In the last days of the summer recess, committees prepared many bills for their second readings, met with political parties' women's organizations, the Independent Human Rights Commission and the new KRG officials responsible for the Article 140 issue, and discussed water shortages and the increase in the price of bread.
Sittings & Legislation News
Order of Business for sitting of 1 September 2021: Opening of Autumn Session of this Parliament’s third year
The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 1st September 2021 at 12pm, the first ordinary sitting of the autumn session of the third year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:
Secretary Muna Kahveci chairs meetings with Alliance of Iraqi Minorities and other NGOs on education bills and rights of components
Kurdistan Parliament Secretary Muna Kahveci on 25 August chaired two separate meetings with members of Parliament, the Alliance of Iraqi Minorities Network and several civil society organizations working on educational development.
Committees' recent meetings - 20 August 2021
Committees investigated the plight of Kurdistan Region refugees stranded in Lithuania in dire conditions; discussed the Tourism Bill, Seeds and Agricultural Chemicals Bill and second amendments to the Integrity Commission Law; and asked the KRG to send the 2022 Budget Bill in October 2021.
Culture Committee holds workshop in Slemani on Bill on Preservation of Documents, Manuscripts and National Archives
Parliament’s Culture Committee on 12 May held a workshop in Slemani on the Bill on Preservation of Documents, Manuscripts and National Archives, organized by the NGO Humanitarian Cooperation.
Speaker Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting of Parliament’s Interior Committee with Interior Minister on Bill on Private Security Companies
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 9 August chaired a meeting of Parliament’s Interior Committee with KRG Interior Minister Rebar Ahmed to discuss the Bill on Private Security Companies in Kurdistan Region.
Speaker Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting of Parliament's Commerce Committee with Ministry of Trade and Industry
Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 8 August chaired a meeting of Parliament’s Commerce and Industry Committee with the KRG Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Muslim and ministry officials, to discuss the Bill on Second Amendments to the Law on Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Law No. 14 of 1993) in the Kurdistan Region.
Statistics on Kurdistan Parliament’s work in spring session of third year of fifth term
Statistics on Kurdistan Parliament’s work in the recently ended Spring Session of the third year of the fifth term, which was from 1 March to 31 July 2021. Please note that the data is in Kurdish, with the titles of the files and tables in English here:
Committees' recent meetings - 4 August 2021
Committees discussed bills on seeds and on the Kurdistan Olympic Committee, and the bill on amendments to the law on the disappeared from campaigns against the people of Kurdistan.
Presidency of Kurdistan Parliament's statement on 7-year commemoration of genocide against Yazidis
At extraordinary sitting number 3 of 3rd August 2019, the Kurdistan Parliament in a resolution officially designated August 3rd as the day of the Yazidi genocide to pave the way for compensation for the victims of this brutal crime and for the people of Shengal...