Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 16 September met with the US Consul General in Kurdistan Region, Mr. Steven Fagin. They discussed Parliament’s priorities, including achieving national consensus on drafting a Kurdistan Constitution, carrying out reforms and unifying the Peshmerga forces.
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Parliament’s Presidency ask five Turkmen political parties to support key policies in national interest
Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq, Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and Secretary Muna Kahveci on 16 September met with five Turkmen political parties and asked them to support policies that are critical to Kurdistan’s national interests.
Parliament’s Presidency holds meeting with Kurdistan Regional Judicial Council
Dr. Rewas Faiq the Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament, Hemin Hawramy the Deputy Speaker and Muna Kahveci the Secretary, and several members of Parliament’s Legislative Committee welcomed Judge Bangen, the Chair of the Judicial Council, the Deputy Chair and several of its members.
Deputy Speaker Hawrami meets with heads of standing committees
Deputy Speaker, Heman Hawrami on 15 September chaired a meeting of the heads of the Parliamentary standing committees. The Deputy Speaker briefed them on Kurdistan Parliament’s meeting in Baghdad with the Second Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (ICOR), Dr. Bashir Haddad, and ICOR MPs in the Kurdistani parliamentary blocs, which was held to strengthen bilateral parliament relations.
Summary of Committees’ meetings – 16 September 2019
Summary of Kurdistan Parliament committees’ recent meetings and activities:
Parliament’s Presidency reaches out to Christian and Turkmen parties to build national consensus on drafting a Kurdistan Constitution
The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament - Speaker Rewas Faiq, Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and Secretary Muna Kahveci - on 15 September visited several Christian and Turkmen political parties: National Union Coalition, Assyrian Syriac Chaldean Popular Council,(ASCPC), Assyrian Democratic Movement (Rafidain Party) and the Turkmen Reform Party.
Kurdistan Parliament’s Presidency visits Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani
The Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq, along with Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and Secretary Muna Kahveci, on 15 September visited Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani.
President of Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani enacts Resolution on designating 3rd August 2014 as Yazidi Genocide Day of Remembrance
On 8th August 2019, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani enacted the Resolution passed by the Kurdistan Parliament to designate 3rd August 2014 as the Yazidi Genocide Day of Remembrance. Resolution No. 2 of 2019.
Parliament's Presidency announces order of business for sitting on 17 September 2019
The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament announces the order of business for the sitting of Tuesday 17th September at 11am - the first sitting of the autumn session of the first year of the Kurdistan Parliament’s fifth term:
Parliament Speaker welcomes Kurdistan Lawyers Syndicate
Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiaq on 12 September welcomed members of the Kurdistan Lawyers’ Syndicate. She said that the Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) has violated many laws and several articles of the Iraqi Constitution, by passing legislation that harm the people of Kurdistan and Kurdistan Region.