Shafaq News-Baghdad
A member of theIraqi parliament's Legal Committee has formally called on Prime Minister Alial-Zaidi to review and annul decisions and contracts issued by the previousgovernment of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani after it entered caretaker status.
A letter,signed by MP Mohammed Jassim al-Khafaji and dated May 19, 2026, citesconstitutional articles 61/Second, 78, and 80, as well as Federal Supreme Courtruling No. 213/Federal/2025, which established that the previous governmentassumed caretaker status on November 11, 2025.
Al-Khafajiargued that decisions issued after that date carried financial, political,economic, and social consequences that fall outside the lawful mandate of acaretaker government, rendering them unconstitutional. He described thedecisions as numerous and serious, and said they included the conclusion ofmajor contracts.
A caretakergovernment in Iraq is constitutionally limited to routine daily affairs andcannot issue decisions with binding long-term consequences until a newgovernment is formally seated.
