Committees News

Members of Kurdistan Parliament’s Agriculture and Irrigation Committee, led by the chair Abdulsatar Majeed (KIG), on 9 December were in Baghdad to attempt to secure payments owed to Kurdistan farmers by the Iraqi federal government, and met with the federal Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Karim Al-Khafaji.

Mayors, municipal authorities and the Municipalities Ministry told Parliament's Municipalities Committee that there are problems and obstacles to implementing the law and suggested that Parliament amend some articles so that the legislation better serves the public.

The committee met with Dr. Abdulhakim Khasro, the Secretary of the High Committee on Reforms, and Hiwa Afandi, the Head of KRG Department of Information Technology, to discuss the KRG’s report that was submitted to the committee on the steps taken so far to implement the law.

The Relations Committee met with a delegation of MPs from Belgium's parliament and agreed to create a parliamentary friendship group, and the Social Affairs Committee asked the authorities to provide treatment for a prisoner who has been diagnosed with cancer. 

The Peshmerga Committee is preparing a publication on all of its meetings, visits and activities. The Religous Affairs Committee participated in a symposium on protecting families, as part of the 16-day campaign to eliminate violence against women. 

Committees told the education and higher education ministries that this academic year should not be wasted due to Coronavirus and schools should reopen; they also discussed correcting the lists of claimants of martyrs, Anfal and political prisoners' benefits; and they met the new director of Erbil prison.  

Kurdistan Parliament MPs on 3 December visited the villages of Kashkawa and Gresor in Akre district to look into attacks on the villages by people from outside the area.

On 4 December members of Parliament's Relations and Kurdish Diaspora Committee met with Germany's new Consul General Klemens Semtner, at the Consulate General in Erbil.

2 December- To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Kurdistan Parliament held a special meeting with the participation of Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami, Parliament's Social Affairs Committee, Ideal NGO for persons with disabilities, and government officials. 

The Interior Committee and Interior Ministry officials discussed the lack of opportunity for promotions due to senior ranks exceeding their legal terms in their posts, and the reorganization of all guard forces into one guard unit.