Iraq's parliament cannot suspend provincial councils without constitutional basis, council member argues

Suspending Iraq’s provincial councils and freezing their budgets would require a clear constitutional and legal basis, Kirkuk Provincial Council member Ahmed Fatih Kirkuki told Shafaq News on Monday, rejecting a push by lawmakers for such measures. Kirkuki pointed to Article 122 of the Iraqi constitution, which grants broad administrative and financial powers to provinces not incorporated into a federal region under the principle of decentralization and regulates the election and powers of provincial councils and governors through legislation. The Federal Supreme Court, he added, had established that the councils derive their existence from the constitution and that abolishing them would require a constitutional process. Parliamentary oversight, according to the official, should be distinguished from collectively suspending the councils.
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