Iraq's highest judicial authority says has no power to dissolve Parliament
14 August 2022; MEMO: Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said Sunday it does not have the authority to dissolve the country's parliament, Anadolu Agency reports.
On Wednesday, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the council, Iraq's highest judicial authority, to dissolve the assembly amid a deep political crisis in the country.
The council said in a statement that it had discussed al-Sadr's request to dissolve the Parliament and found that it has no authority to disband it.