The legal expert, Counselor Salem Hawas, confirmed that the budget's arrival to the President of the Republic, after fifteen days have passed, is considered approved, even if the President did not approve it.

The legal expert said in a statement, "It is true that the President of the Republic has the constitutional right to ratify death sentences or not, as it is a discretionary authority for him, and his lack of ratification according to Article 73 of the Constitution has no power, except that this text differs in other clauses in the president's powers over laws and legislations, including the budget law, which has an important impact.

Hawass added, "The president has a discretionary power in judgments because it is not obligatory for him to ratify during a certain period, while the same article made the president's approval of laws, including the budget legislated by parliament, permissive, and therefore laws are considered effective with the passage of the fifteen days as constitutional period.

He continued, "The constitution counted the laws that were not ratified by the President of the Republic, as soon as the specified period lapsed, based on the provisions of Article 73 / Third of the Constitution, which stipulates that the laws enacted by the House of Representatives shall be ratified and promulgated, and they shall be considered ratified after fifteen days have passed from the date of their receipt."

Source: National Iraqi News Agency