Nab: For this period, the parliament will remain in session

by **Ponee** Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:35 pm

Nab: For this period, the parliament will remain in session

BAGHDAD - A member of the House of Representatives Jassim Mohammed Jaafar, on Tuesday, the continuation of the Council to hold its meetings to the end of this month in the event of continuing to achieve a quorum similar to today's meeting, between the sessions will be a weekly session if the quorum can not be achieved.

Jafar said in a press statement that "the quorum achieved in the meeting on Monday has not been received by the Council for more than four months and the number of attendance to 225 deputies."

He added that "the Council will continue to hold its meetings until the end of this month to pass several laws and decisions in the event of a continued parliamentary presence, like the parliamentary presence today."

He pointed out that "the other option will be the rate of a weekly session in the event of a quorum and can only be important issues."

The House of Representatives held, on Monday, its normal attendance of more than 220 deputies and voted during a number of laws, including the law of the House of Representatives.

The deputy of the National Alliance Mohamed Chihod, on Monday, the existence of 36 draft law is expected to vote in the House of Representatives after the adoption of the law of the general budget for 2018, stressing that among them "important" laws belonging to large segments.

The Chihod said in a press statement that "there are 36 draft laws ready to vote after the completion of reading the first and second reading and the completion of discussion," noting that "these laws are waiting for the quorum in the next sessions to pass."

"These laws include the Health Unions Act, which is considered an important legislation to be adopted in addition to the Nurses Act," he added, noting that "these laws are the latest work of the House of Representatives for its current session."

The MP for the National Alliance Hilal Sahlani confirmed earlier that the blocks and components of the National Alliance is in the process of mobilizing its deputies to resolve the problem of non-quorum of meetings and pass the laws stalled.