Al-Hamidi stated that Speaker Muhammed al-Halbusi has announced the decision.

“All provisions of the Federal Court Law have been voted on [individually] and a vote on the entire law remains, which requires two-thirds quorum,” he said.

According to NRT the parliament held sessions on Monday and Tuesday about the Federal Court Law, but ended up postponing the final vote until Thursday.

A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Iraq’s President Barham Salih ahead of the vote on the budget.

The KRG and the federal government have been involved in tense negotiations over the budget for nearly a year, several times announcing the outlines of an agreement only to have politicians pull back from actually moving forward with implementation.

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