Iraqi parliament postpones session to next Tuesday

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament adjourned its session on Wednesday and rescheduled it for next Tuesday, parliamentary sources said. Lawmakers completed the first reading of a draft law on child protection during the session. They also held the first reading of a proposed second amendment to the 2011 law governing mukhtars, or local village leaders, and reviewed a report on the 22nd amendment to the 1960 Civil Service Law No. 25. The chamber moved to the following week after taking up the items on its agenda. Parliamentary sources indicated that the second readings of the pending draft laws could be addressed in the next session. No additional details about the postponement or the upcoming legislative agenda were immediately available.