The legislative and oversight powers of the Iraqi Council of Representatives according to the 2005 constitution and previous constitutions – a comparative analytical study

Author:
Talib Jumaah Hezam Esdaee
Level:
Master
Field of study:
Law
Language:
Arabic
Faculty:
Faculty of Law
Year:
2021
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Seyed Ali Mirdamad Najaf Abadi

Our tagged message deals with the legislative and oversight powers of the Iraqi Council of Representatives according to the 2005 constitution and previous constitutions / a comparative analytical study. Basic and essential as in the stage of proposing, discussing and voting on laws.

As for the second jurisdiction, it is the supervisory jurisdiction and it is through the parliament overseeing the government’s actions and in a number of ways, including (question / interrogation / investigation). The aim of monitoring is to urge the executive authority to carry out its work in the best way and at the same time to reduce the errors that the executive authority makes when carrying out its work.

Therefore, it is necessary for us to answer what are the legislative and oversight powers of the Iraqi Council of Representatives according to the 2005 Constitution and previous constitutions, and this stems from the important position of the legislative authority, which is one of the most important and representative constitutional institutions and an expression of the will of the people and thus addressing the obstacles facing the House of Representatives in the legislative process Laws and activation of parliamentary oversight

The study focused on shedding light from the analysis on the legislative and oversight powers of the House of Representatives in the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005, and comparing this with the Iraqi constitutions,. The study began with the first chapter, what is the legislative authority and its formation in the Iraqi constitutions, then the second chapter discusses the legislative competence of the legislative authority in the Iraqi constitutions, and finally the reference to the supervisory jurisdiction of the legislative authority in the Iraqi constitutions in the third chapter. Libraries and websites have been utilized to provide the sources for this message.

The message culminated in a conclusion that included the most prominent findings of the researcher and the resulting recommendations and proposals, perhaps one of the most important of which is the restructuring of the legislative authority on the basis of a single council by maintaining the House of Representatives and abolishing the Federation Council, and granting the President of the Republic the right to proportional objection to the laws voted by the Council Representatives, and finally the reference in the constitution to the right of the House of Representatives to conduct a parliamentary investigation and the right of the parliamentary investigation method to trigger the government’s political responsibility.