Supreme court recognizes constitutionality of parliament first session

The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court in Baghdad has issued a final and binding decision that is not subject to appeal, dismissing the lawsuit filed by MP’s Bassem Khashan and Mahmoud Mashhadani regarding the unconstitutionality of the first session of the House of Representatives and the election of the speaker and their two deputies.

The Court considered the first session of Parliament legal and constitutional and the following election of its speaker. Khashan refused to speak to the media after losing the lawsuit, at a time when legal advisors confirmed that the evidence was damping.

The Court said its final word in this regard, and thus the House of Representatives will resume holding its regular sessions according to the constitutional timings in the coming days.