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
Zurab Kokoev (Political Party Edinstvo) was elected as the Chairman to the Committee for Construction, Industry, Transport and Communication
Georgy Sanakoev (Communist Party) was elected as the Chairman to the Committee for Economy, Small Business and Agriculture
Mira Tskhovrebova (Political Party Edinstvo) was elected to chair the Committee for National Policy, Education, Science, Religion and Media
Alexander Pliev (People’s Party) was elected to Chair the Committee for Social Policy and Health Kaizmir Pliev (People’s Party) was elected as the Chairman to the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism
The session had also assigned the Chairs of three Parliament Commissions
Vadim Tskhovrebov (Political Party Edinstvo) was elected as the Chairman of the Commission for Ethics
Alexander Khasiev (Communist Party) was elected as the chairman of the Regulations Commission
Elena Yashina (Political Party Edinstvo) as the Chair to the Mandate Commission
The Parliament Speaker, all deputies and Committee and Commission chairs are the Parliament Presidium members.
