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Committees drafted their report to the Presidency on the recent demonstrations; congratulated Ms. Jamila Kakayi on her recognition by the UN; and looked into the lack of basic services for land in the Hasarok 8 area of Erbil.

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament calls MPs to the first extraordinary sitting of the third year of the fifth term of the Kurdistan Parliament on Wednesday 6th January 2021 at 11am. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Per articles 7 and 18 of the Internal Rules of Procedure of Parliament, I announce the end of the autumn session of the second year of the fifth term of the Kurdistan Parliament.

We wish the people of Kurdistan and all the people of Iraq a Happy New Year. We hope that in the New Year our region will enjoy peace and harmony, and that this year we will overcome the crises, strengthen trust between citizens and the Constitutional institutions, and protect and develop the Kurdistan Region’s Constitutional status, which is the result of the sacrifices made by the people of Kurdistan.

21 December - At the request of Kurdistan Parliament’s Presidency, a joint committee went to Slemani, Halabja, Garmian and Raparin and met with the public, administrations, political parties, security departments, and the families of those killed in the demonstrations. They went to the sites of the demonstrations.

The meeting with Dr. Avesta Kamal and her colleagues from Kurdistan Platform covered the political, economic and health situation in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. Deputy Speaker Hawrami emphasized the unity and understanding among all political parties to overcome the crisis and achieve peace.

Speaker Rewaz Faiq said, “Food and medicine safety is one of the most important national issues for Kurdistan and is a matter of national security...in the Kurdistan Parliament we insist that medicine should be properly controlled and supervised by the relevant health institutions.”

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Kaka Rash Naqshbandi, the prominent former MP of the Kurdistan Parliament from the city of Erbil.

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Kurdistan Regional Government Deputy Prime Minister Talabani told MPs, "We have agreed with the Iraqi government on the 2021 general budget and 12.67% has been set as the Kurdistan Region's budget," he said. "We are now waiting for the agreement to be passed and implemented in the Iraqi parliament."