Mar. 10, 2021
Prospect of Islamic jurists in Iraq’s top court sparks backlash
The opening session of new Iraqi parliament held at the parliament building on Sep. 3, 2018 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo via Getty Images)The story: Parliamentary blocs have been at odds since March 4 over a bill on Iraqi Supreme Federal Court (SFC) appointments. The consecutive attempts to push the bill through are being challenged around the potential inclusion of jurisprudence jurists as SFC judges.
Iraq’s scheduled autumn elections are contingent upon the SFC bill ratification. A political deadlock over the bill risks...
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فارسیPersian
فارسیPersian
عربيArabic
عربيArabic