The referendum on the constitution after the parliament’s vote

Baghdad -INA - Nassar al-Hajj

The Parliamentary Legal Committee affirmed that the amendments to be made to the constitution do not meet ambition, calling for the Constitutional Amendments Committee to present the results of its work to the Parliament.

Member of the Committee, MP Hussein Al-Oqabi told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), "The Constitutional Amendments Committee was formed in Parliament based on a constitutional text in accordance with Article 142 and its duration is four months, stressing that its formation is legal and constitutional."

And he clarified that the amendments committee will present the results of its work to parliament in order to vote on it by an absolute majority and to set a date for the referendum, pointing out that "the amendments are supposed to be broad and radical because the Iraqi constitution was written in special circumstances," explaining that "the proposed amendments now do not meet ambition."

He stressed the importance of making fundamental amendments that meet the aspirations of the Iraqi people and are in line with the political and administrative reality of the country, to address some of the gaps, failures and deficiencies that exist in some constitutional texts.

Al-Oqabi called on the constitutional amendment committee to present its results to parliament for the purpose of voting by a majority of members and then to set a date for the referendum.

The Interim Parliamentary Constitutional Amendments Committee announced the completion of 116 articles of the constitution, revealing the most controversial articles that were postponed.

The Federal Supreme Court had dismissed the appeal against the formation of a committee in the House of Representatives to amend the constitution.