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Committees' recent meetings - 9 September 2021

Committees asked Turkey's Consul General to help Kurdistan Region migrants deported from Turkey to Syria to return home, assessed the KRG's implementation of the 2020 Reform Law so far and pressed the KRG to speed up its implementation.

Deputy Speaker Hawrami welcomes Ms. Dew Tiantawach, new Political and Economic Affairs Chief at US Consulate General in Kurdistan Region

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 8 September welcomed Ms. Y. Dew Tiantawach, the new Chief of the Political and Economic Affairs Section of the US Consulate General in Kurdistan Region. 

Deputy Speaker Hawrami meets Adyan Foundation to discuss Iraq roadmap report

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 7 September met with representatives of the NGO Adyan Foundation, led by Executive Director Dr. Ali Hindi, who presented their report of recommendations for building citizenship and good governance in Iraq.

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami meets with Vice Chair of Turkey’s CHP Party Oguz Kaan Salici

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 7 September met with a senior delegation from Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP), led by the CHP’s Vice Chair Mr. Oguz Kaan Salici.

Speaker Faiq welcomes Turkey’s CHP Party Vice Chair Oguz Kaan Salici

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 6 September met with a senior delegation from Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP), led by the CHP’s Vice Chair Mr. Oguz Kaan Salici.

Parliament Secretary Muna Kahveci welcomes Turkey’s CHP Party Vice Chair Oguz Kaan Salici

Kurdistan Parliament Secretary Muna Kahveci on 6 September welcomed a senior delegation from Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP), led by the CHP’s Vice Chair Mr. Oguz Kaan Salici. Secretary Kahveci gave an overview of the peaceful coexistence between Kurdistan Region’s different ethnic and religious components, their legal rights and their current situation.

Order of business for sitting of 7 September 2021: Voting on bills, resignations from committees

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Tuesday 7th September 2021 at 11am, the third ordinary sitting of the autumn 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:

Speaker Rewaz Faiq welcomes Speaker of Jordan’s House of Representatives Abdul Monem Al-Odat

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 5 September welcomed the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan, Abdel Monem Al-Odat, together with several Jordanian MPs, in the first visit by the Speaker of an Arab nation's parliament in the current fifth term of the Kurdistan Parliament.

Kurdistan Parliament holds first reading of Bill on Amendments to Law on Ministry of Finance & Economy, second readings of three bills

The Kurdistan Parliament on 2 September held a sitting for readings of bills, presided over by the Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq, including the first reading of the Bill on Amendments to Law on the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Kurdistan Region – Iraq.

Speaker Rewaz Faiq at opening of autumn 2021 session: "We encourage all political parties to unite to protect Kurdistan Region’s political status"

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 1 September at the opening of the autumn 2021 session of Parliament, in her speech called for Kurdistan’s political parties to unite ahead of the Iraqi election, to protect Kurdistan’s political status. The head of each parliamentary bloc set out their party's priorities.