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The fifth term of the Kurdistan parliament retired yesterday. Only seven MPs have refused to receive their pensions and the six MPs who sworn-in after the extension of parliament, will not be covered by the pension. However, from the next Kurdistan parliament, those who do not meet the legal requirements will not be retired.
Contrary to the decision of the Federal Court, the parliamentary office has sent MPs name to retirement since June 30. If a legal complaint is filed, MPs will retire from November 6, and their salaries for the past eight months will also be deducted.
More details in this report;

Kurdista Parliament began the process of retirement of the fifth term of parliamentarians yesterday. Out of 111 MPs the office of parliament sent the retirement letters of 104 MPs to the General Directorate of Pensions in the Ministry of Finance.
According to the investigations of (Draw Media), the office of the Kurdistan Parliament has determined June 30 as the last working day of the parliament. This means that MPs will receive their full salary as MPs for the month of June, which has not yet been distributed.
The parliamentary office has sent the names of the parliamentarians to the pension directorate in two lists:
• The first list consists of (104) members of parliament.
• The second list includes the names of seven MPs, five of whom are from the Islamic Union faction and have been retired since March 1 this year. The other two MPs, Ali Hama Saleh and Shayan Askari, have refused to receive their pensions.

Who have refused to retire?

The reform law passed by the Kurdistan Parliament on December 16, 2020, includes a provision that states: "A member of parliament voluntarily has the right to waive his rights and pension entitlements,"
Out of the 111 members of the Kurdistan Parliament, only seven members have refused to receive their pensions.
• Ali Hama Saleh
• Shayan Askari
• Shirin Amin
• Kazim Farooq
• Mujda Mahmoud
• Kawa Abdulqadir
• Sipan Amedi