Parliament is preparing to resume its activities: 120 days of its life without law

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[size=52]Parliament is preparing to resume its activities: 120 days of its life without law[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives is preparing to resume its activity after the end of the Eid holiday, and despite the passage of four months since the constitutional oath was taken for the current session, it has not witnessed the passage of any law until the present time, and the blocs are still preoccupied with the government crisis on the one hand and the formation of committees on the other hand.[/size]
[size=45]A statement issued by the House of Representatives, received by Al-Mada, stated that “the Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, held a meeting with his first deputy, Hakim Al-Zamili, and his second deputy, Shakhwan Abdullah; To discuss the most important topics related to the work and holding of the council’s sessions during the coming period.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement continued, "The meeting ended with extending the legislative term for one month; Based on the provisions of Article 58/Second of the Constitution, in order to complete a number of legislation, tasks and constitutional entitlements.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that it was agreed to hold sessions for the council this week on Wednesday and Thursday, May 11-12.[/size]
[size=45]The statement stated, "The agenda will include the first reading of the law criminalizing normalization with the Zionist entity, and the vote on the emergency support law for food security and development, as well as the completion of the formation of parliamentary committees."[/size]
[size=45]Representative Ahmed Al-Rubaie said, "The last month coincided with Ramadan, and the House of Representatives witnessed meetings within the committees and hosting a number of government officials and talking with them about some important issues that concern the street, especially at the economic level and the electricity and oil sector."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Rubaie continued, "Contacts have taken place with some members of Parliament in order to resume parliament sessions, after we finished days before the Eid holiday."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the upcoming sessions will witness the passage of mission laws and the discussion of the issue of parliamentary committees and some other issues related to oversight of the government's performance."[/size]
[size=45]And al-Rubaie, that «members of parliament are waiting at the same time for the political blocs to reach an agreement on the government and achieve the numerical majority required to hold the presidential election session mandated by the Federal Supreme Court, in the presence of at least 220 deputies».[/size]
[size=45]He stated, "The atmosphere of the dialogues is still not clear, and therefore the closest to us is to hold regular sessions to discuss important laws because we are against disrupting the legislative role of Parliament."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Rubaie concluded, “It is important for the parliament to continue its work in the hope that the efforts to form the government will bear fruit and we will move towards its formation and then pass the federal budget law.”[/size]
[size=45]For his part, Representative Uday Awad spoke about the importance of “the House of Representatives carrying out its duties, because it has many responsibilities, especially in terms of passing suspended laws after discussing them, as well as activating the oversight work on the government.”[/size]
[size=45]Awad stated, "The Iraqi street is waiting for the current parliamentary session to complete the suspended files, especially the enactment of laws stipulated in the constitution, as it did not witness a political agreement during the past period."[/size]
[size=45]He agrees with Al-Rubaie, that «the first of those laws that should be worked on is the draft budget law, because we are facing an unhealthy situation in that Iraq has reached the fifth month and it is without a budget».[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the lack of agreement on forming a government should not be a justification for disrupting parliament, and we are looking forward to resuming sessions in the coming days in order to be present for any political agreement that might happen."[/size]
[size=45]Awad went on to say that "the tasks of Parliament do not depend on the legislative aspect only, but that there are tasks that are no less important as stipulated in the constitution, which is the oversight of government performance by following up on the work of ministries and hospitality and monitoring violations in executive performance."[/size]
[size=45]In addition, Representative Arshad Al-Salihi finds that «there are some political blocs that do not have a clear vision on important laws, and today they impede the work of the House of Representatives and they also impede the enactment of legislation that pertains to Iraqis».[/size]
[size=45]Al-Salihi stated, "There are many important suspended laws that we were waiting to pass despite the passage of more than 120 days since the start of Parliament's work, including the budget, enforced disappearance, prevention of discrimination, electronic crimes, domestic violence and other projects related to basic services for citizens."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The blocs obstructing the parliament's work are the majority and are able to thwart the holding of any session, even if its purpose is not to complete the election of presidencies, but to enact laws that Iraqis need."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Salihi hopes that “the quorum will be achieved in the sessions that have been scheduled, and accordingly the legislative authority will exercise its functions normally, whether at the legislative or oversight levels.”[/size]
[size=45]Members of Parliament for the current session took the constitutional oath on the ninth of last January, and elected Muhammad Al-Halbousi as Speaker of the Council, Hakim Al-Zamili as First Deputy and Shakhwan Abdullah as Second Deputy, and then chose the members of the committees without resolving their chairs until the present time.[/size]
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