The council of representatives held on 17/9/2012 the twenty-third session of the first legislative term for the third year under chairmanship of Osama Al-Nujaifi, the chairman of the council of representatives. The session included the following:
- Presence 184 members.
- The women committee read a statement in which it refused formation of any independent commission or body without representation of women or marginalization of women’s role, calling for the preservation of the rights of women in democratic path and to be the representation of women is fundamental, demanding that women have an equitable representation in the Higher Electoral Commission and all independent bodies.
- The council voted on choosing 8 out of 9 of the members of the Independent Higher Electoral Commission. They are as follows:
Safaa Ibrahim Jassim Al-Musawi
Sorour Abdul Hantoush Al-Hiti
Serbst Mustafa Ibrahim
Mohsen Jabbari Hassan
Qatya Mukhlif Qatya Al-Zobaie
Mekdad Hassan Salih Al-Sharifi
Sirwan Ahmed Rasheed
Wael Mohammed Abd Ali Al-Waili
- Postponing voting on the draft law of infrastructure reconstruction and service sectors submitted by the committees of economy and investment, legal, financial, service and construction to Tuesday's session of the next week.
- Postponing voting on each of the draft law of agricultural quarantine and the draft law of electronic signature and electronic transactions.
- The second reading of the draft law of the Iraqi Media Commission submitted by the committees of legal and culture and media.
- The council hosted Mr. Majeed Hama Amin, the minister of health, in a general discussion on the reality of the health institutions.
The session was adjourned until Tuesday 25/9/2012.
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