A parliamentary committee expects the Federal Court to reject appeals to the Food Security Law

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[size=52]A parliamentary committee expects the Federal Court to reject appeals to the Food Security Law[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]A specialized parliamentary committee has ruled out accepting the MPs’ appeals to the law on emergency support for food security and development, pointing out that the only stakeholder in the objection is the Council of Ministers due to the financial aspect contained in the provisions of the law.[/size]
[size=45]The head of the Legal Committee in the House of Representatives, Muhammad Anouz, said that "the constitution gives the right to every individual to challenge the Iraqi legislation in force before the Federal Supreme Court."[/size]
[size=45]Anouz added, "There are conditions for filing constitutional cases before the Federal Supreme Court, which is represented in the presence of rivalry and interest in objecting to legislation."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the parties that intend to challenge the law of emergency support for food security and development do not have the conditions to challenge the law before the Federal Supreme Court."[/size]
[size=45]And Anouz pointed out that "this law deals with force majeure conditions that Iraq is going through, in the absence of the regular annual budget," and considered that "the legislation has acquired all its constitutional conditions."[/size]
[size=45]He explained, "The Iraqi constitution grants Parliament to propose a law, and the proposal came from the Finance Committee and passed to the Legal Committee and completed all formal and substantive procedures before being presented to a vote."[/size]
[size=45]And Anouz stated, "Only the Council of Ministers has the right to challenge the laws of the financial sector, and it gave an answer during the first reading session of the proposal that it had no objection or objection to its legislation."[/size]
[size=45]He describes, “The purpose of resorting to appeal is to obtain political gains and keep the people hungry under the roof of the constitution, as the proponents of this trend claim,” adding that “the constitution was designed to serve Iraqis, and the representatives expressed the will of the Iraqi people by voting on the law and from various political blocs.”[/size]
[size=45]And Anouz added, "The issue is the existence of an abundance of money that needs a legal mechanism in order to spend it to address the current crises and problems represented by the international conflict and the delay in forming the government."[/size]
[size=45]He believed that "it is better that the appeal be directed at delaying the formation of the government or the failure of political forces to implement the provisions of the constitution in other areas, and the appeal is not aimed at standing in the face of citizens' needs."[/size]
[size=45]Anouz added, "The law will be implemented and there will be clear parliamentary oversight over the disbursement of funds, and I do not think that its paragraphs will be affected by any appeal."[/size]
[size=45]In addition, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Subhi Al-Mandalawi, stated that "the Alliance to Save a Homeland was the owner of the proposed food security law."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mandalawi added, "Resorting to this law came as a natural result of the coordination framework obstructing the formation of the government, and the resulting failure to approve the budget for the current year."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the search was for an alternative law that is close to the budget for the purpose of providing the livelihood of citizens," stressing that "the Kurdistan Democratic Party had some observations on the law, especially regarding the development of regions, which did not allocate an amount for the Kurdistan region, Sinjar and the stricken areas and the disputed areas."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mandalawi stated, "Our acceptance of the law is our desire to achieve the public interest," noting that "the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan also voted for the law, and the same applies to the coordination framework."[/size]
[size=45]He finds, "The consensus that the Food Security Law has achieved is a positive indicator for the next stage, and helps implement initiatives to break the political blockage."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mandalawi continued by saying, "The law concerns fundamental and important issues that affect the reality of living, and I do not think that there is an interest in obstructing it or standing in the way of its legislation."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the representative of the State of Law coalition, Ali al-Moussawi, said that "entering the coordination framework and voting on the law on emergency support for food security was caused by the urgent need for funds to support a number of important sectors."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Moussawi added, "The sums of this law are supposed to go to providing food stocks, supporting farmers and the poor, supporting the energy and electricity sector, lecturers, and mobilizing the Ministry of Defense."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "our condition was not to prejudice the decisions of the Federal Supreme Court regarding the caretaker government of daily tasks," stressing that "the government has become obligated to establish its procedures in accordance with judicial decisions, and 50% of the sums of development of the regions go to the next government."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Moussawi concluded, "there are parliamentary bodies trying to challenge the law, and we respect the decisions that will be issued by the Federal Supreme Court."[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives had voted on the Emergency Support Law for Food Security and Development, while Representative Basem Khashan threatened to challenge it before the Federal Supreme Court.[/size]
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