Resignation of a Member of Parliament in Comparative Political Systems: America, Britain, Egypt, Iraq
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Abstract
Resignation is a direct and exceptional way to voluntarily terminate membership in Parliament. It begins with expressing the member’s editorial desire to leave the parliamentary position of his own free will and choice. Resignation is a right of a member of Parliament and is permissible if its reasons are related to the public interest and it is not intended to disrupt the work of the legislative institution whose approval must be obtained in order for to be valid. The deputy often resorts to leaving the prosecution of his own will and submitting a request for his resignation when he finds that the atmosphere is no longer conducive for him to perform his assigned role to the fullest. In other cases, the deputy is forced to submit his resignation at the request of the head of his party or parliamentary bloc. For political reasons that are beyond the will of the MP, therefore, the political regimes have been keen to regulate the right to resign and its procedures, and the lack of regulations of this right makes the door open to interpretation and diligence in how and when to exercises it by the MP, especially since the constitution referred the matter of replacing members of the House of Representatives to the law, and the law was issued free from the regulation of resignation procedures, in order to clarify how to use this right and its impact on parliamentary work, the topic was selected and studied in a comparative analytical manner.