The “Reconstruction and Development” bloc: The government pledged to send the Popular Mobilization Forces law to parliament within a week.
The “Reconstruction and Development” parliamentary bloc confirmed on Thursday that the government pledged to send the draft law on service and retirement for the Popular Mobilization Forces to the House of Representatives within about a week, expressing its regret that the legislation has turned into a tool for “consumption and political pressure”.
The head of the bloc, Bahaa al-Araji, said in a press conference held at the parliament building and attended by a correspondent from Shafaq News Agency, that the recent events that led to casualties among the Popular Mobilization Forces required urgent action towards legislating a law to preserve their rights.
He explained that the bloc had already begun writing a draft of the law and surveying the opinions of some political forces regarding it, adding that a signal had been received from the Prime Minister indicating that there was a draft law prepared by the government and that it would soon be sent to Parliament.
Al-Araji added that the bloc has set a deadline of about a week to send the government draft law on service and retirement for the Popular Mobilization Forces to the House of Representatives to proceed with its programming and legislation.
The Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq were established in mid-2014 under the fatwa of “sufficient jihad” issued by the highest Shiite authority, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, following the fall of the city of Mosul to the “ISIS” organization. Iraqeconomy updates
In November 2016, the Iraqi parliament voted on a law legalizing the Popular Mobilization Forces as a security institution within the armed forces, but the law lacked clear organizational details, which opened the door to repeated demands for its redrafting and legal restructuring.
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