No end to Parliament’s 1st session circumvent constitution – Goran

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Making no end to the first session of Iraqi Parliament is an approach to circumvent the country’s permanent constitution, said Sheikh Lateef Mustafa, a prominent leader of the Goran Kurd Political Bloc. “There is no legal or constitutional foundation to postpone the Parliament’s first session, and putting no end to the session is heresy,” Mustafa told IraqiNews.com news agency on Saturday. Mustafa, who is an expert in constitutional law, explained that the Iraqi Parliament should meet within 15 days after the election results are approved by the judiciary. “No extensions are allowed in this regard,” Mustafa stressed. The Iraqi Federal Court approved the country’s parliamentary election results on June 2, 2010. MH (P)/SR 5