Laws passed by Iraqi parliament must be approved by president and his vice presidents . One VP , Sunni Hassan al - Hashimi , holding off on signing new election law . Al - Hashimi rejected previous version of bill last year , because it left out Iraqi refugees . Iraq 's president and other VP trying to persuade al - Hashimi to sign the bill .
Laws passed by Iraqi parliament must be approved by president and two vice presidents . One VP , Sunni Tariq al-Hashimi , holding off on signing new election law . Al-Hashimi vetoed previous version of bill last week , saying it left out Iraqi refugees . Iraq 's president and other VP trying to persuade al-Hashimi to sign the bill .