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The Council of Representatives held on 24/12/2012 the second session of the second 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 177 members.
- The Council voted on the draft law of the first amendment for the law of public roads No.(35) of 2002.
- Voting on the proposed law of the first amendment for the law of Ministry of Industry and Minerals No.(38) of 2011, submitted by the committee of economy and investment.
- Voting on the proposed law to prevent the import of toys that incite violence submitted by the committees of women and security and defense.
- Voting on the draft law on accession of the Republic of Iraq to the basic system of Islamic States Institute for standards and metrology, submitted by the committees of foreign relations, legal and endowments.
- Voting on the draft law on ratification of the convention to amend the convention on establishment of the Arab Company for the construction and repairing of ships approved by the law No.(58) of 1974, submitted by the committees of foreign relations, oil and energy, finance, services and construction.
- The Council voted on the draft law on accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Protocol of anti-manufacturing of firearms and its parts, components and ammunition, and traffic it illegally supplementing to the UN convention on anti-organized crime cross the national borders, submitted by the committees of foreign relations and security and defense.
- Voting on the draft law on accession of the Republic of Iraq to the convention on establishment of the International Islamic Institution for Trade Funding, submitted by the committees of foreign relations, economy and investment and endowments.
- The Council started voting on the draft law on regulation of the farmlands rent and give the right to dispose for graduates of college of agriculture and veterinarians, submitted by the committees of agriculture, water and marshes, and legal.
- The Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided to question Mr. Jassim Mohammed Jaafar, Minister of Youth and Sport, on next Wednesday. The Presidency indicated that the questioning will be conducted even in the absence of the Minister and to be familiar with the accusations and take the necessary decision about it. MP Bahaa Al-Araji who submitted the questioning request consider that non-presence of Minister of Youth and Sport represents a dangerous precedent in the work of the Council of Representatives, calling for voting on the dismissal of the Minister in case of not answering the questions or not attending the questioning session.
- The committee of culture and media offered condolences in a statement for the loss of the cultural family each of the great poet Mohammed Ali Al-Khafaji and the writer Zuhair Ahmed Al-Qaisi.
- The second reading of the draft law of National Council for Water submitted by the committees of agriculture, water and marshes, and legal.
- The Council discussed the subject of the questionnaire for the MPs on the development of the parliamentary Code of Conduct in Iraq.
- 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 session was adjourned until Wednesday 26/12/2012. |
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