Parliament speaker closes last meeting of current session

15:24, 15.07.2016 1 min read

Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy has closed the fourth parliament session of the eighth convocation on Friday.

The Rada Chairman reminded the deputies before closing the last session that the next session will open on September 6, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reports. At the same time, he expressed confidence that, if necessary, 150 signatures of MPs will be connected to hold an extraordinary session.

Parubiy says next week MPs will work in committees, commissions and factions, according to the schedule.

At least 100 deputies had remained in the hall of the Verkhovna Rada by the end of the last plenary meeting of the current session.

Parliamentarians made a group photo from the parliament's rostrum and presidium before leaving on recess. .

Parliament deputies did not support a draft resolution, which suggested extending the current session until the opening day of the next parliamentary session.