Interrogation by the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives under the Iraqi, Lebanese and Jordanian constitutions

Parliamentary interrogation is one of the constitutionally stipulated rights for members of the legislative authority represented by Parliament, just like the rest of the supervisory means available to members of Parliament over all government work. This method is used by members of Parliament in holding government members accountable. Interrogation is the most important and most dangerous means of oversight. Because it carries in its content and folds the meaning of accusation and accountability for any behavior issued by the government or one of its members, and that behavior is related to public affairs, and that interrogation can lead to the withdrawal of confidence from the government as a whole or from one of its members, in the event that it is proven wrong, according to procedures established by law and its foundations. The constitution regulating those laws.

The importance and purpose of this method lies in knowing the importance of interrogation as it is the most important means of parliamentary oversight and that its importance stems from its content and effects. Therefore, the mechanism of its organization will be carried out according to the Iraqi constitution of 2005, as well as the amended 1926 constitution of Lebanon, as well as the amended constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the year 1952, as detailed in The internal regulations of the parliaments of the countries concerned with the research, and through the inductive, analytical and comparative study, I concluded that interrogation is the most important parliamentary oversight means among all other monitoring means available to members of Parliament, as well as to the manner and method of interrogation by the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives on the basis of the constitution and the internal regulations of Parliament in Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan; The study shows the importance of educating the government and its members about the danger of the parliamentary interrogation method and that it can be invested through monitoring the work of the government, that the purpose of interrogation is to achieve the public interest through accusation and accountability, and that the effects of the interrogation make it distinct from the rest of the parliamentary oversight means, also he did not indicate In the event of postponing the interrogation by express text at the request of the person who submitted it or the questioned party, and the interrogation lapses by the lapse of the capacity of the person who submitted it or the demise of the person to whom the interrogation was directed, and the interrogation entails political responsibility against the questioned official, and resignation and exemption is one of the consequences The questioning, and finally the withdrawal of confidence from the prime minister leads to the resignation of the entire government.