Shafaq News reported on 22 September, citing an informed source, that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi would submit revised PMF legislation to parliament after returning from the United States. The package comprises bills restructuring the PMF Commission and governing service and retirement; the PMF chairman’s retirement age and authority to extend his tenure still require amendment or redrafting.
- Shafaq News22 Sept, 18:30
“Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will submit an amended PMF legislative package to parliament after returning from the United States. The chairman’s legal retirement age and authority to extend his tenure still require amendment or redrafting.”
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will submit an amended Popular Mobilization Forces legislative package to parliament as soon as he returns from his visit to the United States... One provision still requires amendment or redrafting. It concerns the legal retirement age of the PMF chairman and the authority to extend his tenure.
publication of the revised texts, formal submission to parliament, or faction statements on the chairman’s retirement and extension clauses; any of these moves this file.