Agreement reached on the chairmanship of 15 out of 20 parliamentary committees… Finance, Oil, and Integrity are the most prominent sticking points
Agreement reached on the chairmanship of 15 out of 20 parliamentary committees… Finance, Oil, and Integrity are the most prominent sticking points
2026-10-29
Shafaq News – Baghdad
A parliamentary source revealed on Thursday that a preliminary agreement had been reached on the appointment of the heads of 15 parliamentary committees out of 20 permanent committees, while the leadership of five committees, including Finance, Oil and Integrity, remains a point of contention between the political blocs.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that the Speaker of Parliament moved towards the political blocs and held more than one meeting to resolve the issue of the heads of parliamentary committees, indicating that the understandings included reducing the number of permanent committees to 20 committees, by merging some committees and creating another committee.
He added that the committees whose leadership has not yet been agreed upon are Finance, Oil, Integrity, Security and Defense, and Electricity.
On Wednesday, Firas Al-Muslawi, a member of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, revealed that the House of Representatives session scheduled for Thursday would include voting on the distribution of committees among the parliamentary blocs, including the heads of some committees, their rapporteurs, and their deputy heads, predicting that the proposed names would be passed with a high percentage, pending the completion of understandings regarding the deputies of some of the heads.
In this context, a source told Shafaq News Agency that parliamentary committees are divided into three categories (A, B, C), and according to the political agreement, a political bloc cannot assume the chairmanship of a committee if it has a minister who occupies a portfolio related to the specialization of the same committee.
A source within the coordination framework also revealed that the periodic meeting of the frameworkâs leaders, which was scheduled to be held last Monday, was postponed due to the failure to finalize understandings regarding the appointment of the heads of some parliamentary committees.
The House of Representatives voted on February 17, 2026, to amend its internal regulations and establish 22 permanent parliamentary committees, including a unified committee for culture, media, tourism and antiquities. Then, on March 11, it voted on the members of 11 committees, while the completion of the distribution of leadership positions remained linked to understandings between the political blocs.
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