Kurdistan parliament holds regular session, opposition absence

[Sara Johnson]

Kurdistan parliament holds regular session, opposition absence

3/29/2011 3:21 PM

ARBIL / Aswat al-Iraq: The Parliament of Kurdistan region, held on Tuesday, a

regular session on Tuesday, while the opposition boycotted it.

"The parliament held a meeting today with the presence of 59 lawmakers, who

discussed the first reading of three draft laws; the 2011 Kurdistan region

budget, the public service council in the region and the patient's rights

bill," the media advisor of the parliament, Tareq Jouhar, told Aswat al-Iraq

news agency.

"The opposition's boycott did not affect the quorum," he added.

For his part, MP from the al-Taaghier List, Adnan Othman, said that "we have

several notes on the budget; the payments mechanism and the investment projects

in the province."

SH (TP)

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[Islandgirl7]

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