Khaberni - The House of Representatives, in a morning session on Wednesday, elects its permanent committees amid talks of an agreement on forming 17 parliamentary committees out of 20.
The committees include: the Legal Committee, Financial Committee, Economic and Investment Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Administrative Committee, Education and Teaching Committee, Youth, Sports, and Culture Committee, National Guidance and Media Committee, Health and Food Committee, Agriculture and Water Committee, Environment and Climate Committee, Labor and Social Development and Population Committee, Energy and Mineral Resources Committee, Public Services and Transportation Committee, Tourism and Antiquities Committee, Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Committee, Public Freedoms and Human Rights Committee, Women and Family Affairs Committee, Rural and Bedouin Affairs Committee, and the Palestine Committee.
Verbal altercations broke out among a number of members of the House of Representatives, prompting the Speaker of the House to adjourn the session for consultation. The altercations occurred during the voting process to elect the Financial Committee, during the Tuesday session, after the House referred the General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2026 to its Financial Committee.
The Speaker of the House, Mazen Al-Qadi, held a meeting in his office that included deputies from the Islamic Action Front Party, where an agreement was reached to delegate Al-Qadi to achieve consensuses on the committee formations, and to delegate the Islamic Action Front parliamentary block, represented by deputy Saleh Al-Armouti, to reach a consensus on committee memberships.
The Deputy Assistant to the Speaker of the House, Hala Al-Jarrah, told "Al-Mamlaka" on Tuesday, that an agreement was reached on 17 parliamentary committees out of 20, excluding the Agriculture, Labor, and Administration Committees, confirming that "no bloc was excluded in this agreement".
She mentioned that what took place in the Tuesday session of altercations among a number of deputies could happen in any parliament, stating that she "saw no transgression in what occurred".
The Financial Committee will begin discussing the budget project with ministries, units, and government institutions, in preparation for preparing its recommendations and submitting them to the House of Representatives, which will then commence discussing the project under the dome of the parliament.
