Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Rewaz Faiq and Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 30 June welcomed Dr. Khanzad Ahmed, the Head of the Kurdistan High Council for Women’s Affairs and Dr. Yusra Karim, Director of the Iraq Department of Women’s Empowerment, and their staff.
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Speaker Rewaz Faiq meets with heads of provincial councils
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Rewaz Faiq and Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 30 June welcomed the heads of Erbil, Slemani and Duhok provincial councils, to discuss their legal and administrative problems.
Three committees assigned to summarize Parliament’s demands from KRG on public finances, salary shortfalls and Reform Law
The Kurdistan Parliament on 28 June held a sitting presided over by Speaker Rewaz Faiq, with nearly 18 hours of questions and discussion with the KRG on the economic problems and the reasons for failing to pay public salaries in full and to implement the Reform Law.
Speaker Rewaz Faiq meets with head of Chaldean League Safa Hindi
Speaker Faiq said to the head of the Chaldean League, “We support all the component communities’ rights in the Kurdistan Constitution, and the communities will have their representatives in the Constitution drafting committee.”
Speaker Rewaz Faiq welcomes head of Iraqi Media Network's Security Council
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 23 June welcomed Mr. Jafar Wanan, the head of the Iraqi Media Network's Security Council. Speaker Faiq and Mr. Wanan discussed the general state of the media in Iraq and Kurdistan, and both sides emphasized the need for a unified media discourse.
Clarification by Presidency of Kurdistan Parliament
Many media outlets are contacting us about our letter number 1755 of 22 June 2021, which concerns Members of Parliament visiting and looking into projects.
Speaker Rewaz Faiq meets with Head of UNAMI regional office Ricardo Rodriguez
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 22 June met with Mr. Ricardo Rodriguez, the Head of UNAMI’s regional office in Erbil. The latest political developments and the next Iraqi elections were discussed.
Speaker Faiq and Deputy Speaker Hawrami discuss key issues with consuls of EU nations
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq and Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 22 June met with the EU’s representative and the consuls of EU nations based in Kurdistan Region. They discussed the current key issues of the next Iraqi election, the Bill to Establish the Special Court for Crimes by ISIS, and drafting the Kurdistan Constitution.
Speaker Rewaz Faiq discusses Bill on Special Court for Crimes by ISIS with Russia’s Consul General Oleg Levin
15 June - Speaker Faiq said to Russia's Consul General Oleg Levin, "We need to understand the level of cooperation with us in terms of the international community’s constitutional, legal, financial and security support for such a court.”
Speaker Rewaz Faiq discusses Bill on Special Court for Crimes by ISIS with China’s and Germany’s consul generals in Kurdistan Region
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 16 June continued her meetings with foreign diplomats based in Kurdistan Region to discuss the Bill to Establish the Special Court for Crimes by ISIS. The Speaker met separately with China’s Consul General Ni-Ruchi and Germany’s Acting Consul General Sven Krauspe.