The Federal Court, the highest court in the nation, reminded citizens that the fundamental issue is the failure to uphold democratic norms after being thrust into the centre of the hurricane and the political crisis that has engulfed Iraq and lasted for months.
She also emphasised in a statement released today, on Tuesday, that the most crucial step toward achieving democracy is having an impartial organisation in charge of overseeing the voting process.
Additionally, it encouraged all political parties and authorities to refrain from interfering with that body’s activities.
She also emphasised that if the freedom to vote, elect, and run for office is not protected, the political process loses its constitutional foundation and has an impact on whether or not individuals engage in elections.
Additionally, it stated that the Electoral Commission and the 2014 Iraqi Kurdistan Referendum had been found to be unlawful.
In September of last year, the court made it known that it had rejected a request for the dissolution of the country’s legislature made by members of the Sadrist movement, citing the fact that such action was outside of its purview.
Iraq has experienced complete political paralysis since the early parliamentary elections on October 10, 2021. Since July 2022, when supporters of the two most prominent disputes (Muqtada al-Sadr and the Coordinating Framework) took to the streets and staged a sit-in in the middle of Baghdad, the situation has gotten even worse.
The conflict came to a head more than two months ago when the Sadrist movement demanded that Parliament be dissolved and early legislative elections be held in response to its opponents’ rejection of this strategy and insistence on forming a government with their candidate before any new elections.
30 people died as a result of the conflict’s violent skirmishes between the two sides in central Baghdad in late August 2022, which opened the door for the prospect of a risky re-escalation.
Iraq’s “The Federalism” requires the establishment of a separate authority to oversee elections.
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