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In the early hours of Monday, the Iraqi Parliament voted on the federal budget law for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 following five days of deliberations. The current year’s budget is valued at 197 trillion Iraqi dinars (approximately $152.2 billion), with a total deficit of 63 trillion dinars (around …

The Iraqi Council of Representatives passed approximately twenty five articles of the federal budget law for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 on Sunday evening before taking a half-hour break to continue the voting process. Al-Ghadeer’s News correspondent reported from the parliament building that the passage of articles 15, 16, …

Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, the First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, held an “important” meeting with several leaders of parliamentary blocs today, Friday. The meeting, which was attended by the Chairman and several members of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, was part of efforts to reach an agreement among all political parties …

More than 10 million Iraqis are at risk of losing their voting rights in the provincial election later this year, Hazim al-Rudaini, the vice president of the Strategic Center for Human Rights in Iraq, said on Saturday. In a statement to Shafaq News Agency, al-Rudaini explained that the total number …

Iraq’s legislative body on Wednesday voted for a remake for the parliamentary committees, abolishing the lineups approved in previous sessions. Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi commenced this morning the activities of the parliament’s second session in the new legislative term. The lawmakers held a new vote to assign new lineups to …

Iraq’s Parliament will approve the 2023 budget of 140 trillion Iraqi dinars ($ 95,923,261,000.00) in the coming days. A source in the Parliamentary Finance committee, Mouin Al-Kadhimi, revealed that Prime Minister Muhammad S. Al-Sudani directed the minister of finance to complete the 140-trillion-dinars budget law to approve it and then …

Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halboosi on Wednesday called on the political forces to sit at one table to find a way out of the current political crisis. Al-Halboosi’s media office said in a statement, “Al-Halboosi stressed, during today’s parliament session, the need for a comprehensive political solution in which everyone should …

A majority of 222 Iraqi lawmakers voted to reject the resignation of speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi, the latter’s bureau said in a brief press release on Wednesday. According to the press release, only 13 of the 235 parliamentarians, who attended the session presided by deputy speaker Shakhwan Abdullah, approved al-Halboosi’s resignation.

The Iraqi Parliament has terminated the mandate of the incumbent board of Commissioners of Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR), Member of the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights said on Sunday. Committee Member, MP Qusay al-Shabaki, told Alghadeer News, “the Parliament Presidium send an official letter to the Commission …

The Parliamentary Human Rights Committee expressed today great concern over “the violations taking place in Iraqi prisons and detention centers.” Committee member Qusai Al-Shabki said, “We do not know the death circumstances of inmates in Nasiriyah Central Prison (Al-Hout), nor the citizen who died during interrogation in the Basra Anti-crime …

As Iraq moves closer to the early elections of October 10, the political parties on the one hand seek to build coalitions and on the other hand explain their electoral plans and pastures to the public. Meanwhile, the expulsion of the American occupation forces is more than ever finding its …

The Parliamentary Finance Committee pledged, on Saturday, to question Finance Minister Ali Allawi for not cooperating with it. The committee’s reporter, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said, “The government works as it has all legislative powers, and is not interested of no having the general budget.” He added that “the Minister of Finance …

Al-Fatah Parliamentary Bloc announced, on Tuesday, that a request has been submitted to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, to host him in the council of Representatives, to discuss “violating Iraqi sovereignty”. MP Muhammad al-Baldawi said, “the discussion will include the most prominent files, such as the government’s position regarding the violation …

The representative of Al-Sadiqoun parliamentary bloc, Fadel Al-Fatlawi, announced today, Sunday, that the Presidency of the Parliament will set a date for this week to resume its sessions. Al-Fatlawi said, “multiple political blocs in addition to MPs have submitted several requests to the Presidency of Parliament to resume the sessions …

MP from Al-Fatah parliamentary alliance reported, on Tuesday, that a request has been submitted to the Presidency of the Parliament, to host the Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, to discuss the government’s plan to contain Covid-19. This is the first request to host Al-Kadhimi in the parliament, since the formation of …

Parliamentary sources said on Saturday that the leader of the “Al-Fateh” coalition, the Secretary-General of Badr Organization, has submitted a formal request to resign from the Iraqi parliament. Al-Amiri submitted a formal request to the parliament presidency to resign, without further details, the sources told Alghadeer News. This comes at …

The Iraqi Parliament voted on Saturday on the seven vacant portfolios in the government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. “The Parliament voted on Ihsan Abd al-Jabbar Ismail as Minister of Oil and Fuad Mohammad Hussein Baki as the Minister of Foreign Affairs,” The media department of the parliament said in …

The Parliamentary Finance Committee announced today, Friday, its position regarding the Iraqi government’s resort to external debt to fill the country’s budget deficit, considering the internal borrowing a better option. The committee’s chairman, Ahmed Al-Saffar said that, “cutting the salaries does not help Iraq dealing with its financial crisis,” noting …

An Iraqi legislator says the parliament will reject any negotiations between Baghdad and Washington aimed at prolonging US military presence in the country, emphasizing that the forthcoming talks should secure the exit of American troops. “The negotiations between Washington and Baghdad, which are to start in the middle of this …

Iraq’s Speaker of Parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi said that his country is interested in broadening and enhancing parliamentary ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Al-Halbousi in a message on Wed. congratulated Ghalibaf on his election as Iran’s new Parliament Speaker and expressed readiness for evermore development of parliamentary ties between …