Parliament’s Presidency announces business for 10th July: Prime Minister and cabinet to take oath of office, Prime Minister to announce government programme

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament announces the order of business for the fifth term’s 13th normal sitting on Wednesday 10th July 2019, at 11am:

1) Giving confidence to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, who was nominated by the Kurdistan Parliament per Resolution No. 7 of 2019, and who was tasked by the President of the Kurdistan Region to form the ninth cabinet, under Presidential Order No. 1 of 2019.    

2) i) Announcement of the names of the ministers nominated by the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, according to Article 56, paragraph 4, of amended Law No. 1 of 1992, and giving confidence to the ministers by the Kurdistan Parliament.

ii) Administering the oath of office to the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and ministers of the ninth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, per Article 6 of Law No. 3 of 1992, the Law of the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Region.

iii) The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s announcement of the main points of the ninth cabinet’s programme.

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament decides and announces the order of business of this sitting according to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, Articles 16 (paragraphs 1, 2 and 3), 18 (paragraph 3), 54 (paragraphs 1 and 5) and Articles 47, 48, 52, 55, 56, and 57.