The Kurdistan Regional Parliament elected its presidency with 52 lawmakers present. Vala Fardi from the KDP is the new chairman, Rami Nouri aligned to the KDP from the Christian component is the deputy chairman, and Mona Kavachi aligned to the KDP from the Turkmen component is the secretary of the parliament. This ends more than two years of deadlock and allows the sixth parliamentary term to complete its never-ending swearing-in procedures. Source: K24.