The 7th State Duma is scheduled to hold its first
session on October 5.
MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. The consultations between
factions on the so-called "package agreement" on the appointment to
the key positions in the newly-elected lower house of parliament will be held
on Monday evening, Deputy Speaker of the 6th State Duma Igor Lebedev has told
TASS.
"The consultations will be held in the evening. I think that today all the issues will be solved," said Lebedev, from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) who secured his mandate.
"The consultations will be held in the evening. I think that today all the issues will be solved," said Lebedev, from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) who secured his mandate.
Lebedev confirmed that the number of chairs of
committees in the 7th State Duma will be reduced from 30 to 26.
The United
Russia party will get 13 posts, the Communist Party and the LDPR - 5, and A
Just Russia Party - 3.
The LDPR will insist that the faction obtains
chairmanship in the foreign affairs committee, he said. "We suggest that
Leonid Slutsky, who previously led the Committee for the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) Affairs, should take this post."
If the United Russia party agrees, then the chairmanship
in the Committee for the CIS Affairs will go to it, Lebedev added. The LDPR
also expects that its members will chair the committees for the affairs of
public associations and religious organizations and industry.
The 7th State Duma is scheduled to hold its first
session on October 5.
Source: ITAR-TASS 26-09-2016
