UPDATED Parliament Fails to Elect Chair, Again

UPDATED Parliament Fails to Elect Chair, Again

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Once again, Parliament failed to elect a Chair on Friday. It was the fifth attempt at the end of the second week of work of the new Parliament even though it is technically the first sitting of the new legislature. Electing a Chair is the first thing for a new Parliament to do, according to the Constitution, and the country’s basic law does not provide for a scenario in which the MPs fail to accomplish that, CE Report quotes BTA

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