The Kurdistan Parliament delegation in Baghdad headed by Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 3 September met with the Secretary General of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), Dr. Mohammad Reza Majidi.
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Deputy Speaker and cross-party group of MPs visit Baghdad for talks with Iraqi Parliament’s Kurdish blocs and Asian Parliamentary Assembly meeting
Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 3 September led a Kurdistan Parliament delegation to Baghdad. Mr. Hawrami and the cross-party group of MPs will meet Kurdistani parties in the Iraqi Council of Representatives to strengthen their coordination on Iraqi legislation that affects Kurdistan. They are also taking part in a meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly's budget and planning committee.
Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq and Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami welcome Mr. Mazhar Khaleqi, Kurdish singer and director of Kurdish Folklore Institute
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq and Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 3 September welcomed Mr. Mazhar Khaleqi, the famous singer and director of the Kurdish Folklore Institute, and Mr. Rafiq Salih, the head of Zheen Archive Centre
Committees' recent meetings - 2 September 2019
This week Parliament's committees discussed a bill on scrutinizing, organizing and regulating advertising; decided to visit the Kurdistan Olympics Committee to learn about their problems; discussed shortcomings in the tourism sector and historic sites; and met victims and affected citizens from the district of Tuz Khurmatu, which is outside the KRG administrative area.
Committees' recent meetings – 3 September 2019
Kurdistan Parliament's committees this week decided to work on Iraq's law on narcotics and on problems faced by court petitioners; to summon the KRG Minister of Municipalities and other relevant parties to Parliament about the household water meter problems; and to try to get private institutes' and universities' student fees reduced.
Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq meets British Ambassador to Iraq Jon Wilks
Ambassador Wilks congratulated Dr. Faiq on her election as Speaker. On gender equality in Kurdistan, he said he hopes that more attention will be given to women’s positions in Kurdistan Region’s institutions. The British government is trying to help Baghdad and Erbil to resolve their outstanding problems, Ambassador Wilks said, and they discussed the recent visit by members of the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kurdistan Region.
Speaker Rewas Faiq: Parliament should create the right legislative environment to achieve government’s reform and services agenda
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 1st September set out the Parliament Presidency’s vision for the autumn session. She said the priority this autumn is to work on at least 14 bills to help deliver the government’s reform and services agenda. The heads of each parliamentary party also presented their legislative priorities. The majority said the first tasks should be reform legislation and the Kurdistan Constitution.