December 26, 2010 Parliament hosts corruption watchdog chief Monday
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi parliament wrapped up its 18th session on Sunday evening after it agreed to host the chief of Iraq’s Commission of Integrity on Monday, according to a legislator from the al-Iraqiya bloc.
“The parliament will host the Commission of Integrity Director Judge Raheem al-Okaili in a session that will also witness the first reading of the state budget and a debate on curricula,” Zuhair al-Aaraji told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Qusai al-Suhail will also read out the names of permanent committees and their members after receiving them from the political blocs,” he said, adding there are some differences between al-Iraqiya and Kurdistan Alliance blocs over the legal committee.
Aaraji noted that al-Iraqiya lawmakers Alaa Mekki, Haider al-Mulla, Attab al-Dori and Ojail al-Yawir will chair the education, human rights, accountability and national reconciliation & tribes committees.
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