Al-Hilali: Al-Maliki, as the next prime minister, will cancel Al-Sudani’s recent decisions.
On Tuesday, MP Ibtisam al-Hilali, from the State of Law parliamentary bloc, confirmed that the leader of the State of Law coalition, in his capacity as the next prime minister, will cancel all decisions issued by the caretaker government headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani recently.
Al-Hilali told Shafaq News Agency that “the decisions issued by the government and the outgoing Prime Minister are illegal and lack constitutional legitimacy.”
She added that “the decision of the Federal Court in issue No. 213 of 2025 stipulated the termination of the fifth session of the House of Representatives and the transformation of the government of Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani into a ‘caretaker government’ with limited authority to conduct daily affairs.”
Al-Hilali indicated that “Al-Maliki will be the Prime Minister in the next Iraqi government, and in his first session he will make a decision to end all the decisions issued in the caretaker government, including the decision on incorrect taxes and customs duties, in addition to the decision to stop leaves, scholarships and transfers between employees.”
Outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has ordered a ban on study leave for employees, and has decided to sell “surplus” state vehicles.
This came according to documents of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, which were reviewed by Shafaq News Agency, and were issued based on what was decided by the Council of Ministers in its first regular session held on January 7, 2026.
The documents indicated that the Cabinet decided to approve the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy to authorize all ministries and entities not affiliated with a ministry to sell all vehicles except production vehicles belonging to them that are 15 years old or more, and to sell all production and non-production vehicles, equipment, generators, construction machinery and other machinery of all kinds that are idle and surplus to the need, regardless of the year of manufacture and belonging to all departments.
According to the documents, it was also decided to reduce the fuel quotas allocated to all ministries, non-ministerial entities, and governorates by 50 percent of the currently allocated quotas.
It was also decided to adopt the academic certificate with which the employee was first appointed in government departments as a final certificate and not to count certificates obtained during employment for all purposes and in all government departments for all specializations except for the Ministry of Higher Education to the narrowest extent.
It was also decided to stop transfers to the Ministries of Oil, Finance, Education and Higher Education and any other entity to which transfer or assignment would result in an increase in financial allocation. It was also decided to stop sending students abroad at the expense of the state for all specializations.
Shafaq.com