Al-Halbousi calls for early elections and an open public emergency session in the presence of the presidencies and political forces to proceed with constitutional procedures in accordance with Article / 64 / of the Constitution / expanded

by **RamblerNash** Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:02 pm

Saturday 01, August 2020 04:38

Baghdad ( NINA ) - Speaker of Parliament Muhammad Al-Halbousi called for early elections and an open public session in the presence of presidencies and political forces.

He said in a tweet to him at dawn today that the goal of holding this session is to proceed with the constitutional procedures in accordance with Article / 64 / of the Constitution, as it is the only constitutional path for holding early elections and everyone should be aware of his powers and shoulder his responsibilities before the people.

Al-Halbousi added that successive governments have not implemented their government program and ministerial curriculum and have not gone beyond the lines in which they were written, which led to the continuation of popular protests due to lack of services and lack of the necessities of life.

He explained that Article 64 of the Constitution states:

First: The House of Representatives is dissolved by an absolute majority of the number of its members upon the request of one-third of its members or a request from the Prime Minister and with the approval of the President of the Republic. It is not permissible to dissolve the House during the interrogation period of the Prime Minister.

Second: The President of the Republic, when dissolving the House of Representatives, calls for general elections in the country within a maximum period of sixty days from the date of the dissolution, and the Cabinet in this case is considered resigned and continues to conduct daily business. / End 2

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