NAY PYI TAW, 24 April— The third regular sessions of the first Pyidaungsu Hluttaw continued for the 27th day at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Hall of the Hluttaw Building at 10.15 am today.
The session was attended by Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint, Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann and 597 representatives of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.
During the session, messages were put on record and reports were read out and clarified.
At the session of putting messages on record, the Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw read out the messages sent by the President to the Hluttaw during the period when Pyidaungsu Hluttaw adjourned and the messages were put on record.
The issues included in the messages which were put on record today are: sending an annual and quarterly reports of the Union Government, practicing new foreign exchange system, reducing salaries of unionlevel personnel, increasing pensions of retired service personnel and establishing Myanmar Human Rights Commission.
During the session of clarifying reports, Chairman of Joint Bill Committee U Mya Nyein read out the committee’s findings related to the decision of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union which said that it was not agreeable to the provisions of the State constitution to include and define the committees and commissions set up by Hluttaws in the union level and as union-level ones.
The Constitutional Tribunal of the Union made the final decision on 28 March about the application No 1/2012 submitted by the Union Attorney-General, on behalf of the President, to the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union to define whether including and defining the committees and commissions set up Hluttaws as the union level ones.
Those representatives who want to discuss the findings of the Joint Bill Committee were invited to enlist for discussion after today’s session.
The meeting ended at 10.55 am and the 28th day session will be held on 26 April.—MNA.
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