Saw the failure of the Presidency to attend! Parliament fails to hold a final session before the ele

[size=52]Saw the failure of the Presidency to attend! Parliament fails to hold a final session before the elections[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/Bright news[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives failed to hold a session that is expected to be the last of its current session. Representatives who were present believe that preoccupation with electoral propaganda has thwarted efforts to revive the legislative authority, which has been stalled for more than two months.[/size]
[size=45]Representative Ahmed Al-Kinani said, in a statement to Al-Mada, that "the constitutional duty is for members of Parliament to continue sessions until the last day, which is on the seventh of next month."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani continued, "A number of deputies were present in Parliament yesterday, but due to the lack of a quorum, we did not succeed in holding the session."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed to “a number of important laws that were supposed to be discussed and voted on,” and attributed this to “many reasons, including being preoccupied with electoral propaganda, and there are other MPs who did not run, and lost enthusiasm for attendance.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani indicated that "holding a session during the remainder of the electoral cycle has become facing great difficulty, and perhaps it is impossible," noting that "most MPs in their governorates are busy with electoral propaganda and promoting programs that help them win the largest number of votes."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed, "The scenario of lack of a quorum has been repeated more than once since the end of the legislative recess, and therefore the current electoral cycle has practically ended."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani concluded, “Parliament was supposed to finish its work by voting on important laws that were on the agenda of yesterday’s session.”[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives had entered into a legislative recess that lasted for two months and ended at the beginning of this month, after which it tried to hold a session that was doomed to failure due to the quorum.[/size]
[size=45]In addition, Representative Abdul Hadi Al-Saadawi told Al-Mada that "the session that was scheduled to be held yesterday witnessed the absence of the Speaker of the Council, Muhammad Al-Halbousi and his first deputy, Hassan Al-Kaabi, so how can the deputies attend?"[/size]
[size=45]Al-Saadawi added, "The absence of the Presidency shows that it does not want to hold sessions, and the invitation to them was just for media purposes."[/size]
[size=45]He agrees with al-Kinani that "the deputies' preoccupation with electoral propaganda prevented them from attending the session, as well as the fortieth visit."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Saadawi does not expect, “there is a possibility of holding a new session, and if it is called, it will also fail due to the lack of a quorum.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Saadawi added, "The life of the electoral cycle will end on the seventh of next month, and there is nothing left on that date, and then we will be facing early elections through which we hope to choose a strong parliament capable of carrying out its duties."[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday's session was scheduled to witness a vote on the laws of sports clubs, the protection of the human rights employee, the amendment of the residency law, the Law of the Programmers' Syndicate, the law ratifying an agreement on the continental shelf, as well as the second reading of the proposal to amend the Personal Status Law related to custody provisions.[/size]
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