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
The House of Representatives held its twenty-third 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 Tuesday 30/4/2024, and the presence of (172) Representatives, which included the start of voting on the draft law amending the law of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The House of Representatives holds its twenty-second 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 Monday 29/4/2024, in the presence of (167) represent ivies, and the session included voting on the proposal of the first amendment law to the law regulating human organ transplantation No. (11) of 2016 submitted by the Health and Environment Committee, the second reading of the proposed law on the first amendment to the law on the basis of equivalence of Arab and foreign certificates and degrees No. (20) of 2020, and the first reading of four projects law.
The House of Representatives held its twenty-first session of the first semester of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral session under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, Acting Speaker of the House on Sunday 28/4/2024, and in the presence of (172) representatives, which included voting on three draft laws, two submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee and one submitted by the Agriculture, Water and MarshesCommittee, and the first readingof the draft law on the protection of intellectual property.
