Visit of Mrs. Jeanine Plasschaert to the Federal Supreme Court
Baghdad/ Media of the Federal Supreme Court
The President of the Federal Supreme Court, Judge Jassim Muhammad Abboud, received on Sunday, 7/4/2024, the United Nations Special Representative in Iraq, Mrs. Jeanine Plasschaert, and her accompanying delegation at the headquarters of the Federal Supreme Court in Baghdad.
During the meeting, they discussed the role of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) since 2003 until the present, where the aforementioned mission made great sacrifices, represented by the martyrdom of (Sergio Vera de Mello), the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq at the time following a terrorist bombing carried out by terrorist organizations, and the importance of the mission's role in what Iraq has reached at the present time, especially with regard to the elections and the need to hold them on time and mechanisms that ensure the integrity and fairness of the electoral process and ensure the participation of all in it. In order to achieve the democracy of the people, the subject of the decision issued by the Federal Supreme Court regarding the localization of the salaries of retirees, employees and beneficiaries of the social protection network was also discussed based on a lawsuit filed by employees in the region and the impact of this decision in the distribution of salaries to the aforementioned segments during this week in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as the reason for this is that there are problems between the federal government and the regional government about the implementation of the budget law, and that the court in its decision indicated that this should not be a reason for the deprivation of employees and retirees in the region of their monthly salaries and they should be treated as the rest of the employees in all governorates to achieve the principle of equality.
The President of the Federal Supreme Court explained that the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq, under Article (117), approved the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and its existing authorities as a federal region, and the authorities of the region, under Article (121/1st) of this Constitution, have the right to exercise legislative, executive and judicial powers in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, except for the exclusive competencies of the federal authorities.
He pointed out that the Federal Supreme Court does not work in hearing cases on its own, but based on lawsuits filed before it by plaintiffs and that the court must resolve these lawsuits in accordance with the constitution and the law and pointed out that the United Nations Mission in Iraq must have a role in solving the obstacles facing the holding of elections for the parliament of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
