# Al-Mandalawi: The holiday law highlights occasions related to the feelings of Iraqis

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- 22-05-2024, 20:59
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Baghdad-INA
Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, confirmed today, Wednesday, that the draft law on official holidays, which Parliament voted on, aims to highlight occasions related to the lives and feelings of the Iraqi people and organize official holidays in the country, noting that the law includes all holidays, occasions and feasts.
The media office of the Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “The Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, chaired Council Session No. (26) for today, Wednesday.”
" Al-Mandalawi congratulated all Iraqis on the approval of the law, which includes holidays and occasions for all components of society, while he thanked the relevant parliamentary committees for their efforts in approving it, and the representatives who voted on the law, and to the representatives who voted on the law."
Al-Mandalawi stated according to the statement that “the Presidency of the House of Representatives gave special attention to the draft law on official holidays and was keen to make Dhul-Hijjah 18 a public holiday, due to the symbolism of al-Ghadir Day for the majority of Iraqis, and because the position of the Commander of the Faithful represents a great status among our Muslim people.”

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