The Council of Representatives held on 13/5/2013 the 23rd session of the second legislative term for the third year under chairmanship of Osama Al-Nujaifi, the Speaker of Council of Representatives. The session included the following:
-Attendance 165 MPs.
- The Council voted on the draft law of second amendment to the law of re-employ the politically quit No.(24) of 2005 as amended, submitted by the committees of martyrs, victims and political prisoners, and legal.
- The parliamentary investigative committee on the breaches and violations of the General Inspector of the Ministry of Health read a report on this matter after approving by the Council to put it on the session's agenda.
- MP Mohsen Al-Awadi presented a report on the damages to the agricultural crops in province of Babil due to the wave of rain. The MP pointed out that the wave of rain caused damage to about 90% of the agricultural crops especially wheat and barley, which inflicted heavy losses to farmers.
Mr. Al-Nujaifi instructed the parliamentary committee formed the necessity to accelerate its work and visit the affected provinces to submit a comprehensive report to the Council of Representatives.
- The first reading of the draft law of the first amendment to the law of Political Prisoners Foundation No.(4) of 2006, submitted by the committee of martyrs, victims and political prisoners for the purpose of defining the meaning of political prisoner and detainee and reconsider the formations of the Foundation in order to facilitate the completion of petitions of political prisoners and detainees and specify the privileges and salaries allocated to the political prisoner and political detainee and to the families of who died.
The session was adjourned until Tuesday 18/6/2013. |