Al-Halbousi: Present the budget to a vote soon, and we are proceeding with the legislation of the oil and gas law
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, confirmed, on Thursday, the parliament’s keenness to proceed with the laws that were suspended in previous sessions, most notably the Federal Supreme Court Law, which was suspended throughout previous sessions.
In a statement, Al-Furat News Agency received a copy of it today, Al-Halbousi said, “There is insistence from members of the House of Representatives to proceed with legislative measures to complete the Federal Supreme Court Law.” Being sensitive and related to the composition of the court and the decision-making mechanism.
He indicated that “successive meetings will be held with the heads of political forces and the legal committee, and these meetings will be chaired by the presidency of the Council, to reach common points.”
He pointed out that “next Monday has been set as the date for voting on the rest of the articles of this law,” stressing that “the draft budget law will be within the coming days within the council’s agenda to vote on it.”
He stressed that “there are a number of stalled laws that the council will proceed to legislate, such as the oil and gas law, which is one of the laws stipulated in the constitution, which will address the mechanism of dealing between Baghdad and Erbil and between Baghdad and the rest of the oil-producing provinces, and the law will be one of the council’s next priorities.