Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 1st September set out the Parliament Presidency’s vision for the autumn session. She said the priority this autumn is to work on at least 14 bills to help deliver the government’s reform and services agenda. The heads of each parliamentary party also presented their legislative priorities. The majority said the first tasks should be reform legislation and the Kurdistan Constitution.
Sittings & Legislation News
Parliament’s Presidency announces order of business for opening of autumn session on 1st September 2019
The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament announces the order of business for opening of the autumn session of Parliament, on Sunday 1st September 2019, at 11am.
Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq calls MPs to first sitting of Parliament's autumn session
29 August - The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewas Faiq calls MPs to an ordinary sitting to open the autumn session of Parliament, on Sunday 1st September at 11am.
Parliament Speaker Dr. Faiq: Parliament should harmonize legislative policy with government’s reform and services agenda
Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 21 August held a meeting with the Legislative Committee to discuss 11 bills (draft laws) that were scheduled for their first reading in the autumn session.
Kurdistan Parliament publishes Resolution no. 11 of 2019 on Yazidi Genocide
The Kurdistan Parliament publishes online the resolution on the Yazidi Genocide, Resolution No. 11 of 2019. The resolution is as follows.
Kurdistan Parliament passes Resolution on Yazidi Genocide Remembrance Day
MPs today passed by 87 votes a resolution to designate 3rd August, the day of the Shengal Massacre, as Yazidi Genocide Remembrance day and calling on the Government of Iraq to make reparations to the survivors and victims’ families, under the provisions of the Iraqi Constitution.
Kurdistan Parliament passes Resolution on Yazidi Genocide Remembrance Day
MPs today passed by 87 votes a resolution to designate 3rd August as Yazidi Genocide Remembrance day and calling on the Government of Iraq to make reparations to the survivors and victims’ families, under the provisions of the Iraqi Constitution.
MPs debate draft resolution on Yazidi Genocide remembrance day, which calls for Iraq to make reparations to survivors
MPs today, 1st August, debated for nearly three hours the draft resolution on designating 3rd August as Yazidi Genocide Remembrance Day, and which calls on the Iraqi government to make reparations to the survivors and victims’ families. MPs will vote on the resolution this Saturday 3rd August at 11am.
Kurdistan Parliament's orders and resolutions in July 2019
The Kurdistan Parliament publishes online recent orders and resolutions that were issued in the month of July. They are resolutions or orders on the election of Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq Hussein; Parliament’s majority vote of confidence in the ninth KRG cabinet Prime Minister and ministers; the election of Reving Heruri as new chair of a committee; and the automatic relinquishment of Parliament membership for MPs that were appointed as ministers.
Parliament’s Presidency announces business for 1st August: Second reading of draft resolution on designating 3rd August as Yazidi Genocide Remembrance Day
The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament calls MPs to an extraordinary sitting on Thursday 1st August 2019, at 11am, and announces the order of business for this fifth term’s 2nd extraordinary sitting: Second reading of the draft resolution on designating 3rd August as the Yazidi Genocide Remembrance Day, per Articles 87, 88 and 89 of Parliament’s internal Rules of Procedure.