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Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami congratulates Turkmen Reform Party on 18th anniversary

I value your party's efforts to deepen the spirit of brotherhood, solidarity and peaceful coexistence among all the different communities in the Region and to defend our achievements.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq welcomes Mr. Mahmoud Chalabi, leader of Turkmen National Will Party

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 26 April 2023 welcomed Mr. Mahmoud Chalabi, leader of the Turkmen National Will Party.

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami conveys best wishes on Gulan magazine's 29th anniversary

I hope that Gulan continues to progress as a distinctive, prominent and weighty platform for Kurdistan’s eminent journalists and writers.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq wishes Muslims a Happy Jezhni Ramadan (Eid Al-Fitr)

On this sacred holiday, I call on all political parties in the Region to overcome their wearisome disputes in a spirit of patriotism and to keep at the forefront of their minds that protecting and strengthening Kurdistan Region’s political status is in the public’s highest interests.

Parliament's Presidency wishes Yazidis Happy Red Wednesday, the Yazidi New Year

On behalf of the Kurdistan Parliament, we extend our best wishes to our Yazidi Kurdish brothers and sisters in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq and around the world for a Happy Yazidi New Year (Red Wednesday).

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting with civil society activists calling for the budget bill

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 17 April 2023 chaired a consultative meeting with NGOs, unions and civil society who are calling for the KRG to present a budget bill.

Committees' recent work and meetings - 1 March to 10 April 2023

Committees met with several diplomats and looked into residential prepaid electricity, red tape on industry, buildings' earthquake resistance, and commemorated the anniversary of the Halabja chemical attack and the Anfal and Fayli Kurdish genocides.  

Parliament Genocide Committee's statement on 35th anniversary of the Anfal Genocide of the Kurds

This crime that is a stain on humanity’s conscience was recognized as a genocide by the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court in 2008. We call on the Iraqi Federal Government to compensate the victims and rebuild their areas, and we also call on the KRG to pay full attention to the affected areas and help alleviate the survivors' suffering.

Parliament's Religious Affairs Committee wishes Christians in Kurdistan a Happy Easter

We wish Christians, who are an indigenous community in Kurdistan since antiquity and have always been a force for peace here, a happy and peaceful Easter.

Parliament's Presidency conveys condolences on passing of former MP Sheikh Ala Ibrahim Sheikh Ala

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Sheikh Ala Ibrahim Sheikh Ala, a Peshmerga veteran, former MP who served in Kurdistan Parliament's second term, and a prominent figure  of Erbil society.