Newly elected parliament holds first session of legislature

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Newly elected parliament holds first session of legislature

12:54 CAT | 20 Feb 2020

Photo: O País

The Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique will today and tomorrow hold its first extraordinary session, in order to choose members of the Standing Committee and specialised commissions.

After the session, the new Standing Committee will meet to decide the dates of the first ordinary session, which should take place in the first half of March.

The new members of parliament were sworn in on January 13, after the official announcement of the results of October 15 the general elections.

The Standing Committee, one of parliament’s nine specialised commissions, has 17 members.

As work progresses, the names of the MPs who will be members of the various Assembly of the Republic working groups will also be announced.

Today’s parliament session takes place a week after the presentation of the parliament to the new deputies.

Parliament.mps_.domingo — *Presentation of Parliament to new MPs. [File photo: Domingo]*

The Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo), the ruling party, won a qualified majority of 184 out of 250 seats, the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the main opposition party, 60, and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), six .

The new legislature will be the ninth since the country’s independence in 1975.

Source: Lusa