to ensure passing it in the parliament and not to be appealed by the government.

Basra is Iraq’s second largest city, located in the far south of Iraq on the west bank of Shatt al- Arab as it is the waterway that consists of the confluence of Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Qurna.

Basra is considered Iraq's only port and its main sea exit, it is also rich in with oil fields , including Rumaila , Shayba, West Qurna , Majnon , Nahran Amr fields.

The member of the Committee , Qusay Jumaa told “Shafaq News” that “ The parliament has received earlier a letter from the Council of Ministers that include in its content to wait from the enactment of Basra law, Iraq's economic capital because of the financial consequences in the law”.

“The Committee has worked to modify many of the paragraphs to make it free of financial privileges and focus on the legitimacy of Basra to demand for legal legislations that would ensure the recovery of the economic reality after obtaining the approval from the government."

Jumaa, the member of al- Iraqiya list of Basra province added that his list will vote in favor of the law , in addition to State of Law coalition and Kurdistan Alliance and we will ensure that the law won’t be appealed by the government after the lifting all paragraphs related to financial consequences “.

Basra law, Iraq's economic capital has been submitted in the previous parliamentary session but did not receive a political consensus to pass it.