Moldovan Parliament of the 11th convocation was legally formed at the founding meeting of July 26; MPs will resume duties on July 29.
The first constituent meeting of the supreme legislative body of the new convocation on Monday was attended by 91 out of 101 elected MPs. The first constituent session of the parliament was chaired by the oldest deputy Eduard Smirnov. At the beginning of the session, the Chairperson of the Constitutional Court Domnica Manole presented a report on the results of the snap parliamentary elections of July 11 and the recognition of the mandates of the elected MPs. After that, the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, in her long speech to parliamentarians, outlined in details the priority goals and objectives for the new authorities. Then the MPs took a break until Thursday, July 29. The proposal for a break came from PAS MP Igor Grosu, who recalled that parliamentary factions are created within 10 days after the legal formation of parliament and proposed to take a break until July 29 in order to determine the number and nominal composition of profile parliamentary commissions, their chairpersons and vice-chairpersons, members of the Standing Bureau and resume meeting on Thursday. After that, the PAS MPs left the plenary session hall, and the deputy chairman of the session, Eduard Smirnov, announced a break until Thursday. As previously reported, 63 MPs from the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), 32 MPs from the Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists and 6 MPs from the SOR Party will enter the new parliament. Parliamentary factions consist of at least 5 MPs. After the legal formation of the parliament, the Speaker of Parliament and his deputies are elected and the Standing Bureau of the Parliament is formed. To elect the Speaker, on the proposal of parliamentary factions, a commission is created. The Speaker is elected for the term of office of the Parliament by secret ballot. The deputy chairpersons of the parliament are elected on the proposal of the Parliament Speaker after consultation with the factions by an open majority vote. The Standing Bureau is the parliament’s working body and is formed while taking into account the proportional representation of factions in parliament. It consists of the Parliament Speaker and his deputies. Chairpersons, deputy chairpersons, secretaries, members and deputy members of the standing committees are elected by a majority vote. The nominal composition of standing committees is determined while taking into account the proportional representation of the parliament factions. // 26.07.2021 - InfoMarket
