Baghdad-INA
President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid ratified several laws today, Thursday, including the 2024 budget tables.
The Media Office of the Presidency of the Republic, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), announced: "President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid has approved several draft laws, including the 2024 Federal General Budget tables, the first amendment to the Law on Combating Prostitution and homosexuality, the law to extend the work of the Independent High Electoral Commission, and the first amendment to the law regulating the lease of agricultural lands and the ownership of the right to dispose of them for agricultural and veterinary graduates."
The statement further detailed that "following approval by the President, these laws have been forwarded for publication in the Iraqi Official Gazette to enter into force."
The Presidency of the Republic, as stated in the release, reiterated its commitment "to advancing legislation and laws that promote the nation's interests and benefit its citizens, by ratifying the laws passed by the parliament, as well as by submitting draft laws by the Presidency of the Republic to the parliament for discussion and approval."