almotamar.net - SANAA-The government, in person of the state minister for parliament and shoura council affairs Dr Rashad al-Rasas, asked the parliament Saturday in its first session this year to enlist many of laws and international agreements on its agenda. Top of those are the law on regulating weapons carrying, the law on public debt and the international agreement for suppressing the funding of terror.

In the Saturday session the members of parliament have approved meeting of parliament chairmanship body with heads of standing committees to present one agenda for the parliament during its present session instead of three agendas as proposed by the chairmanship. The proposal was met with several objections especially that buy the head of the General People's Congress bloc Sultan al-Barakani.
Al-Barakani has expressed his surprise over submitting three agendas and questioned about the move's justification. He said what happened reflected a division inside the parliament chairmanship body and accusing it of inability to define priorities of topics presented to the parliament.
On the other the two vice speakers of parliament Yahya al-Raee and Abdulwahab Mahmoud defended the measure of presenting three agendas. Abdulwahab Mahmoud said each agenda has one month to cover in a way the agendas will cover the coming sessions of the parliament, describing al-Barakani comment as severe. Al-Barakani replied with apology and denied having intention for a seat at the chairmanship body but he reiterated holding the body responsible an agenda according to the specialties stipulated in then parliamentary bill.