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Order of Business for sitting of 16 March 2021: 33rd Halabja Remembrance Day

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Tuesday 16th March 2021 at 11am – the fourth ordinary sitting of the spring session of the third year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Parliament begins second reading of Bill on Conservation of Water

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 10 March presided over an ordinary sitting for the second reading of the Bill on Conservation of Water, and MP Hevidar Ahmad (KDP) gave a speech about the environment. The reading of the Bill will continue on 16 March.

Deputy Speaker Hawrami’s statement on anniversaries of 1970 Autonomy Agreement and 1991 Uprising in Erbil city

After Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s call for a national dialogue to solve the outstanding issues in Iraq and the KRG's positive response, we ask Iraq’s political forces to acknowledge with an open heart the rights and wishes of the people of Kurdistan

Video: Kurdistan Parliament sitting of 10 March 2021

Watch here the video of the Kurdistan Parliament sitting held on 10 March 2021 – the third ordinary sitting of the spring session of the third year of the fifth term. 

MPs hold second reading of Bill on Protection of Domestic Products, reflect on 30 years after Kurdish Uprising and International Women's Day

Speaker Rewaz Faiq on 8 March presided over a sitting on the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Kurdish Uprising. MPs reflected on the past 30 years, and the chair of the Protection of Women’s Rights Committee gave a speech marking International Women’s Day. MPs held the second reading of the Law on Protection of Domestic Products.

Order of Business for sitting of 10 March 2021

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Monday 10th March 2021 at 11am – the third ordinary sitting of the spring session of the third year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Video: Kurdistan Parliament sitting of 8 March

Watch here the video of the Kurdistan Parliament sitting of 8 March 2021 – the second ordinary sitting of the spring session of the third year of the fifth term.

Speaker Rewaz Faiq on International Women's Day: "Don't give up, don't lose heart, because it is not easy to be a woman in these distorted conditions in work and politics'

Just as women struggled valiantly alongside men for the rights and demands of our people and communities, it is time for the women of Kurdistan to be courageous in our struggle for equality and for all our political, economic and social rights.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting of legislation database committee

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 7 March chaired a meeting of the committee on the creation of the legislation database and gave her recommendations on solving some issues.

Relations and Kurdish Diaspora Committee’s statement on visit of Pope Francis to Iraq and Kurdistan Region

As a messenger of humanity’s highest values, your visit will reinforce the message of peace and coexistence between different components of Kurdistan’s society and of brotherhood between leaders and followers of different religions in Kurdistan Region.