Federal Court suspends Personal Status, Amnesty, Property Restitution Laws

Shafaq News/ Iraqi Federal Supreme Court halted, on Tuesday, the execution of Personal Status, General Amnesty, and Property Restitution laws, a source told Shafaq News on Tuesday.

This decision follows a legal challenge filed by several members of parliament to the Federal Supreme Court, questioning the validity of the parliament's voting process.

During the Iraqi parliament session on January 21, three contentious laws were passed. The session also saw a petition for the dismissal of parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, in protest of the voting process, which some lawmakers deemed a violation of constitutional procedures.

A parliamentary source told our agency that during the session, when the law was up for a vote, Speaker Al-Mashhadani only read the rationale behind the General Amnesty Law and then announced its passage, along with the other two laws, in a single package.