MP Interventions
342
Interventions
up to 2026-04-23
165
Participating MPs
50.9٪ of council members
159
MPs with no interventions
49.1٪ of council members
99 of them in their first term ·
Excludes the Presidency, which chairs sessions rather than speaking in them
76 Interventions
— 22.2٪ of total (342)
·
Baghdad
Point of OrderSession (10) First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadAffirmed that the Council of Representatives enjoys full legislative powers and that its decisions have the force of law, and its competence cannot be restricted by a court ruling concerning the restriction of the government's powers.Alia Nassif Jassim Aziz
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadAffirmed the need to rotate the crossings' staff, immediately halt the high customs pricing, and revive the public-private partnership law to increase revenues through foreign investment instead of limited collection.Taqi Nasser Majid Taqi Al-Farajullah
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadAffirmed that revenues encompass trade, industry and company development and are not confined to the guests' remit, and demanded an immediate parliamentary decision obligating the "caretaker government" to hold off on imposing the taxes rejected popularly and constitutionally.Ahmed Shahid Marhoon Abbas Al-Karawi
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadQuestioned the legal basis for the Tax Authority imposing "tax deposits" in advance at the crossings, recalling that the Council of Ministers had previously suspended the deposits system to prevent a repeat of the "heist of the century".Zainab Jumaa Fakher Ni'ma Al-Mousawi
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadCriticized the sudden imposition of a (15%) customs fee on hybrid and electric cars despite previous Council of Ministers decisions exempting them, and demanded a 3-month grace period in implementation to do justice to citizens who imported them earlier under the exemption decisions.Safiya Jabbar Qasim Mukharib Al-Gizani
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadRevealed that corruption includes employees paying bribes to remain in crossing posts, pointed to expensive medical devices being entered as children's toys to evade tax — making 50% of medicines smuggled — and pointed to corruption and the undervaluing of property sale fees in the tax departments.Miqdad Ismail Abdullah Mohammed Al-Gharib
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadAffirmed that the revenue volume does not match the huge trade balance (85 billion dollars sold), demanded a progressive tax exempting essential medicines and imposing heavy fees on luxury goods, and demanded a "barcode" system to speed customs clearance and reduce corruption.Noor Adil Hussein Abdulkarim Al-Atabi
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadAffirmed that the citizen will not pay levies to a government that does not provide him services, and demanded an explicit article in the government program and the 2026 budget to confirm all contract employees in all ministries to guarantee their job stability.Mustafa Abdulhadi Kamil Mohammed Majmai
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadQuestioned the absence of the Commander-in-Chief's role toward 22 crossings run by outlaws, rejected punishing the citizen by raising customs, and demanded a strict timetable to complete automation.Aziz Nasser Azzal Harees Al-Shammari
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadAsked how the Crossings and Customs Authority manages the cross-border e-commerce file amid the absence of digital legislation to curb customs evasion.Maha Mahmoud Jassam Abdullah Al-Alwani
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadCriticized the government resorting to imposing taxes at the end of its term to cover its failure, questioned the legal basis for the recent customs tariff increase, and whether the rise in revenues resulted from automation or from taxes.Dhikra Ammar Ahmed Mijli Rudaini
General TopicsSession (4) - First Term / First Year · 2026-04-11 · BaghdadStressed the need for the actual and comprehensive application of the electronic automation system (ASYCUDA) at all crossings to preserve the economy and resources.Dhiyaa Shaghati Kadhim Jibr Al-Zaidi
General TopicsSession (3) - First Legislative Term / First Legislative Year · 2026-02-28 · BaghdadDemanded a strict timetable for fully automating the crossings and linking them to the Central Bank, imposing progressive taxes on banks and telecom companies, digitizing the collection of public services (water and electricity), and reassessing the rents of state properties.Ayat Adham Hussein Mahmoud Al-Surmiri
General TopicsSession (3) - First Legislative Term / First Legislative Year · 2026-02-28 · BaghdadDemanded hosting the traders to hear their field grievances, and called for opening the file of the two pre-inspection companies (Al-Manahil and Masar Al-Khubara) that monopolize quality-control inspection and collect 200 thousand dinars per container against only 5% for the state treasury.Taha Hatif Muhi Mohammed Al-Difai
General TopicsSession (3) - First Legislative Term / First Legislative Year · 2026-02-28 · BaghdadQuestioned the reason for the contrived media exaggeration of taxes, revealed the existence of thousands of smuggled "twinned" vehicles that entered Baghdad without customs, and proposed deducting customs and tax directly at the Central Bank upon the financial transfer for imports. (Discussion with 6 interventions)Othman Hadi Hayawi Hadi Al-Shabani
General TopicsSession (3) - First Legislative Term / First Legislative Year · 2026-02-26 · BaghdadRequested resolving the committee on those covered by American sanctions (OFAC), questioned the tax procedures toward the 75% of unaccounted taxpayers, how to collect the debts of withdrawn oil companies (such as Shell), and the problem of "name similarity" and fictitious companies. (With one intervention)Hussein Mounis Faraj Abdulredha Thajil
General TopicsSession (3) - First Legislative Term / First Legislative Year · 2026-02-26 · BaghdadCriticized the guests' evasion of comparing the revenue figures with the actual import volume, questioned the tax evasion of thousands of major companies affiliated with influential figures, explaining that tax collection does not exceed 2% of GDP. (With one intervention)Ahmed Salem Aziz Hamad Al-Saadi
General TopicsSession (3) - First Legislative Term / First Legislative Year · 2026-02-26 · BaghdadPointed to the existence of mafias and figures with political cover controlling the crossings' revenues, criticized private banks' (such as Al-Ahli Bank) monopolization of transfers, and revealed open corruption and bribery and extortion "kiosks" in front of the customs departments. (Discussion with two interventions)Ziyad Tariq Abdullah Hamad Al-Janabi
General TopicsSession (3) - First Legislative Term / First Legislative Year · 2026-02-26 · BaghdadNoted that customs and taxes constitute only 5% of the budget, demanded setting a clear plan to support the industrial and agricultural sectors, and forming a committee to study the economic aspect of the forthcoming government program before voting on it. (With one intervention)Ahmed Salim Abdulrahman Ali Al-AhmadiGeneral TopicsSession (3) - First Legislative Term / First Legislative Year · 2026-02-26 · BaghdadCriticized the tax "self-assessment" system that reduced revenues, questioned the benefits and harms of imposing deposits in the (ASYCUDA) system, and warned of the manipulation of exemption letters and a single employee's control over the crossings' cameras. (Discussion with two interventions)Alia Nassif Jassim Aziz