Latest news

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq and the Protection of Women’s Rights Committee on 9 October expressed their condolences on passing of Mahabad Qaradaghi, a Kurdish women’s rights activist, poet and author, in the following messages:

Kurdistan Parliament’s Committee on Kurdistani Areas outside the KRG Administrative Area on 10 October made the following statement regarding the agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi Federal Government on normalizing the situation in Shengal (Sinjar):

On this special day, I congratulate all girls in Kurdistan. I hope that they will defend their rights, be determined to gain equal opportunities, rely on their abilities and skills, become experts in their chosen field, overcome the obstacles they face with steely will, stand up to those who wish to undermine them, and prove themselves in their families, schools, neighbourhoods and towns.

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament and the Endowments and Religious Affairs Committee on 6 October sent their best wishes to Yazidis for the Jamayi religious celebrations, in the following messages:

The Kurdistan Parliament on 4 October held a remembrance ceremony on the third anniversary of the passing of Mam Jalal Talabani, who was the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and president of Iraq.

Parliament's committees are looking into the fires on Zozik mountain in Soran, thalassemia sufferers' needs, the review of Peshmerga soldiers under the Reform Law, and complaints from civil society organisations. They are also preparing the Bill on Protection of Local Products.

Kurdistan Parliament MPs on 5 October questioned Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani and Finance Minister Awat Sheikh Janab in a lengthy sitting on the state of the region and the government’s policies. The KRG premier and his colleagues presented to MPs on the state of the economy, reforms, negotiations with Baghdad, combating the Coronavirus pandemic, and the situation in the Kurdistani areas outside the KRG administrative area. Mr. Barzani said that soon the Council of Ministers will give Parliament a detailed report on the progress made in implementing the Reform Law.

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament calls MPs to a sitting on Monday 5th October 2020 at 10am – the eighth 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:

Kurdistan Parliament’s Presidency and the Endowments and Religious Affairs Committee on 1 October expressed their condolences to Yazidis everywhere, on the passing of the Yazidis’ spiritual leader, Baba Sheikh Hajji Ismail.

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 29 September conveyed her condolences to the family of Salah Kwexa, the former governor of Garmian administration, in the following letter: