ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The Iraqi parliament’s legal committee said Monday that there is no formal effort to amend the country’s  parliamentary election law, despite calls from some political factions within the ruling Coordination Framework to push for changes.

Dara Hama Ahmed, a member of the legal committee, told The New Region that no requests have been submitted by executive or legislative bodies to modify the law.

“There is no political will to make any amendments,” Ahmed said. “The political and parliamentary majority supports keeping the law unchanged at this stage.”

He added that the law will remain in line with the provincial council elections law, meaning each province will serve as a single constituency.

“There is near-unanimous political agreement on this,” Ahmed said. “Only certain political factions within the Coordination Framework are pushing for amendments.”

Despite this stance, some lawmakers have accused influential parties of working behind the scenes to alter the law.

“The amendment of the parliamentary elections law has not been officially proposed within Parliament,” MP Ahmed al-Sharmani told The New Region. “What is happening is taking place behind closed doors among the dominant political parties.”

Sharmani warned that these parties seek changes that would consolidate their power and limit the influence of independent candidates and smaller parties.

“They want to maintain full control over the political process in the coming period, especially after independent lawmakers successfully disrupted many of their agreements,” he said.

Meanwhile, the State of Law Coalition, led by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, has indicated its intention to formally propose amendments.

“With the start of the current legislative term, the amendment of the election law will be officially presented for discussion,” State of Law MP Aref al-Hammami told The New Region. “Each political bloc will submit its vision for the changes, and the proposals will be debated.”

Hammami claimed that multiple political forces, both within and outside the Coordination Framework, support modifying the law.

Proposed changes include introducing multiple electoral constituencies per province and requiring government officials to resign at least four to six months before running for office.