On (13/1/2023), the House of Representatives held its first session of the first legislative term of the third legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle, headed by the First Representative Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, in the presence of (314) Representatives   and the Session included :

- Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi pointed out that the decision of the House of Representatives to end the presence of foreign forces in Iraq is a principled and firm decision, and has been accepted by the Iraqi people and the Iraqi government, calling on the Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammed Al-Sudani, to implement the decision to end any presence of foreign forces in Iraq, in addition to developing the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces

- Recitation of Surat Al-Fatihah in honor of the martyrs of Iraq, the leaders of victory and the martyr of the mihrab Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim on the anniversary of his martyrdom

- Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi congratulated the holding of the provincial council elections within the constitutional entitlement, thanking the High Electoral Commission for its role in managing the electoral process and the political blocs for their active participation.

- Mr. Al-Mandalawi announced receiving of applications from Representative, Salem Al-Issawi, Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, Shaalan Al-Karim, Talal Al-Zobaie, and Amer Abdul-Jabbar, to run for the position of Speaker of the House , while member of parliament Abdul Rahim Al-Shammari withdrew from the candidacy

-The results of the first round of voting showed that Representative Shaalan Al-Karim received 152 votes, Representative Salem Al-Issawi 97 votes, Representative Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani received 48 votes, Representative Amer Abdul Jabbar received 6 votes, while Representative Talal Al-Zobaie got one vote, while the number of invalid  ballot  was ten