The Verkhovna Rada has approved the schedule of the second session of the 9th convocation. Some 278 deputies voted for corresponding draft resolution (No. 1087) at a plenary meeting.
“This project proposes to start the second session of the IX convocation on September 3 and finish its work on January 24, 2020,” said Serhiy Kalchenko, a representative of the parliament’s committee on regulatory issues, introducing the draft resolution.
According to him, the schedule provides for 10 plenary weeks, six weeks of work in committees, commissions, parliamentary factions, and five weeks for working with voters, as well as eight hours of questions for the government.
According to the constitution, the next session of the Verkhovna Rada opens on the first Tuesday of September.
