Parliament rapporteur confirms absence of most MPs from parliament sessions

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The parliament rapporteur, Mohamed al-Khalidi, assured absence of most of the MPs from the sessions of the parliament and the discussion of the law drafts.

Speaking to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com), he said “A large number of the MPs do not attend the parliament sessions to discuss the law drafts and they do not care about the issues discussed in the parliament.”

“Those MPs just want to finish the current term of parliament where a few MPs attend the sessions,” he added.

Some observers and politicians criticize the performance of the parliament and the delay in endorsing the law drafts such as the Oil and Gas, Federal Court, the Supreme Judicial Council and the General Amnesty law drafts in addition to the security ministries that are run by acting ministers, pointing out “The parliament vacations and the lack of quorum in addition to the political disputes resulted in the delay in the observatory and legislative performance of the parliament.”