The Eighth Session

The Council of Representatives held today, Sunday (9/8/2026), its eighth session of the second legislative term of the first legislative year of the sixth electoral cycle, chaired by Mr. Haibat Al-Halbousi, Speaker of the Council, with 239 members present.

The Council completed the first reading of the proposed Juvenile Welfare Law submitted by the Committee of Labor, Civil Society Organizations, Federal Service Council, Youth and Sports . The Council also concluded the first reading of the proposed Second Amendment Law to the Mukhtars Law No. (13) of 2011, submitted by the Committee of Regions, Governorates Not Incorporated into a Region, Planning, Government Program, Endowments, Culture and Tourism.

The Council of Representatives completed the reading of the report and discussion of the proposed Twenty-Second Amendment Law to the Cadre Law No. (25) of 1960, submitted by the Finance and Legal Affairs Committees. Members' interventions focused on demanding the allocation of contract-based job grades for long-standing graduates through grades arising from abolition and creation cases, provided that they be granted tenure within one year of the staffing movement; ensuring implementation of the law within the 2027 budget in consideration of the financial aspect, particularly for first- and second-grade positions; the need to add job titles relating to medical cadres; and calling for the consolidation of the numerous amendments made to the Cadre Law into a single piece of legislation.

During the session, part of which was chaired by Mr. Adnan Faihan, First Deputy Speaker of the Council, a number of members condemned the violation of Iraqi airspace by American and Saudi aircraft and the attacks that struck headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which claimed 17 martyrs and left others wounded, calling on the government to adopt a firm stance through political and diplomatic measures and to file a complaint before international courts