Parliament to vote on chairs of House committees

Up to 16 positions are up for grabs as the House plenum votes on Thursday for the chairmanships of the House committees.

The vote on the committee chairmanships and their composition will be preceded by a vote on the total number of committees, with the options being 14, 15 or 16, following a proposal of Elam, which had suggested that the number of committees be reduced from 16 to 14. That suggestion does not currently have sufficient support to proceed....