The first session of the Parliament Presidium was held chaired by the Parliament Speaker Stanislav Kochiev. At the beginning of the session, Stanislav Kochiev congratulated the Parliament with its first session and expressed his believe in the Parliament’s future fruitful work. During the session, the functions of the Parliament committees were approved and distributed among the Parliament members.
The South Ossetian Parliament session took place in Tskhinval to elect deputy speakers and approve the staff structure of the Parliament. The Parliament will have three Deputy Speakers (instead of two with the previous Parliament). These are Zurab Kokoev, Yuri Dzitsoity and Mira Tskhovrebova – all are members to the Political Party “Edinstvo”.
The number of the Parliament committees has also increased – instead of six in the previous Parliament there are nine:
Amiran Dyakonov (Political Party Edinstvo) was elected as the Chair to the Committee on Legislation, Rule of Law and Local Governance
Yuri Dzitsoiti (Political Party Edinstvo) was elected as the Chair to the Committee for foreign policy and inter-parliamentary relations
Edrik Dudaity (People’s Party) was elected as the Chair to the Committee on Defense and Security
Mair Sanakoev (People’s Party) was elected as the Chair to the Committee on Budget and Taxation