The Council of Representatives held on 11/12/2012 the thirty-ninth 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 179 members.
- The Presidency decided to postpone voting on the proposed law of the fourth amendment for the elections law of councils of provinces and districts and sub-districts No.(36) for the year 2008 as amended, submitted by the legal committee to next Thursday based on a request by the committee in order to give the opportunity to meet with the Electoral Commission to resolve the options that will be included in the draft law.
- The first reading of the proposed law to extend the service of Doctors, submitted by the health and environment committee.
- The first reading of the proposed law to cancel the resolution of the disbanded revolution command council No.(1559) for the year 1978 and No.(189) for the year 1978.
- The second reading of the draft law on regulation of the farmlands rent and ownership of the right to dispose for graduates of college of agriculture and veterinarians, submitted by the committees of agriculture, water and marshes, legal and finance.
- The second reading of the draft law on ratification of the Arab convention on anti-information technology crimes, submitted by the committees of foreign relations, integrity, legal, services and construction, finance and culture and media.
- The Council continued the discussion of the draft law of the federal budget for the Republic of Iraq for the financial year 2013, submitted by the committees of finance and economy and investment.
- The committee of human rights read a statement on the occasion of world day for human rights in which it stressed on the importance of working together among the legislative, executive and judicial institutions in cooperation with civil society organizations to ensure human rights and make it a top priority.
- The Council discussed the issue of the final accounts for the general budget in the presence of Mr. Rafie Al-Issawi, the Minister of Finance, and Mr. Abdel Basset Turki, the Head of the Board of Supreme Audit.
The session was adjourned until Thursday 13/12/2012.
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