Ministers' responsibility before Parliament

Jahid, Sakina Shati

doi:10.63677/jqlap.2025.186684

	Ministers' responsibility before Parliament
AL-Qadisiya Journal For Law and Political Sciences
Volume 16, Issue: 1 part 1, March 2025, Pages 291-316 PDF (1.06 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.63677/jqlap.2025.186684
Author
Sakina Shati Jahid^*
College of Biotechnology/University of Al-Qadisiyah
Abstract
What is meant by the minister’s responsibility, as a representative of the executive authority, is the result of his failure to fulfill the duties of his job. Whether it is criminal liability as a result of the occurrence of the criminal act, or civil liability due to the damage caused by the minister by his mistake to the state or to individuals. The political responsibility of ministers means that they are considered responsible for their actions in managing the affairs of government before Parliament. The political responsibility of ministers occurs on the occasion of their exercise of the tasks entrusted to them. In this research, we relied on the legal basis for this responsibility in the constitutions and internal regulations of parliaments. We were not bound by a specific constitution or internal regulation, but rather the goal was to know the nature of ministerial responsibility before parliament. We discussed this responsibility in three sections. The first section deals with its nature in terms of definition in language and terminology, the origin of ministerial responsibility and its scope, in two demands. As for the second section, we devoted it to the types of responsibility that we discussed in two demands. The first demand, in terms of its content, has three branches, and the second demand, in terms of its scope, has two branches. Finally, we discussed the means of parliamentary or legislative oversight of the executive authority in three demands, then the conclusion
Keywords
Ministers; Parliament; Constitution

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