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Deputy Speaker Hawrami leads meeting with Peshmerga Minister and officials

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami and MPs in Parliament’s Peshmerga Committee on 25 January met with Peshmerga Minister Shoresh Ismail, Deputy Minister Sarbast Lazgin and their colleagues. They discussed ensuring that laws in force are implemented, the steps in the reform process, and parliamentary monitoring to speed it up.

Speaker Faiq meets with UNFPA Deputy Representative Himyar Abdulmoghni

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 26 January welcomed UNFPA Iraq Deputy Representative, Himyar Abdulmoghni, and Mr. Jamal Hussein, General Director of Youth at the Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Culture and Youth, and their colleagues.

Committees' recent meetings - 26 January 2021

The Religious Affairs Committee met with the Board on Friday sermons to discuss the importance of sermons for maintaining inter-religious peace and tolerance; the Municipalities Committee and tourism officials discussed a bill to regulate and develop tourism.

Speaker Faiq: "The Kurdish movement's important achievements stem from the Peshmerga veterans' era of struggle and resistance"

Speaker Faiq and MPs met with the Council of Peshmerga Veterans of Kurdistan, led by Jamil Hawrami, and pledged to support their demands.

Deputy Speaker Hawrami and MPs meet with KRG Education Minister Alan Hama Saeed

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and MPs in the Education Committee on 21 January met with KRG Education Minister, Alan Hama Saeed, at the ministry. The purpose of the meeting was to monitor the ministry’s work and look into implementation of the Reform Law.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq meets with Greece’s Consul General Efthymios Costopoulos

Speaker Faiq said to the outgoing Consul General, "We commend you for successfully carrying out your duties, and unfortunately the current situation [of the Coronavirus pandemic] prevented you from doing more."

Deputy Speaker Hawrami and MPs meet with Higher Education Minister Aram Muhammad Qadir

The meeting addressed strengthening the coordination between Parliament’s Education Committee and the ministry's special committee for legislative proposals.

Deputy Speaker Hawrami leads Parliament delegation to Bardarash and Akre districts

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami and a cross-party group of MPs on 19 January went to Bardarash and Akre districts for meetings with local authorities, political parties and Parliament’s branch office, to look into the legal, administrative and services problems in the area.

Committees' recent meetings - 21 January 2021

The Relations Committee, Minister Safeen Dizayee and the KRG's representatives abroad met online to discuss the challenges in the representatives' work and how to strengthen Kurdistan's diplomatic position.

Committees' recent meetings - 20 January 2021

The Protection of Women's Rights Committee met with the National Democratic Institute; the Martyrs Committee and the Minister for Martyrs Affairs discussed the review of the list of former political prisoners as part of the reform process.