What is Council of Representatives of Iraq?
The '''Council of Representatives''' ({{lang-ar|مجلس النواب|Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy}}; {{lang-ku|ئه‌نجومه‌نی نوێنه‌ران}}, ''Enjumen-e Nûnerên'') is the [[Unicameral legislature|unicameral]] [[legislature]] of the [[Republic of Iraq]]. As of 2020, it comprises 329 seats and meets in [[Baghdad]] inside the [[Green Zone]]. As a result of the ongoing [[2019 Iraqi protests]], the Council of Representatives approved a new law on 24 December 2019 which aims to make it easier for independent politicians to win a seat in the Council of Representatives.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqs-parliament-approves-new-election-law-amid-protests/2019/12/24/ad284962-2671-11ea-9cc9-e19cfbc87e51_story.html|title=Iraq's parliament approves new election law amid protests|last=Abdul-Zahra|first=Qassim|date=24 December 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=24 December 2019|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225073159/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqs-parliament-approves-new-election-law-amid-protests/2019/12/24/ad284962-2671-11ea-9cc9-e19cfbc87e51_story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Multistub|politics|asia}} [[Category:National legislatures|Iraq]] [[Category:Unicameral legislatures|Iraq]] [[Category:Politics of Iraq]] [[Category:Organisations based in Iraq]]