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with 'authorities' A legal expert explains the mechanism of “declaring a state of emergency” according to the Iraqi constitution 2022.03.27 - 23:12 Baghdad - people On Sunday, legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi detailed how to declare emergency according to the Iraqi constitution. Al-Tamimi stated in a statement, of which “Nass” received a copy, (March 27, 2022), that “it is stated in Article 61 ninth of the constitution that the state of emergency is declared with the approval of a two-thirds majority of the attendance after the quorum is achieved and at a joint request by the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, and it is announced.” That is, the emergency for a period of 30 days, subject to extension, and approved by Parliament with the same vote every time it votes on it. Al-Tamimi added that "the caretaker government has the right to submit this request, because security is one of the first priorities of the caretaker government, and Iraq is going through a more dangerous stage than the war on fear." He pointed out that "emergencies are usually declared for security reasons, unrest or security problems in some areas, but the state of emergency is in which the usual laws are disrupted, and we are faced with exceptional cases, including arrests without reference to the judiciary, restrictions on freedoms, travel bans, and closing of the media, all of which are temporary and need not be surprising for long.. Usually countries resort to emergencies in the narrowest of cases.

Today.. the Iraqi parliament is on a hot plate and a session may not see the light Time: 03/26/2022 08:43:34 Reading: 1,859 times {Political: Al Furat News} Today, Saturday, the Iraqi Council will hold a session in which it is scheduled to elect a President of the Republic, amidst a continuous political crisis for months, while it is very possible that the session will not be held if the legal quorum is not completed. Six months after the early parliamentary elections in October 2021, complexity is still at the forefront of the political scene. There are 40 candidates for the presidency, but the actual competition is limited to two figures representing the two most prominent parties in the Kurdistan region, the current president, Barham Salih, the candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and Reber Ahmed, the candidate of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. It is assumed that the candidate gets the votes of two-thirds of the House of Representatives to win. Since the first multiple elections that the country witnessed in 2005, the position of the President of the Republic has traditionally been returned to the Kurds, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has traditionally held the position of the presidency of the Republic, in return for the Kurdistan Democratic Party taking over the presidency of the Kurdistan region, according to an agreement between the two parties. The first attempt to elect a president of the republic on February 7 failed due to the lack of a quorum of two-thirds (more than 220 deputies out of 329) due to the boycott of a large number of blocs rejecting the process. After the failure of the first session, and then the Federal Court suspended the nomination of the former Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, who belongs to the Kurdistan Democratic Party, for the presidency, the door for nomination for the position was reopened. Yesterday, a number of influential political blocs, headed by the coordination framework, announced a boycott of today's session, while sources indicate that about 131 deputies may boycott the session, which means that the necessary quorum has not been achieved. The session is scheduled to be held at 11:00 am Baghdad time, according to what was announced by the Parliament's media department.

'Depends on compatibility' A parliamentarian is likely to hold the voting session on the candidate for the President of the Republic next week 2022.03.10 - 08:35 Baghdad - people Representative Amir Al-Maamouri suggested that the new session of the House of Representatives next week would witness the vote on the position of the President of the Republic, after closing the nomination window and preparing to publish the final list of accepted candidates. Al-Maamouri said in a statement to the official newspaper, followed by "Nas" (March 10, 2022), that "talks are still ongoing between the political blocs," noting that "setting a session to vote on the candidate of the President of the Republic is still early because the period of verification of the candidates' information has not yet been completed." . He added, "The two Kurdish parties are still discussing this file, but so far, no outcomes have emerged from those discussions." He pointed out that "the next session of the House of Representatives must decide the vote on the position of the President of the Republic until the political process proceeds, and all papers will be presented in this session." He explained that "what is required of the Presidency of Parliament, after examining the papers of applicants for candidacy for the position of President of the Republic, is to determine the day of the session subject to political consensus, and in all cases, the Presidency of Parliament is obligated to set the session for a period not exceeding next week." A number of deputies expected, earlier, the formation of the new government next May, while the file of the President of the Republic is still not settled so far. Representative Yasser Watout said in a statement to the official newspaper, followed by "Nas" (March 6, 2022), that "the information confirms that the government will be formed after the blessed Eid al-Fitr," noting that "the node that currently stands before the formation of the government is the choice of the president of the republic." Watout added, "The political blocs are determined to build the country despite the difficulty of the next stage and the accumulations that occurred in it as a result of the negatives of the past stages," stressing that "moving on the path of construction is forward and without return." For his part, MP Thaer Mikheib al-Kitab expected, according to the newspaper, that "the formation of the government will not take longer than that, due to the decisions of the Federal Court that resolved and resolved all political differences." The book stated, "The audacity of the Federal Court, especially in its recent decisions, is unparalleled." political". Recently, the House of Representatives announced the opening of the nomination for the post of President of the Republic for a period of 3 days. And the media department of the Council said in a statement that “Nass” received a copy of it, (March 5, 2022): “The door for candidacy for the post of President of the Republic has opened, starting tomorrow and for