Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 15 November expressed his condolences to the State of Palestine’s Consulate General in Erbil on the passing of Saeb Erekat, in the following message:
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POSTPONED: Order of Business for sitting of 17 November 2020: Iraq's federal Fiscal Deficit Coverage Law
POSTPONED: The Presidency of Kurdistan Parliament has decided to postpone the tenth ordinary sitting scheduled for 17th November, until further notice. The original order of business of the postponed sitting was the following:
Speaker Rewaz Faiq welcomes Ahmet Karamus, Co-President of Kurdistan National Congress
14 November- The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq welcomed Ahmet Karamus, Co-President of the Kurdistan National Congress, and his delegation.
Speaker Rewaz Faiq’s message on Slemani city's 236th birthday
Since its founding, Slemani has been the city of political and literary revolution and inspiration, the leader of development and renewal of the Kurdistani community, the creator and engine of revolutions, uprisings and political movements, with the venerated identity of a city that throughout its history has symbolized and been the stage for resistance against invaders.
Committees' recent meetings - 14 November 2020
Committees met with the Peshmerga's 70th brigade in Slemani and stressed the need to incorporate all Peshmerga forces into the Ministry; and discussed with NGOs how the Law on the Rights and Privileges of Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs should be amended.
Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq conveys condolences on passing of Qadri Haji Ali
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 11 November conveyed her condolences on the passing of Qadri Haji Ali, former member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) political bureau and co-founder of the Gorran Movement (Change), in the following message:
Committees’ recent meetings – 12 November 2020
Committees are asking for two cases of misused funds to be looked at by the general prosecutor and for the head of the Integrity Commission to be replaced; for Deloitte's oil production audit to be provided monthly to them; and for evidence on two private universities that have not received government authorization. MPs attended the US forces' handover of military equipment to the Peshmerga.
Kurdistan Parliament Presidency’s statement on passage of Fiscal Deficit Coverage Law in the Iraqi Council of Representatives
12 November - We view with deep concern the latest actions of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, which disregard the values of coexistence and co-operation and the principle of federalism established by the Iraqi Constitution, in passing a law on the morning of 12 November 2020 that violates the rights of the people of Kurdistan.
Committees' recent meetings - 10 November 2020
Committees looked at peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians in Koya, visited homes for the elderly and children in Erbil, and decided to visit Duhok prisons and police.
Parliament Committee and Kurdistan Regional Government discuss Shengal and other Kurdistani areas
9 November – The Committee on Kurdistani Areas outside the KRG Administrative Area, led by the chair Jiwan Rojbayani (KDP) met with the Minister of Interior, Rebar Ahmed; Khalid Shwani, Minister of the Region for Negotiations with the Iraqi Federal Government; Dana Abdulkarim, the Minister of Housing and Reconstruction; and the General Board for Kurdistani Areas Outside the Region.