A statement issued by the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives

In a statement issued, Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah Ahmed, affirmed that the Council of Representatives continues in its work and performs its legislative and oversight tasks, He is waiting for the federal government to send the Federal Budget Law for 2022, because it is an important law related to the public life of the people, He added that the Council of Representatives hopes to continue the dialogues, discussions and understandings between the political blocs and the national forces to get out of the political crisis and the state of blockage in this difficult and sensitive phase, Proceeding with the political process, resolving differences and completing the constitutional entitlements.

The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament stated that the Council of Representatives will take legal measures and hold accountable those who leaked and published books and internal correspondences of the Parliament, as It’s related to problems around some legal terms and vocabulary in defining tasks and authorities. Abdullah Ahmed stressed that the Council of Representatives will address this part in accordance with the articles of the Constitution, the internal system, and the Council of Representatives Law of 2018.

Media Office of the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Monday 4 April 2022