Parl. hosts corruption watchdog chief Monday

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: 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 IraqiNews.com 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. AmR (P) 1