Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 25 October expressed his condolences to the family and relatives of Brigadier General Khasro Khalid Yasin, the deputy director of the intelligence directorate at the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, in the following message:
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Order of Business for sitting of 27 October 2020
The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament calls MPs to a sitting on Monday 27th October 2020 at 2pm – the ninth ordinary sitting of the autumn session of the second year of the Kurdistan Parliament’s fifth term. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:
Deputy Speaker Hawrami conveys condolences on passing of Dr. Shafiq Qazzaz
“Shafiq Qazzaz at all stages of his life was on the side of the revolution, defended the rights of the people of Kurdistan, and gave his services to writing and culture.”
Speaker Faiq conveys condolences on passing of Dr. Shafiq Qazzaz
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 23 October conveyed her condolences on the passing of Dr. Shafiq Qazzaz:
Committees’ recent meetings - 25 October 2020
Committees met with representatives of Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Al-Shirazi, and met the Head of the Investment Board to look into problems with teachers’ housing projects in Kifri and Kalar.
Committees' recent meetings - 22 October 2020
Committees are looking into a company's transfer abroad of 6 billion euros, youth migration, interior security forces' retirement, teachers' salaries, road and housing problems, and municipal services and privatization of the electricity sector. They also met with a Yazidi delegation.
Committees' recent meetings - 19 October 2020
In recent meetings Parliament's committees discussed youth migration, returning to Kurdistan remains of Anfal genocide victims, and amendments to the disability rights law; they looked into public sector salaries with the Finance Minister, privatisation of electricity and Peshmerga reform preparations.
Speaker Faiq welcomes India’s Ambassador to Iraq Birender Singh Yadav
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 19 October welcomed India’s Ambassador to Iraq, Birender Singh Yadav, and the Consul General in Kurdistan Region Subhash Chandra Kain.
Deputy Speaker Hawrami welcomes Mir Ismat Mir Tahsin Beg
Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemen Hawrami on 19 October welcomed Mir Ismat Mir Tahsin Beg, son of the previous leader of the Yazidis, and his delegation. They both welcomed the recently signed agreement between Erbil and Baghdad on normalizing the situation in Shengal and helping Shengal's IDPs to return home.
Parliament condemns burning of Kurdistan flag and KDP branch office in Baghdad
Today, October 17, 2020, an illegal force attacked the headquarters of the 5th branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) - the largest party in the Kurdistan Parliament - and burned Kurdistan’s sacred flag.