Political veto disrupts interrogation of Al-Sudani government

A member of the Iraqi parliament revealed, on Thursday, the existence of what he described as a “political veto” that obstructs the interrogation of ministers in the government of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

The representative of the Ishraqat Kanun parliamentary bloc, Zuhair Al-Fatlawi, told Shafak News Agency that questioning ministers and officials is the work of a member of the House of Representatives and reflects the oversight and legislative role of the House of Representatives, noting that each representative can collect 25 signatures from members of the Council to question the minister in Parliament.

Al-Fatlawi confirmed that there is a movement within the House of Representatives to question a number of ministers by collecting parliamentary signatures, as signatures were collected and requests were submitted to question the Minister of Electricity, the Minister of Transport, the Minister of Communications, and the Executive Director of the Communications and Media Commission.

He added that oral questions were also submitted to the Prime Minister and a number of ministers, as requests were submitted separately by representatives from various political blocs.

However, Al-Fatlawi explained that the interrogation requests submitted to the Presidency of the House of Representatives were subject to a “veto” from the Presidency of the House, which led to the disruption of the interrogations due to political pressures exerted by the political blocs.

Shafaq.com