Iraqi parliament to review three draft laws in Sunday session

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliament is preparing to hold its eighth session of the current electoral term on Sunday, with three pieces of legislation on the agenda. Lawmakers plan to complete the first reading of the Child Care draft law on its single remaining article, according to session details. The second amendment draft to the 2011 Law No. 13 on Local Officials, containing eight articles, will also be taken up in its first reading. In addition, the chamber will move to a second reading of the report and draft for the twenty-second amendment to the 1960 Civil Service Staffing Law No. 25. The session comes amid rising expectations that the bills will clear their repeated readings and move toward implementation. No further details on the expected timetable or outcomes were immediately available.