The Federal Supreme Court issued an interpretation regarding the mechanisms for amending the Constitution in accordance with Articles 126 and 142 thereof.
A statement issued by the court received a copy of which it received "a request for the extrapolation of articles (126) and (142) of the Constitution, which talk about the mechanisms of amendment, and issued a resolution on them and by agreement."
The statement added that "the court after scrutiny and deliberation found that Article (142) of the Constitution began to circumstances that require the interest of the constituents of the main people in Iraqi society and that through the amendment of the Constitution in accordance with the procedures and steps prescribed therein."
He pointed out that "these procedures differ in some of its joints from the procedures stated in Article (126) of the Constitution to take into consideration the considerations that Article 142 has begun to achieve."
The statement pointed out that "the fifth paragraph of Article (142) of the Constitution provided for the exception of what is stated in this article of the provisions of Article (126) concerning the amendment of the Constitution until the completion of the decision on the amendments provided for in Article (142).
The statement stated that "the exception provided by the fifth paragraph of Article (142) is a condition that has not been achieved, the provisions of Article (126) of the Constitution can not be applied and that the constitutional provision requires that this condition be observed."
The resolution finds that "the application of Article (126) of the Constitution when submitting a proposal to amend one or more articles of the Constitution shall be only after a decision on the amendments recommended by the Committee provided for in paragraph (I) of Article (142) of the Constitution, Article 29
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A statement issued by the court received a copy of which it received "a request for the extrapolation of articles (126) and (142) of the Constitution, which talk about the mechanisms of amendment, and issued a resolution on them and by agreement."
The statement added that "the court after scrutiny and deliberation found that Article (142) of the Constitution began to circumstances that require the interest of the constituents of the main people in Iraqi society and that through the amendment of the Constitution in accordance with the procedures and steps prescribed therein."
He pointed out that "these procedures differ in some of its joints from the procedures stated in Article (126) of the Constitution to take into consideration the considerations that Article 142 has begun to achieve."
The statement pointed out that "the fifth paragraph of Article (142) of the Constitution provided for the exception of what is stated in this article of the provisions of Article (126) concerning the amendment of the Constitution until the completion of the decision on the amendments provided for in Article (142).
The statement stated that "the exception provided by the fifth paragraph of Article (142) is a condition that has not been achieved, the provisions of Article (126) of the Constitution can not be applied and that the constitutional provision requires that this condition be observed."
The resolution finds that "the application of Article (126) of the Constitution when submitting a proposal to amend one or more articles of the Constitution shall be only after a decision on the amendments recommended by the Committee provided for in paragraph (I) of Article (142) of the Constitution, Article 29
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