The committee members in Slemani visited departments that oversee social care and combating violence against women. They met with people with disabilities, an autism centre and with prisoners to learn more about their needs and problems and how to improve social services.
Committees News
Kurdistan Parliament delegation meets with Secretary General of Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union Mr. Fayez Ali Alshawabkah
On 3 September Kurdistan Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and the Secretary General of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, Mr. Fayez Ali Alshawabkah met in Baghdad
Deputy Speaker Hawrami meets Secretary General of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly in Baghdad
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.
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.
Former political prisoners submit their demands to Parliament’s committee
27 August - MPs in the Martyrs’ Affairs, Genocide and Political Prisoners Committee met representatives of a group of former political prisoners asking for more financial compensation, after they demonstrated in front of the Parliament building.
Committees' recent meetings - 27 August 2019
On 27 August the Health Committee decided that they will visit the Director of Food Standards; and the Martys and Anfal Affairs Committee is looking into the failure to compensate Kurdistan's victims of the war against ISIS, even though Iraq's 2019 budget law fixed Kurdistan's allocation under Paragraph B, Point 3.
Committees' recent meetings - 26 August 2019
Kurdistan Parliament's committees this week went to camps in Duhok for Shingal IDPs to learn about their living conditions, problems and needs; and met with the Head of the KRG Board of Audit to prepare a report on the board's performance.