginning of this month, while noting that the work of those councils after that is considered "void", stressed the importance of the House of Representatives an immediate decision to extend "The local governments have within the privileges financial commitments and decisions and legislation, which expanded after the transfer of the powers of eight ministries to it," noting that "the provincial councils ended their legal period at the beginning of May, so we do not know What is the legal basis? "There is a disagreement between the Prime Minister and the House of Representatives about the party responsible for the extension of the provincial councils, where the amendment to the electoral law of the provincial councils included an article indicating that the government granted the authority to extend the councils after The request of the Electoral Commission, "explaining that" the law has not been voted on so far, therefore the validity of extension is still in accordance with the law in force for the year 2013, which clearly indicated that the extension of the competence of the House of Representatives exclusively. "He explained," The work of provincial councils after the beginning of May Is a legal offense And any decisions or legislation issued by them are not legally valid and will have special legal problems that included a financial burden on the future councils that will be formed after the elections, "stressing the" importance of the House of Representatives an immediate decision to extend the work of provincial councils or resolve and make the executive government in the government Al-Badairi called on the ministries that transferred their powers to the governorates to "freeze the transfer of powers or withdraw them, especially related to the salaries of employees or the mobility of employees because these councils have become And called for any citizen to suffer "harm" from decisions issued by those councils after their dissolution, whether by transportation or administrative penalties, by "challenging the court against these decisions because they are illegal and issued by the dissolved councils and legal legislation of Parliament or government for its survival. "

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