Legal expert: After the constitutional period, the President of the Republic will assume the presidency of the government and be assisted by the agents

Legal expert: After the constitutional period, the President of the Republic will assume the presidency of the government and be assisted by the agents



19-12-2019 08:47 PM

Baghdad - news

Today, Thursday, legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi said that President Barham Salih will assume the post of prime minister after the end of the constitutional period of 30 days in the absence of a candidate, indicating that the deputy ministers will help Salih with the government headed by ministers.

Al-Tamimi told Al-Akhbaria that the constitutional term for the caretaker government is 30 days and not 15 days, noting that “the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, is entitled to assign a new Prime Minister far from the consensus of the political blocs, pointing out that the President of the Republic He will replace the prime minister after the caretaker deadline expires. "

He added: "The caretaker government has a period of 30 days, not 15 days, and in the event that the president of the republic fails to appoint a new prime minister after the caretaker period ends, Adel Abdul-Mahdi and those with him will go and dissolve He was replaced by the President of the Republic and the deputy ministers to manage the government during a period of 15 days, according to what is stipulated in Article (81) of the Iraqi constitution.

He pointed out that "in the event that the President of the Republic also does not succeed within the 15 days granted to him by appointing a new Prime Minister, he will enter the country in a constitutional vacuum because the constitution did not address this issue," noting that "in the event that the resigned Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, remains, Adhering to power after the 30-day period expires, the President of the Republic can resort to the Federal Court for the purpose of appeal, and here the Federal Court's decision will be conclusive.

And among the expert, "The issue of the largest bloc ended with the resignation of Abdel-Mahdi, because the resigned prime minister was nominated through a political consensus with the silence of the Saaroun bloc, which is the largest bloc, and there is a legal rule saying" silence when there is a need for a statement ", which means that Abdel-Mahdi was The biggest bloc candidate, and upon his resignation the largest bloc went with him. "

He continued: "The President of the Republic has the right to assign an independent Prime Minister, and away from the agreement of the political blocs in accordance with paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Article 76 to assign a new candidate without referring to the blocs," stressing that "there are about 180 deputies who announced to the President of the Republic their willingness to vote in favor of a candidate independent".

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