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Article 25:
The State guarantees the reform of the Iraqi economy in accordance
with modern economic principles to ensure the full investment of
its resources, diversification of its sources and the encouragement
and the development of the private sector. Article 25:
The State guarantees the reform of the Iraqi economy in accordance
with modern economic principles to ensure the full investment of
its resources, diversification of its sources and the encouragement
and the development of the private sector.
Article 27:
First: Public property is sacrosanct, and its protection is the duty of
each citizen.
Second: The provisions related to the protection of State properties
and its management and the conditions for its disposal and the
limits under which none of these properties can be relinquished
shall all be regulated by law.
Article 108:
Oil and gas are the ownership of all the people of Iraq in all the
regions and governorates.
Article 109:
First: The federal government with the producing governorates and
regional governments shall undertake the management of oil and
gas extracted from current fields provided that it distributes oil and
gas revenues in a fair manner in proportion to the population
distribution in all parts of the country with a set allotment for a set
time for the damaged regions that were unjustly deprived by the
former regime and the regions that were damaged later on, and in a
way that assures balanced development in different areas of the
country, and this will be regulated by law.
Second: The federal government with the producing regional and
governorate governments shall together formulate the necessary
strategic policies to develop the oil and gas wealth in a way that
achieves the highest benefit to the Iraqi people using the most
advanced techniques of the market principles and encourages
investment.
(Antiquities and antiquity sites, traditional constructions,
manuscripts and coins are considered part of the national wealth
which are the responsibility of the federal authorities. They will be
administered in cooperation with the regions and governorates, and
this will be regulated by law.)
Article 115:
One or more governorates shall have the right to organize into a
region based on a request to be voted on in a referendum
submitted in one of the following two methods:
A. A request by one-third of the council members of each
governorate intending to form a region.
B. A request by one-tenth of the voters in each of the
governorates intending to form a region.
Article 122:
First:
The President of the Republic and the Council of the Ministers
collectively or one-fifth (1/5) of the Council of Representatives
members may propose to amend the Constitution.
Second: The fundamental principles mentioned in Section One and
the rights and liberties mentioned in Section Two of the
Constitution may not be amended except after two successive
electoral terms, with the approval of two-thirds of the Council of
Representatives members, and the approval of the people in a
general referendum and the ratification of the President of the
Republic within seven days.
Third: Other Articles not stipulated in clause “Second” of this Article
may not be amended, except with the approval of two-thirds of the
Council of Representatives members and with the approval of the
people in a general referendum and the ratification of the President
of the Republic within seven days.
Fourth: Articles of the constitution may not be amended if such
amendment takes away from the powers of the regions that are not
within the exclusive powers of the federal authorities except by the
consent of the legislative authority of the concerned region and the
approval of the majority of its citizens in a general referendum.
Fifth:
A. The amendment is considered ratified by the President of the
Republic after the expiration of the period stipulated in clauses
“Second” and “Third” of this Article in case he does not ratify it.
B. An amendment shall enter into force on the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 127:
Every referendum mentioned in this constitution is valid with the
approval of a simple majority of the voters unless otherwise
stipulated.
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