a period of 3 days.” The General Secretariat of the Council also specified the conditions that must be met by the candidate for the position of President of the Republic. And the secretariat stated in Yban that “Nass” received a copy of it, (5 March 2022), that “based on the Law No. ) On March 5, 2022, the House of Representatives announces the opening of candidacy for the position. Those wishing to run for office who meet the conditions stipulated in Article 1 of the aforementioned law and referred to below must submit their written applications accompanied by official documents proving the fulfillment of the conditions Among them, along with their CVs, to the Presidency of the House of Representatives and handing them over during official working hours to the (Legal Department in the House of Representatives) located at the Conference Palace headquarters, starting from Sunday, March 6, 2022 for a period of three days. She explained, "The conditions that must be met by the candidate To be Iraqi by birth and of Iraqi parents. To be fully qualified and over forty years of age. To have a good reputation, political experience, and who are known for their integrity, uprightness, justice, and loyalty to the homeland. That his academic achievement is not less than the initial university degree recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq. That he has not been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude. He shall not be covered by the provisions of the Accountability and Justice Law procedures or any procedures that replace them. Required official documents A written request to the Presidency of the House of Representatives of the desire to run for the position of President of the Republic. Personal documents proving that the person wishing to run is Iraqi by birth and that his parents are Iraqis by presenting the civil status identity and Iraqi citizenship certificate for the candidate and his parents. A detailed curriculum vitae that includes evidence of the candidate's political experience. A graduation document proving that the candidate has obtained a university degree from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Al-Sadr urges the "independents" to complete the quorum for the presidential election session He called on them to "pause glory, honor and dignity to save the nation." Tuesday - 19 Sha'ban 1443 AH - 22 March 2022 AD Issue No. [15820] Photo from Al-Sadr's Twitter account. Baghdad: «Asharq Al-Awsat» At a time when the countdown to the election of a new president for the republic in Iraq, scheduled for next Saturday, began, the leader of the "Sadr movement" Muqtada al-Sadr called on the independent representatives to join the "triple alliance" (the "Sadr bloc", the "Sovereignty" alliance, and the party" Kurdistan Democratic Party” led by Massoud Barzani) in order to complete the quorum of the session and elect the president. The Presidency of Parliament had set Saturday, March 26, 2022, as the date for electing a new President of the Republic, announcing that 40 people had applied to compete for this position. However, in light of the sectarian and ethnic quotas on which the political process has been based in the country since 2003, the position of the President of the Republic is from the Kurdish component’s share, as a custom that has been agreed upon, and it is also required that the position of Prime Minister be from the share of Shiites, and the Speaker of Parliament from the share of Sunnis. Accordingly, the two Kurdish parties (the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan led by Bafel Jalal Talabani) are competing for the presidency. While the PUK re-nominated the current president, Dr. Barham Salih, for a second term, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) nominated the Kurdistan Region’s Interior Minister, Reber Ahmed, for the position, after the Federal Court had eliminated its former candidate, Hoshyar Zebari, the former foreign minister. Al-Sadr’s call for independent deputies to join the “triple alliance” came in order to achieve the constitutionally required two-thirds quorum to elect the president, in return for the “coordinating framework” alliance, which includes a number of Shiite forces competing with Sadr, as well as the “PUK” and “Azm Al-Kisr Alliance” Nisab,” through what has come to be called the “blocking third.” Al-Sadr, via Twitter, sent a long message to the independent members of the Iraqi parliament, offering them what he called "a space to run the country with the majority government." He said that "everyone has become suspicious of the parties that participated in the political process since the fall to this day, especially those who do not belong to those parties or support them from the independent or neutral popular classes," noting that "the current political process was the result of that, and it produced many deputies." The independents in the House of Representatives, and the shrinking of many parties, especially at the (Shiite) level and in southern Iraq.” He added that «consensual governments rolled over the country and did not benefit Iraq and the Iraqis; Rather, it can be said that it harmed him year after year, as some claim,” explaining that “the reason for this is the consensus, or the previous consensual governments and what happened in them of sharing the cake and the like.” Al-Sadr continued: In his invitation to independent members of Parliament, Al-Sadr said: “I call upon the respected and patriotic independent representatives to take a stand of glory, honor and dignity, in order to save the country and rid it of the remnants of corruption, terrorism, occupation, normalization and dissolution, by assigning them to the parliamentary session in which the President of the Republic is voted on. And not to obstruct it with the obstructing third, which is the result of encouragement and intimidation.” In an effort to tempt them not to disrupt the session, he said: "If you do not trust me or (the Sadrist bloc), we will give you space to run the country, if you unite your ranks and stay away from temptations and threats." At a time when the independents in the Iraqi parliament - their number ranged between 30 and 35 deputies - did not announce a unified position regarding al-Sadr's call, and in light of what is being circulated behind the scenes, both alliances: the “trio” and the “coordinating framework” began moving towards the independent representatives to win them over. in his favour. At a time when al-Sadr’s alliance, which includes Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi and Barzani, is trying to complete a quorum for Saturday’s session, to pass a Barzani candidate for the presidency, the “coordinating framework” alliance and with it the “PUK” are trying to break the quorum of the session, and thus disrupt the election of the president, which leads To deepen the constitutional impasse that the country is going through.