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The official spokesman for the ministry, Mohammed Hanoun, said in a statement followed by “Al-Eqtisad News” that “joining the organization represents an important step towards full integration into the global economy and reflects Iraq’s commitment to reforming its economic and trade system in accordance with international standards.”
Hannon added that “joining requires the government to implement a reform program that includes strengthening trade policy, improving the business environment, and creating favorable conditions for foreign investment,” explaining that the ministry is working in coordination with the relevant authorities to take all necessary steps to complete the joining process. (LINK)
“At the last minute”: A legal comment on calls for “extraordinary sessions”
11/17/2025
On Monday, legal and constitutional expert Salem Hawas commented on calls to hold extraordinary sessions of the Iraqi parliament days before its constitutional term ends.
Hawas told Shafaq News Agency that “the calls made in the last days of the parliamentary term to hold emergency or extraordinary sessions do not change the deteriorating legislative reality over the past four years, and the lost time cannot be suddenly remedied a few weeks before the end of the parliament’s term.”
He explained that “the Iraqi Constitution, in Article (58/First), allows the Speaker of Parliament or fifty members of parliament to call for an extraordinary session dedicated to a specific topic. However, this text should not be used as a cover to pass laws that have been stalled for four years, and then to suggest that Parliament is fulfilling its duties at the last minute.”
He added that “real legislative work is measured by adherence to constitutional deadlines and the principle of legislative continuity, not by intensifying sessions in a few weeks to complete what has accumulated in shortcomings. The laws that have been discussed since the first day of the parliamentary session have not seen the light, despite their importance and sensitivity, including laws on compensating v*****s, the Popular Mobilization Forces, d***s, the various amendments to the service and salary scale, minors, civil defense, and others.”
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He added that “intensifying the calls now does not absolve the House of Representatives of its political and constitutional responsibility for the delay, nor does it grant full legitimacy to pass complex legislation without sufficient discussions or technical consultations. The House of Representatives must exercise its legislative and oversight role fully and regularly throughout the years of the session, not just in its final weeks.”
The legal and constitutional expert concluded by saying that “the constitution does not recognize the term ‘wasted time,’ but it does recognize the principle of the proper functioning of public facilities, which has not been achieved in legislative performance during the past years. Extraordinary sessions are a constitutional right, but they are not a substitute for a genuine commitment to legislative duty, and they should not turn into a cosmetic attempt in the last days of the parliament’s term.”
Source: Dinar Recaps
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