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SULAIMANI — The Iraqi Federal Supreme
Court on Tuesday (January 25) rejected the appeal of the first session of
parliament and canceled the state order to stop the work of the presidency.
MPs Basem Khashan and Mahmoud Daoud
filed the appeal on January 13, claiming there were legal and constitutional
violations during the first session of the Iraqi Parliament.
The appeal resulted in the suspension
of Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi and his two deputies, Hakim
al-Zamili and Shakhawan Abdullah, who were elected during the first session of
parliament that was held on January 9, which came following elections on
October 10, 2021.
The first parliament session was ruled
legitimate on Tuesday, as well as Halbousi’s nomination as speaker, an NRT correspondent
stated following the ruling.
"The Federal Court ruled MP Khaled
al-Daraji presiding over the first parliament session, does not contradict the
provisions of the constitution,” the NRT reporter explained, adding the court
decided to cancel the state order for the temporary suspension of the work of
the parliament presidium.
Daraji took the role of interim speaker
over the first session of the Iraqi Parliament after Mahmoud al-Mashhadani
collapsed during a disruption of parliament on January 9 when a scuffle broke
out between MPs from the Sadrist Movement and the Coordination Framework.
Following the first session, the Iraqi
Parliament has 30 days to elect a new president.
(NRT Digital Media)