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On (01/09/2021), the House of Representatives held its thirty-third session of the first legislative term for the third year, the fourth electoral cycle headed by Mr. Muhammad al-Halbousi, and the session included:
- A number of deputies denounced the issuance of a decision by the US Treasury Department related to imposing sanctions on the Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Authority, noting the decision taken by the House of Representatives a year ago to vote on the removal of foreign forces from Iraq, including the United States, calling for a position on the three presidencies against the US decision.
- Mr. Al-Halbousi directed each of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations, Security and Defense Committees to follow up the issue with government agencies, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to inform the House of Representatives about the Iraqi government's position in this regard.
- The first reading of the draft Federal Budget Law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2021 submitted by the Finance Committee.
- The Chairman of the Finance Committee indicated that there is a large deficit of more than 44% of the total value of the general budget, and this violates the Financial Management Law, warning of the repercussions of the financial deficit that pushes the government to borrow internally and externally and leads to an increase in the financial burden on the state.
- Mr. Hassan Al-Kaabi, First Vice President of the Council, was directed during the session that he headed part of, to discuss the draft Federal Budget Law in a session next Monday.
- The general discussions of the women and gentlemen of the representatives that focused on the demand to amend Article 57 of the Personal Status Law related to child custody and the formation of a parliamentary committee to follow up the files of the Ministry of Oil, especially the licensing rounds, as well as the formation of a committee to follow up the file of the lecturers in Diyala governorate and pay the farmers' dues in Wasit governorate for the year 2019 and grant the share The water allocated to the governorate, in addition to the demand to ensure the flow of water quotas to the agricultural areas south of Baghdad, the call for fairness to the holders of contracts and the daily procedure within the 2021 budget law, and the demand to increase the percentage of those admitted to the police and military colleges from the Turkmen component.
- The session will be adjourned to next Monday, 11/1/2021
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