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On (11/7/2020), the House of Representatives held its nineteenth session of the first legislative term for the third year, the fourth electoral cycle headed by Mr. Muhammad al-Halbousi and attended by (182) deputies, and the session included:
MP Mona Al-Amiri recited a statement denouncing the criminal attack that affected a number of women and a security associate in Diyala governorate, and led to the death of five citizens, including an 85-year-old woman.
- Al-Halbousi condemned, in the name of Parliament, all criminal acts that affect citizens in a number of provinces, including Diyala Governorate, calling on the security forces to intensify their efforts to preserve the lives and safety of citizens.
- Reading Surat Al-Fatihah as a mercy for the souls of all martyrs of Iraq.
- To postpone the vote on the draft law to ratify the agreement to accelerate cooperation in the economic field and energy affairs between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the Republic of South Korea submitted by the committees on foreign relations, oil, energy, natural resources, economics and investment until it is studied by the members of the Council.
- To vote on a bill for the Republic of Iraq’s accession to the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict submitted by the Foreign Relations, Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Committees.
- To postpone the vote on the draft law ratifying the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee until the opinion of the relevant committees is taken.
- To postpone the vote on the proposed law of the first amendment of the Judicial Supervision Authority Law No. (29) of 2016 submitted by the Legal Committee until the proposal is mature.
- Voting on a bill for the Republic of Iraq’s accession to the AIIB’s infrastructure agreement submitted by the Foreign Relations, Economy and Investment Committees.
- A number of women and gentlemen demanded that the relevant parliamentary committees adopt a reform financial vision, to avoid Iraq being thrown into heavy debts as a result of internal and external borrowing that the government adopts to finance the fiscal deficit.
- The President of the Council affirmed the need to support the government in its measures of reforms in all levels and strengthen the foundations of the economy, calling on the government to take preventive measures to address the decline in global oil prices and the Finance, Economy and Investment Committees to provide the necessary requirements to achieve the desired reform in the best interest of the country.
- Mr. Hassan Al-Kaabi, First Deputy Chairman of the Council presided part of the session.
- The second reading of the draft law on financing the fiscal deficit submitted by the Finance Committee.
- The Finance Committee notes its reservation not to submit the draft federal budget law for the year 2020 and the existence of a clear exaggeration in the estimates of the amount of borrowing, calling for reducing all items of expenditures and limiting them to the necessary priorities and supporting investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that adopt fair distribution.
- Focusing the interventions of the ladies and gentlemen on the draft law on the need for the Council to review the financial data from the Central Bank and clarification from the government to know the source of borrowing, its mechanisms and its impact on the Iraqi reserve, in addition to objecting from a legal point of view to voting procedures on the draft law on financing the fiscal deficit.
Mr. Bashir Haddad presided over part of the session.
- Demanding the interventions during the session for a serious discussion of the financial crisis with the government as it threatens to cause a financial collapse with negative repercussions on society, and the call for adding job grades for those dismissed from the Ministry of Interior in Nineveh Governorate and disbursing farmers' dues, and asking the government to develop a plan for austerity and reduce extravagance in the ministries and control the outlets Borders to address the current financial crisis.
- Confirming that the concerned committee will take into consideration all the valuable comments and proposals submitted by the ladies and gentlemen, and include them in the draft law before voting on it.
- The second reading of the draft law ratifying the agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of financial evasion with regard to taxes on income and capital between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the State of Kuwait submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.
- The second reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on the Recognition and Implementation of Foreign Arbitration Decisions (New York 1958) submitted by the Foreign Relations and Legal Committees.
- The second reading of the draft law abolishing Law No. (127) for the year 1981 Ratification of the Arab Labor Convention No. (10) for the year 1979 regarding paid study leave and the Arab Recommendation No. (3) for the year 1979 attached to it and submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.
- The second reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC90) of 1990 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.
- The session was adjourned to Monday 9/11/2020.
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