Parliamentary Administrative, Public and Health Affairs Committee convened

The Administrative, Public and Health Affairs Committee of the Assembly of the Republic convened. During the meeting, the Special (Amendment) Legislation Proposal on the Unification of Municipalities, and the Staff Positions of Personnel Working Abroad and Foreign Duty Allowances (Amendment) Draft Law were discussed.

The Administrative, Public and Health Affairs Committee of the Assembly of the Republic convened today at 10.00 am under the chairmanship of UBP MP Committee Chairman Emrah Yeşilırmak.

According to the written statement released by the Press Office of the Parliament, the Committee discussed the “Special (Amendment) Bill on the Unification of Municipalities (Urgent)” and the “Staff Positions of Personnel Working Abroad and Foreign Mission Allowances (Amendment) Bill” on its agenda.

The Administrative, Public and Health Affairs Committee first discussed the “Special (Amendment) Law Proposal on the Unification of Municipalities” (urgent) and unanimously approved the proposal and referred it to the agenda of the General Assembly.

Officials from the Personnel Department and the Union of Turkish Cypriot Municipalities attended the committee meeting as invited guests and presented their views on the issue.

The Administrative, Public and Health Affairs Committee then took up the “Draft Law on the Cadres and Foreign Duty Allowances (Amendment) of Personnel Working Abroad” and completed the article-by-article discussion of the relevant Draft Law. The Committee will hold the third reading of the bill at its next meeting.

Officials from the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Personnel Department, the Security Forces Command and KAMU-SEN attended the Administrative, Public and Health Affairs Committee meeting and presented their views on the issue.

The Administrative, Public and Health Affairs Committee meeting, which convened under the chairmanship of UBP MP Emrah Yeşilırmak, was attended by Deputy Committee Chairperson CTP MP Filiz Besim, Committee member CTP MP Devrim Barçın, UBP MPs Fırtına Karanfil and Ahmet Savaşan. UBP MP Resmiye Eroğlu CANALTAY, CTP MP Salahi Şahiner and Independent MP Jale Refik Rogers.