Draw Media

The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court will issue its decision on next Wednesday regarding the extension on the fifth session of the Kurdistan Parliament.

The court is expected to reject the extension of the term of parliament and call it unconstitutional, which means another major obstacle will be created in front of the elections in Kurdistan.

The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court will announce its final decision on Wednesday, May 5, on the complaints filed against the extension of the fifth session of the Kurdistan Parliament.

The last hearing of the Federal Court was held on March 29, this was the sixth hearing, in which the court ended the hearing and set a date of May 5, 2023 to issue the final decision.

The first hearing of the case was held on December 18, 2022, which means that the case has been pending for 128 days.

If the court rules next Wednesday that the extension of the fifth session of the Kurdistan Parliament is unconstitutional, the parliament will be dissolved, which means that the current session of parliament cannot amend the electoral law for the sixth session and cannot re-activate the Election and Referendum Commission.

In this case, the political parties in the region must resort to the previous electoral law and the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission to conduct the process. This is in the interest of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and to the detriment of the PUK and other parties that want to change the electoral law.

Because, they believe that the electoral law without amendment will once again give the KDP the opportunity to control 50+1 seats in the Kurdistan Parliament.