The Council of Representatives held on 12/11/2012 the thirty-second 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 167 members.
- The Council voted on the draft law of the convention on economic and technical cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the People's Republic of China submitted by the committees of economy and investment, foreign relations and legal.
- The Council voted in principle to continue to read the fifth amendment of the law of the State Consultative Council No.(65) for the year 1979, submitted by the legal committee.
- Voting on the proposed law to prevent coercion of the Iraqi to change his nationality submitted by the legal committee.
- The first reading of the draft law of the federal budget to the Republic of Iraq for the financial year 2013, submitted by the finance committee.
- Mr. Nujaifi stressed on the importance of providing the final accounts approved by the Council of Ministers with the federal budget, pointing out that the Council of Representatives has repeatedly asked the government to submit the final accounts in each year, calling on the government to deal with the dereliction and the delay in submitting the final accounts.
- The draft law on accession of the Republic of Iraq to the international convention on suppression of terrorist bombings submitted by the committees of foreign relations and security and defense.
- The Council voted to approve the draft resolution of the proposed budget to the Iraqi Council of Representatives for the financial year 2013.
- The second reading of the draft law on accession of the Republic of Iraq to the convention on the distinction of plastic explosives in order to detect it for the year 1991, submitted by the committees of foreign relations, Security and defense, services and reconstruction.
- The Council of Representatives hosted each of Rafie Al-Issawi, the Minister of Finance, and Khairallah Babiker, the Minister of Trade, in a general invitation to discuss the ration card.
The session was adjourned until Tuesday 20/11/2012.
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