Iraq's top court rejects lawmaker's challenge to budget approval

Iraq's top court rejects lawmaker's challenge to budget approval link to My FX Buddies Blog In a statement to Shafaq News Agency, al-Maliki explained that the court justified its rejection by citing a lack of jurisdiction to hear the appeal in its current form against the parliamentary decision. “The court seems to be suggesting that the challenge should be filed directly against the budget tables,” al-Maliki said. “However, even in that case, the appeal would likely be rejected based on the internal regulations that prohibit non-governmental entities, including members of parliament and citizens (Article 22 of the internal regulations), from filing such appeals.”