During the autumn parliamentary session that started on September 1, the MPs had only ten plenary sittings. This is almost twice fewer than in the spring session, when 18 plenary sittings were held.

Functionaries of the Parliament’s General Communication and Public Relations Division told IPN that the autumn session sittings lasted for 60 hours, as opposed to over 121 hours in spring.

A number of 190 legislative proposals were registered during July 21 and December 31, 2020.

During the autumn session, Parliament adopted 95 legislative acts, in contrast to 164 documents during the spring session. Of the 95 acts, 77 were laws (76 organic laws and an ordinary law), while 18 were decisions. Forty-two of the adopted acts were proposed by MPs, 44 by the Government, seven by the President, while two by the Parliament’s Standing Bureau.

The last plenary sitting of the autumn session was held on December 16. In several days, the Standing Bureau decided to call an extraordinary session of Parliament. Only one of the two planned sittings was yet held. The sitting where the motion of no confidence against the Government was to be debated was cancelled after Prime Minister Ion Chicu tendered his resignation. The second sitting was the solemn meeting for investing the President of the Republic of Moldova.

Under the Parliament’s Regulations, the legislative body comes together for two ordinary sessions a year. The autumn session starts in September and ends in December, while the spring sessions begins in February and is closed in July.