“Interrogation” is almost absent from the fifth session of Parliament.. The absence of the “Presiden

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[size=52]“Interrogation” is almost absent from the fifth session of Parliament.. The absence of the “President” slows down the oversight work[/size]

[size=45]With the criticism facing the legislative authority in the country, the House of Representatives is trying to activate the interrogation file during the remainder of its current session, which has only witnessed the interrogation of two officials.
A number of representatives have begun collecting parliamentary signatures to interrogate Oil Minister Hayan Abdul-Ghani, in the hope of interrogating Communications Minister Hiyam Al-Yasiri and Electricity Minister Ziad Ali Fadhil. Observers
rule out the possibility of interrogating a minister, as the concept of interrogation is “political and not related to the oversight and service role,” in addition to the absence of opposition that Parliament suffers from.
During the fifth parliamentary session, the House of Representatives only interrogated the Board of Trustees of the Iraqi Media Network due to the waste of public money following the increase in the network’s budget and the inflation of expenses, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees’ violation of the Media Network Law and issuing orders outside his oversight duties, according to a request submitted by Representative Duha Al-Qasir.
Also, during the same session, the Chairman of the Iraqi Media Network was interrogated for violating the Iraqi Media Network Law regarding conflict of interest through the wife of the network’s chairman owning a media production and distribution company. The request was submitted by Representative Raed Al-Maliki.
Parliament has only played a supervisory role in limited cases, as it only succeeded in hosting the Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir Al-Shammari, and the Minister of Communications, Hiyam Al-Yasiri, who were subject to an oral question and not an interpellation.
Member of Parliament, Mohammed Al-Ziyadi, confirms that Parliament intends to interrogate ministers in the coming days.
Al-Ziyadi says that “there is about one year left in the life of the current parliamentary session, and it has only witnessed two interpellations.”
“Parliament is about to interrogate the Minister of Oil,” the member of Parliament states, adding that “parliamentary signatures have been collected, and after that we will interrogate the Minister of Communications and the Minister of Electricity.”
“Interrogating ministers is not an easy thing, and interrogation takes place after violations are proven that require such interrogation,” according to Al-Ziyadi.
He points out that “the voice of Parliament will resound in the coming weeks by interrogating ministers and officials, in addition to passing important laws.”
For his part, member of Parliament, Aref Al-Hamami, confirms that parliamentary signatures have been collected to interrogate the Minister of Oil.
Al-Hammami states that “the next phase, and the remaining period of the parliament’s term, will witness the interrogation of officials and the continuation of what is stalled in the halls of parliament.”
The member of the parliamentary legal committee points out that “the absence of the Speaker of Parliament has greatly affected the oversight work of the parliament.”
“The parliament intends to pass important laws and amend what is controversial,” according to Al-Hammami.
In addition, political affairs researcher Ali Al-Baydar believes that the concept of interrogation in Iraq is political and is not related to the oversight and service role.
“As long as the state of consensus dominates the political scene, it is difficult for any interrogation to take place inside parliament,” Al-Baydar tells the “Al-Jabal” platform, adding that “the quota system is what imposes itself.”
The political analyst adds that “the current parliamentary session is the worst in terms of oversight and legislation, and it began with a crisis and may end with a crisis.”
According to Al-Baydar, “crises are what determine the path of the parliament,” criticizing “the absence of the Speaker of Parliament and the obstruction of choosing an alternative.”
Controversy has recently been raised over attempts to host the head of the Federal Integrity Commission, Haider Hanoun, inside the House of Representatives, after his request during a press conference he held in Erbil Governorate, announcing the beginning of the real battle against corruption.
Representatives then said that the session to host the head of the Integrity Commission, Haider Hanoun, in the House of Representatives will be decided in the coming days, but nothing will happen after that, despite the emergence of leaks attributed to Hanoun indicating that he “received bribes.”
The Integrity Commission is subject to parliamentary oversight based on Article 102 of the Iraqi Constitution, despite its financial, administrative and legal independence, meaning that Parliament can question the head of the Integrity Commission on everything related to the work of the Commission.
Iraq witnessed a stifling crisis after holding early elections in October 2021, which took place after the continuation of popular protests demanding services and amending the electoral law. The early elections resulted in the victory of the Sadrist bloc led by Muqtada al-Sadr, but he later decided to withdraw from the parliament dome after what was known as the “August clashes”, and after his efforts to “form a majority government” failed, refusing to participate in a “consensus government”.
However, the opposition party to the Sadrist movement, the Coordination Framework, succeeded at the end of last year in forming a government headed by Muhammad Shia al-Sudani with the participation of all major political forces except the Sadrist movement through the State Administration Alliance, which makes many observers indicate that the Iraqi parliament is “without opposition”, which disrupts its work.[/size]
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