2024-09-19

The House of Representatives holds its eleventh 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 Tuesday 17/9/2024, in the presence of (186) Representatives and the session included the following.

-Voting on the draft law on the first amendment to the Martyrs Foundation Law No. 2 of 2016 submitted by the Committee of Martyrs, Victims and Political Prisoners.

-The second reading of the draft law on service and retirement for the Mujahideen of the Popular Mobilization Commission submitted by the security, defense, legal, and financial committees, martyrs, victims and political prisoners.

-Second reading of the draft law on the ratification by the Republic of Iraq of the Agreement on the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income on Capital and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and Avoidance between the Governments of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.

-The Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee noted that the Committee hosted the Minister of Finance and the Chairman of the Tax Authority to discuss the agreement and the statement of the views of the two sides in the field of double taxation and the extent to which it achieves benefit to Iraq.