The Iraqi Parliament "ends" its legislative term with "pending" calls to hold emergency sessions , 6 NOV

 The Iraqi Parliament "ends" its legislative term with "pending" calls to hold emergency sessions

11/6/2023

The Parliamentary Strategic Planning Committee revealed, on Monday, the end of the legislative term of the House of Representatives, while there are many requests to hold sessions regarding resolving many laws and decisions, indicating that the current year will not witness the holding of any parliamentary session.

This comes after a number of members of the House of Representatives called for emergency sessions to discuss the situation in Gaza on the one hand and to discuss closing the American embassy on the other hand.

The Vice Chairman of the Committee, Muhammad Al-Baldawi, told Shafaq News Agency, “The oversight role of the House of Representatives continues and has not stopped, an d there is a presence of members of the House of Representatives in the parliamentary committees to follow up on the departments and ministries according to the work of the committees.”

 He stated that “the current legislative term of the House of Representatives will officially end on the 9th of this month, and the data indicate that it is not possible to hold any session due to the preoccupation of many members of the House in preparing for the governorate council elections,” stressing that “the current year will not witness the holding of any parliamentary session and will resume holding.” Sessions in the new legislative term at the beginning of next year.”    LINK