Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov suggests changing Turkmenistan's Constitution to return unicameral Parliament

• Published date: 12 January 2023
• Publication title: Central Asian News Services

Chairman of the upper chamber of the Parliament of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proposed to change the Constitution and return the unicameral parliament to the Senate, and to transform the People's Council into the highest representative body, which it was before the previous change of the Constitution in 2020, the publication "Turkmenistan: the golden age" reports.

Berdimuhamedov put forward initiative on January 11 at a joint meeting of members of both chambers of the Parliament. He explained the proposal by "the need to improve the legislature based on the real needs of the time". An appropriate commission will be created to amend the Constitution.

The People's Council will include the chairman of the current Council (Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov), the president of the country (his son Serdar Berdimuhamedov), the chairman and deputies of the Senate, the chairman of the Supreme Court, the secretary of the Security Council, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, the ombudsman, the prosecutor general, heads of regional units, representatives of the public.

The revived body will have the right to approve...