Today .. Vote on the cooperation agreement with Japan

Today .. Vote on the cooperation agreement with Japan




08/20/2013 12:00 AM

House of Representatives held its despite terrorist threats
BAGHDAD - morning
Vote in the House of Representatives at its session today on a draft law on ratification of the Convention on the promotion and protection of investment between Japan and Iraq.
The parliament yesterday decided to hold its meeting on Tuesday, despite terrorist threats.
Parliament rapporteur Muhammad al-Khalidi said in a press statement: «House Speaker Osama Najafi resenting to hear from the media and the presence of threats targeting the House of Representatives and talk about the postponement of the hearings and give employees a holiday open».
Khalidi said that «Najafi decided to hold the 13th meeting of the Council of the first legislative term for the fourth legislative year on schedule tomorrow (today) Tuesday.
He continued: «Najafi stressed that al-Qaeda threats do not mean anything to us, and we will continue to hold parliamentary sessions on schedule ', calling for' deputies and staff to attend parliament sessions to meet a specified».
Khalidi pointed out that «the House of Representatives is witnessing widespread heavy security in the surroundings, noting that« the army and police forces ready to protect parliamentarians and staff.
The sources in the House of Representatives reported in a statement quoted by news agencies, on Monday morning, that the presidency of the Council decided to postpone the meeting of the Council of the 13 scheduled for tomorrow to the 27th of August, the current receipt of information the existence of a security threat potential targets parliament building, noting that it has been granted staff Council leave open while making sure the demise of the threat.
In the meantime, announced parliamentary source familiar for »Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network», said that today's meeting will vote on the draft law on ratification of the Convention on the promotion and protection of investment between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of Japan, and the vote on the bill Training Center monetary and banking, and vote on the bill animal health.
The source added that the meeting will also see the first reading of the draft law on accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, in addition to the first reading of the draft law IAEC, and the first reading of the draft law into force Iraqi law on private security companies (7 items) and the Law private security companies.
Will also see its second reading of the proposed law to reverse the decisions of the Revolutionary Command Council dissolved numbered (1021) for the year 1983, (197) for the year 1994, (145) for the year 2001, and the second reading of the draft law on first amendment to the Law on the Protection Iraqi products No. (11) for the year 2010, as well for the continued discussion of the proposed Act to amend the House of Representatives election law No. (16) for the year 2005.

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