Iraq's Federal Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Suspend Kurdistan Parliament

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - Iraq's Federal Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a request by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the New Generation Movement to suspend the activities of the Kurdistan Parliament, according to information obtained by Kurdistan24 on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026.

A source told Kurdistan24 that the court considered complaints filed by the two parties concerning the legislature's reactivation and declined to issue an interim injunction halting its work.

The ruling means the requested suspension has not been imposed. It does not, on the information presently available, establish that the court has issued a final judgment on every aspect of the underlying challenge to the parliamentary session.

The decision comes amid continuing political disagreements over the assembly's reactivation and efforts to form the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) tenth cabinet.

The PUK and New Generation challenged the Nov. 4 parliamentary session after lawmakers elected a new presidency despite a boycott by the two parties and several other political groups.

Fifty-two members of the 100-seat parliament attended that sitting, electing Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) lawmaker Vala Farid as speaker, Rami Nouri as deputy speaker and Mona Qahwachi as secretary.

The KDP defended the session as a lawful step toward restoring parliamentary work, while the PUK and New Generation disputed its legitimacy and sought to overturn the proceedings through the federal judiciary.

The rejection of the injunction leaves the legislature without the temporary restriction sought by the complainants, although the wider political disagreements have not been resolved.

Court Rejects Two Additional Lawsuits Against KRG

In separate proceedings on Sunday, the Federal Supreme Court also rejected two lawsuits challenging a Kurdistan Regional Government decision dating to 1992, lawyer Ayad Kakaei told Kurdistan24.

Kakaei said the cases, registered as 247/Federal/2026 and 251/Federal/2026, sought the annulment of Decision No. 3326, issued by the KRG Council of Ministers on Nov. 24, 1992.

That decision concerned the registration of government-owned properties in the Kurdistan Region under the name of the KRG Ministry of Finance and Economy.

In the first case, the director general of the Department of Pensions and Social Security sought to have the 1992 decision overturned, along with the legal procedures resulting from it.

The plaintiff also requested that ownership of the properties be restored to the position that existed before the decision was issued.

The case named the Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance and Economy as defendants in their official capacities.

The court rejected both property-related lawsuits, according to Kakaei. The information available did not specify the grounds for those dismissals or provide the full reasoning of the judgments.

Those proceedings concerned the registration and ownership of public property and were distinct from the request to suspend parliament. Their rejection should not be treated as a ruling on the legality of the Nov. 4 session.

Parliamentary Activities Remain Unrestricted

Sunday's developments therefore comprise two separate legal outcomes: the refusal to impose an interim suspension on the legislature and the rejection of challenges concerning an earlier government property-registration decision.

For the Kurdistan Parliament, the immediate consequence is that its activities have not been halted by the requested injunction.

However, the political disagreements surrounding parliamentary leadership and the formation of the Region's next government remain unresolved.