The House of Representatives held its second session of the second semester of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Acting Speaker of the House on Sunday 21/7/2024, and in the presence of (181) Representatives, which included the following session:
- First reading of the draft law on the reform of economic laws submitted by the committees of economy, industry and trade, investment and development, legal and finance.
- First reading of the proposed law on the first amendment to the National Authority for Nuclear, Radiological, Chemical and Biological Regulation Law No. (1) of 2024 submitted by the Health and Environment Committee.
- First reading of the draft Islamic Investment Sukuk Law submitted by the Finance, Legal, Investment and Development Committees.
- Postponing the second reading of the draft law on compensation for the property of those affected by the former regime submitted by the Committee of Martyrs, Victims and Political Prisoners.
- A number of ladies and gentlemen of the Representatives read a statement condemning the ban imposed on Sulaymaniyah International Airport by the State of Turkey and the closure of its airspace
The beginning of the second legislative term of the third legislative year
The House of Representatives held its first session of the second legislative term of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Saturday 20/7/2024, in the presence of (171) Representatives, and the session included the following.
- First reading of the draft law amending the first law of the Martyrs Foundation Law No. 2 of 2016, submitted by the Committee of Martyrs, Victims and Political Prisoners.
- First reading of the draft law on the ratification by the Republic of Iraq of the Air Services Agreement between the Government of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.
- Second reading of the National Intelligence Service bill submitted by the Security and Defense Committee.
- The second reading of the proposed law on the first amendment to the Passports Law No. (32) of 2015 submitted by the Security and Defense Committee.
- Mr. Al-Mandalawi noted that the government was approached to inquire about the Civil Service Law to explain the reasons for the delay in sending the draft to the House of Representatives after it was withdrawn earlier.
The House of Representatives held its twenty-seventh session of the first semester of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Acting Speaker of the House on Monday 3/6/2024, and the presence of (199) Representatives, which included voting on the amended schedules of the Federal Budget Law No. (13) of 2024 and its annexes tables (A, B, C, D, E, and F) submitted by the Finance Committee.
The House of Representatives holds its twenty-sixth session of the first legislative term of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, today, Wednesday 22/5/2024, in the presence of (167) Representatives, and the session included voting on the proposed law on the second amendment to the Independent High Electoral Commission Law No. (31) of 2019 submitted by the Legal Committee and on the draft law on official holidays.
The House of Representatives held its twenty-fifth session under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi on Saturday, 18/5/2024, and it took place in two morning and evening sessions, the morning was in the presence of 183 Representatives, in which two laws were read and discussed (the Public Holidays Law, the Second Amendment Law to the Independent High Electoral Commission Law No. (31) of 2019), as well as the House’s vote to extend the legislative term for a period of thirty days in confirmation of the decision taken by the Presidency of the House, and in the evening session that the House resumed in the presence of 311 Representatives allocated to elect a president New to the House.
Nominated for the presidency of the House of Representatives (Salem Al-Issawi/Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani/Amer Abdul-Jabbar) The results resulted in Representative Salem Al-Issawi obtaining 158 votes, Representative Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani on 137 votes, and Representative Amer Abdul-Jabbar on 3 votes, while the number of invalid votes was 13 cards.
What should be mentioned is that the Federal Court, by its decision 322/Federal/2023, decided that the Speaker of the House should be elected by an absolute majority, and this means that one of the candidates obtained 166 votes out of 329 votes, which is the total number of members of the House. This necessarily means re-election session again, provided that the competition is limited to the candidates themselves without adding another candidate.
The House of Representatives holds its twenty-fourth session of the first legislative term of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral session under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Thursday 9/5/2024, in the presence of (173) representatives, and the session included voting on the ninth amendment law to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Law No. (40) of 1988 submitted by the Higher Education and Scientific Research Committee and on the draft law of the Iraqi National Security Service submitted by the Security and Defense Committee and finished reading and discussing three laws
