The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq announced today, Sunday, that it does not have the jurisdiction to dissolve the country’s parliament.
The Supreme Judicial Council published a statement in response to the Sadrist movement’s leader, Muqtada al- Sadr, who requested last week that the Council’s name not be used in political strife.
According to the statement, the parliament discussed al-proposal, Sadrs, and he does not have the authority to dissolve the parliament.
The council further emphasised that the court is equally distant from everyone since its base is the enforcement of the constitution and the law.
In light of the country’s political impasse, Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of Iraq’s Sadrist movement, has asked the court to dissolve parliament and the President of the Republic to set a date for early parliamentary elections.
Previously, Al-Sadr called for the dissolution of the current parliament and the calling of early elections, signalling his reluctance to take part in the conversation hosted by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to address the political problem of the formation of the new administration.
Nuri al-Maliki, the head of Iraq’s State of Law coalition, on the other hand, rejected the Sadrist movement’s request to dissolve parliament and hold early elections on the condition that parliament reassemble and discuss those proposals.
On Saturday, Al-Sadr called for a million-strong rally in Baghdad’s central Tahrir Square, but did not specify a date, instead indicating that the schedule and instructions for the event will be announced later.
It is worth mentioning that, at the request of the Iraqi coordination framework, protests in support of legitimacy and the constitution were held in a number of Iraqi regions last Friday. He urged a public sit-in until the legitimate demands are satisfied.
It is worth noting that supporters of the coordination framework in Iraq flocked to the Green Zone’s entrance at the start of this month to take part in a demonstration with the slogan “legitimacy and the preservation of the constitution,” in response to the framework’s call for the Iraqi people to demonstrate peacefully to defend their state.
It is worth remembering that Iraq has been in a political crisis since the early parliamentary elections in October 2021, especially since the discussions between political groups to select the prime minister failed to provide a decisive outcome.
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council: We lack the power to dissolve Parliament.
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