On the holy celebration of the Feast of the Sacrifice (Jezhni Qurban, Eid Al-Adha), I convey my best wishes to all Muslims around the world and especially to Muslims in Kurdistan, and I hope that this blessed Eid brings you great peace and joy.
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Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq thanks Belgium’s and Holland’s houses of representatives for recognizing Yazidi Genocide
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq wrote to the lower chambers of Parliament of both the Netherlands and Belgium to thank and commend them for their humane stance in recognizing the crimes committed against the Yazidi Kurds by the terrorist organization ISIS, as crimes of genocide.
Committees' recent meetings - 13 July 2021
Committees are looking into how the 200 billion dinars sent by Baghdad to the KRG will be spent, the KRG's refusal to recognize academic certificates if received without getting permission to study, and the Bill on Preservation of Manuscripts and National Archives.
Speaker Faiq bids farewell to Germany’s Deputy Consul General Krauspe, meets successor Sven Mossler
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 12 July met with Germany’s outgoing Deputy Consul General Sven Krauspe, and was introduced to his successor Mr. Sven Mossler.
Speaker Rewaz Faiq meets with France’s Consul General Mr. Olivier Decottignies
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 12 July welcomed the French Consul General in the Kurdistan Region, Mr. Olivier Decottignies.
Committee's recent meetings - 12 July 2021
The Protection of Women's Rights Committee sent the KRG a proposal for a new Domestic Violence Law, to replace the 2011 law which has gaps and shortcomings. This and other committees' news...
Parliament passes first amendments to Law on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 8 July presided over a sitting in which MPs passed the first amendments to the Law on Rights and Privileges of Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs, with 81 votes. MPs also passed two other bills.
Parliament holds second reading of first amendments to Law on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Kurdistan Parliament on 6 July held a sitting for the second reading of three bills, including first amendments to the Law on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. MPs also voted in favour of the first amendments to the Law on Ownership of Illegally Taken or Used Land in Municipalities.
Deputy Speaker Hawrami welcomes Christian religious leaders
Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 7 July welcomed Bashar Matti Warda, Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Erbil; Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Mosul; Npnail Nizar Saman, of the Syriac Catholic Church; and Abris Youkhana, Bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East in Erbil.
Order of Business for sitting of 8 July 2021
The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Thursday 8th July 2021 at 1pm, the 18th 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: