Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah, chairs the meeting of the Parliamentary Article 140 Committee, and emphasizes the continuation of the committee’s work and the return of rights to their owners from all components and regions.

.. The Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah Ahmed, chaired the meeting of the Parliamentary Article 140 Committee, which was held today, Monday, 15/10/2023, in the Constitutional Hall, to discuss a number of issues related to the committee’s work, and a group of forcibly deported and exiled people were hosted, from the people of Sinjar and including them under the provisions of Article 140 of the Constitution, while a draft law was discussed to cancel the decisions of the dissolved Revolutionary Command Council regarding Kirkuk, the decision to demolish houses in the Ninety area in the governorate, and to stop investment projects on lands covered by Article 140, in addition to the necessity of following up on the financial allocations from the budget law and delivering them to those who deserve them.

The Deputy Speaker, during his speech, stressed the continuation of the committee’s work and the follow-up of the work of the Governmental Committee for Article 140 to restore rights to their legitimate owners from all components and regions, he presented proposals and similar cases on the committee’s agenda in the upcoming meetings, and His Sovereignty called on to form a small committee to follow up on the distribution of financial allocations to compensate those affected and covered by Article 140 of the Constitution.

 

Media Office of the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament

Monday, October 16, 2023