Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 20th November chaired the elections of the chairs, vice-chairs and rapporteurs (the bureaux) of four newly formed committees, and elections to rearrange the bureaux of seven existing committees.
Sittings & Legislation News
Speaker Faiq chairs meeting on Bill on Protection of Local Products
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 20 November chaired a consultative meeting with the KRG Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources and the Minister of Trade and Industry on the Bill on Protection of Local Products in the Kurdistan Region.
Committees' recent meetings - 20 November 2019
The Social Affairs committee is following up on workers' rights and conditions, and cases of prisoners held without charge or trial. The Integrity Committee is looking into demands from two public universities, and continues to pursue the problems with household water meters.
Deputy Speaker Hawrami chairs workshop on Kurdish Diaspora Bill
The Kurdistan Parliament’s Relations and Kurdish Diaspora Committee on 17 November organized a workshop chaired by Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami to brainstorm on a Kurdish Diaspora bill.
Kurdistan Parliament commends Iraq supreme court ruling on violations in Iraq Provincial Election Law
Speaker Rewas Faiq on 13 November chaired a sitting of the Kurdistan Parliament at which four bills had their first readings, and MPs voted on the redistribution of committee memberships, following the creation of four new committees. Jiwan Rojbayani (KDP) discussed the successful court case overturning amendments to the Iraqi Provincial Elections Law and the danger of amendments to Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution. Karwan Gazneyi (PUK) discussed smuggling of oil and oil products, and called for transparency in oil revenue and the Erbil-Baghdad disagreements on it.
Order of business for 13 November: Committee membership, reading four bills, two MPs present ideas
The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament announces the order of business for the sitting of Wednesday 13th November at 11am - the seventh sitting of the autumn session of the first year of the Kurdistan Parliament’s fifth term:
Committees’ recent meetings – 6 November 2019
The social affairs committee discussed the text of a bill on the rights and privileges of patients; The Legislative Committee discussed the bill on anti-smuggling of oil and oil products, and decided to submit it to Parliament's Presidency to be scheduled for its first reading.
Parliament passes Law on Ownership of Illegally Used Land in Kurdistan Region’s Municipalities
MPs on 30 October voted in a law gthat allows people who illegally used or built on land in Kurdistan Region's municipalities to buy the land from the government and register it in their names. 100 MPs voted in favour of the bill as a whole, out of 111 members. At the sitting two other bills had their first readings, and Speaker Rewas Faiq asked the relevant committees to work on them: a bill on patients’ rights and responsibilities; and a bill on commercial advertising.
Order of business for 30 October: First readings of two bills; vote on bill on ownership of illegally used land in municipalities
The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament announces the order of business for the sitting of Wednesday 30th October at 11am - the sixth sitting of the autumn session of the first year of the Kurdistan Parliament’s fifth term.
MPs debate bill on ownership of illegally used land in municipalities, have first readings of six other bills
At a Parliament sitting on 23 October chaired by Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq, MPs debated at length the articles of a bill (draft law) on ownership of lands that have been illegally used or taken in the municipalities of the Kurdistan Region. The purpose of the bill is to allow people who have illegally used and/or built on land in municipalities to buy it from the government and officially register it in their names, within a deadline. Six other bills had their first readings.