Al Furat News publishes the highlights of the 26th parliament session
Al Furat News publishes the highlights of the 26th parliament session
12/09/2020 18:43:35
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The House of Representatives voted in its twenty-sixth session, which was held under the chairmanship of Muhammad al-Halbousi, Speaker of the Council, and in the presence of 188 deputies today, Wednesday, 9/12/2020, on three laws and ended the discussion and reading of three Laws.
In the council’s statement, the Euphrates News received a copy of it, that at the beginning of the session, Deputy Muthanna Amin read a statement regarding the demonstrations taking place in the Kurdistan region in Sulaymaniyah and Halabja and before them in Dohuk in protest against partisan control of the government and parliament, the exploitation of the people’s wealth, condemning injustice, corruption, and demands In truth and integrity, in addition to the failure of the government in the region to pay the salaries of employees and its failure to protect the demonstrators after civilian casualties, it demands an investigation into the killing of peaceful demonstrators, the release of those arrested, and the responsibility of the federal government in providing salaries to employees of the Kurdistan region, similar to their peers in the governorates of Iraq, and not to politicize Topic.
After that, the council read Al-Fatihah on the souls of the martyrs of the demonstrations in the Kurdistan Region in particular and Iraq in general.
For his part, Al-Halbousi directed the Human Rights Committee to carry out its work through a field visit to the areas of demonstrations in the Kurdistan region to emphasize the need to protect human rights and protect demonstrators from oppression.
The Council voted on the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Preparedness, Response and Cooperation in the Field of Oil Pollution (OPrc90) of 1990 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee, to protect the territorial waters of the Republic of Iraq from oil pollution incidents and the importance of preparing, responding and returning emergency plans to the Republic of Iraq as one of the exporting countries For oil.
The Council voted on a draft law abolishing Law No. (127) for the year 1981 Ratification of the Arab Labor Agreement Law No. (10) for the year 1979 regarding paid study leave and the Arab Recommendation No. (3) for the year 1979 attached to it and submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee, given that a long period has passed. On the promulgation of the law.
The Council also voted on the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ballast Water and Sediments in Ships for the year 2004 submitted by the Foreign Relations, Health and Environment Committees, which came to enhance cooperation in the field of controlling ballast water and sediments in ships and the application of standards aimed at preventing the transfer of harmful water organisms And disease-causing organisms and reduce them to the maximum extent possible and avoid the unwanted side effects resulting from them and the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the international convention.
In the same context, the Council finished reading a report and discussing the draft law on joining the Republic of Iraq to the amendment of the Basel Convention on Controlling the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.
Interventions focused on demanding that the government give attention to treating 20 sites polluted with radiation and hazardous waste, which led to 19,000 people suffering from cancer, 18,000 with respiratory diseases, and 4,000 cases of congenital anomalies, all in Basra Governorate,
and the Council completed the reading of the report and the discussion of the draft law of the Republic of Iraq joining the Nairobi International Convention To remove the 2007 wreckage submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.
The Council completed the reading of the report and the discussion of the draft law on financing the expenses of the House of Representatives elections, which, according to estimates, amounted to 329 billion dinars, to be financed in the form of 133 billion and three hundred million dinars from the cash balance of the general budget for the fiscal year 2019, in addition to the amount of 195 billion and 700 million dinars by resorting to borrowing .
Representatives’ interventions focused on the importance of providing all the requirements and requirements to create a sound environment for the Iraqi voter to bring about change and political reform, in addition to the call to benefit from the amount of 133 billion dinars that was allocated within the commission’s budget in 2019 without resorting to borrowing, as well as adding a paragraph to fix contracts in the High Commission. For elections in order to stabilize staffing.
Then it was decided to adjourn the session.
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