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Speaker Rewaz Faiq's Press Office: We condemn in strongest terms the armed attack on MP Karwan Gazneyi

We condemn in the strongest terms the attack on Karwan Gazneyi. We call on the security services to investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice, to uphold the rule of law and to protect the sovereignty of checkpoints...

Speaker Faiq thanks Head of Financial Audit Board Mr. Khalid Hadi Chawshli at end of his tenure

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 10 May 2023 thanked Mr. Khalid Hadi Chawshli, the Head of the Kurdistan Region Financial Audit Board, for his service and wished him success in the future.

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'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.

Committees' work and meetings - January to February 2023

Committees visited Baghdad, the UK, Sweden, Jordan and Malaysia and had meetings about security, local council management, prisons and social affairs, anti-corruption strategies,  national budgets and strategic financial planning.

Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami's message of remembrance on twin terror attacks in Erbil of 1st February 2004

February 1st 2004 confirmed that our enemies and opponents hate our nation’s unity, that they will use every opportunity to disrupt any kind of consensus or solidarity, and they continue to pose a real threat to Kurdistan Region's constitutional status and existence.

Parliament's statement: Iraq's Federal Court repeatedly rules against rights and achievements of the Kurdistani people

Unfortunately the Iraqi Federal Court has again issued a ruling that violates the rights of the people of Kurdistan, jeopardizes hopes of more agreement and coordination between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi Federal Government, and triggers tensions.

Heads of the Diwan of Parliament visit Lawyers Syndicate on Kurdistan Lawyers Day

To convey their best wishes for Kurdistan Lawyers Day, the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Diwan of Parliament on 4 January 2023 visited the Kurdistan Lawyers Syndicate.

Parliament's Presidency wishes Christians in Kurdistan, Iraq and the world Merry Christmas

This Christmas, we ask everyone to protect and preserve Kurdistan’s stability, peaceful coexistence, and religious and ethnic diversity, and to always improve Kurdistan’s good model.

In Yerevan: Martyrs and Genocide Committee participate in major international genocide prevention conference

Yerevan, Armenia - A delegation from Kurdistan Parliament’s Martyrs, Genocide and Political Prisoners Committee on 12 and 13 December 2022 participated in a major international conference on the prevention of genocide.