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Chechnya's new parliament to hold first session December 12

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GROZNY, December 10 (RIA Novosti) - The new parliament of the Chechen Republic will hold its first session in Grozny December 12, the republic's Election Commission chairman said Saturday.

Ismail Baikhanov said the opening ceremony would be attended by a number of high-ranking guests, including the Russian presidential envoy in the Southern Federal District.

Later in the day, both houses of parliament - the Republic's Council (the upper house) and the People's Assembly (the lower house) - will meet to discuss nominations for house speakers and deal with a number of organizational matters.

The parliament of the Chechen Republic consists of 58 deputies - 18 in the Republic's Council and 40 in the People's Assembly. Pro-presidential United Russia has 33 seats in the Chechen parliament - nine in the upper house and 24 in the lower house. The Communists have six seats, three in each house. The Union of Right Forces (SPS) has four deputies, all in the Republic's Council. There are 14 independent deputies in the Chechen legislature - five in the upper house and nine in the lower house.

Five MPs are women.

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