It includes amending the budget law.. Parliament announces its agenda for two sessions during the coming week, 11 JAN

 It includes amending the budget law.. Parliament announces its agenda for two sessions during the coming week

Retirees and Yazidis on the list

The Iraqi Council of Representatives announced its agenda for two sessions on two consecutive days next week, including discussing the amendment of the retirement law and conducting the second reading of the amendment of the country’s general budget law.

Parliament is scheduled to hold its first session in the first legislative term of the fourth legislative year, in the fifth electoral cycle, next Sunday, January 12, 2025, in which it will discuss various draft laws and proposals.

Sunday’s schedule includes voting on the proposed law amending the first Passport Law No. 32 of 2015, as well as the first readings of the proposed law amending the General Retirement Law No. 9 of 2014.

In the next session, on Monday, December 13, 2025, the representatives will discuss 10 draft laws, including the first reading of the proposed law on the genocide of the Yazidis, the first reading of the proposed law on the protection of the rights of minorities, in addition to reporting and discussing the draft law on the first amendment to the Federal General Budget Law of Iraq for the years (2023, 2024, 2025) No. 13 of 2023, and voting on the draft law on the second amendment to the Iraqi Media Network Law.

Parliamentary sessions begin at 1:00 pm on Sundays and Mondays.

The House of Representatives was scheduled to start the new year with a special session on Sunday, January 5, at the request of the Speaker of the House, Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, in order to make a decision to extend the legal term of the Board of Commissioners of the Election Commission, but the differences between the political blocs prevented that.