Federal Supreme Court settles the federal government's challenge to the budget law

Baghdad/ Media of the Federal Supreme Court

 

    Today, the Federal Supreme Court considered the lawsuit numbered (153/Federal/2023) filed before it by the plaintiff (Prime Minister / being in this capacity) against the defendant (Speaker of the Council of Representatives/ being in this capacity) for challenging articles of Law No. (13) of 2023 ((Federal Budget of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years (2023, 2024, 2025)).

It issued its final and binding decision to all authorities, which includes the ruling that the phrase (exclusively) contained in Article (2 /1^st/8/Jim/6), and the phrase (at his request) contained in the last part of Article (16/2^nd), Article (20/6^th), Article (28/4^th/Alif), Article (57/1^st/Jim), Article (70/2^nd), and Article (72), of Law No. (13) of 2023 ((The Federal General Budget of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years (2023, 2024, 2025)).

The decision also included a ruling dismissing the plaintiff's lawsuit regarding the challenge to the constitutionality of Articles (28/4^th/Beh), (62/4^th), (63/3^rd), (65/2^nd), (71) and (75) of the above law.