The Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan is a legislature representative body
Today, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular online meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, at which he summed up the work carried out in branches of economy in January of the current year and considered a number of other issues of state life.
Chairwoman of the Mejlis D.Gulmanova, who took the first floor, informed on the activity of the parliament to further improve the legislative basis of the country.
At the same time, she informed that proceeding from national experience and standard norms of the international law, the revised edition of the Civil Code, the draft of the Law “On the Unified State Register of Voters” are developed and amendments and additions are made to the Criminal, Administrative Procedure, Criminal Codes, Code of Civil Procedure, Laws of Turkmenistan «On Administrative proceedings» as well as a number of legal acts in force in connection with regulation of transformations, realised in separate branches of economy.
Besides it, workshops on improvement of the professional level of civil servants of state institutions for students of the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan were organised with participation of deputies.
As she informed, credentials from the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada were received. On the margins of enhancement of inter-parliamentary relations and expansion of cooperation with international organisations, 3 meetings were held.
In addition to it, deputies of the Mejlis took part in 8 seminars on issues of modernisation of legislative activity and maintenance of implementation of state programs organised by corresponding establishments of the country jointly with structural divisions of the United Nations and authoritative international organisations.
She also noted that elected representatives of the people carry out proper work with a view of fulfilment of instructions for improvement of law-making given by National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty Hero-Arkadag at the meeting of the State organising committee as well as hold explanatory actions of the significance of the motto and emblem of the International year of peace and trust.
Summing up the information, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov underlined that new laws adopted should promote further development of our fatherland, successful realisation of approved programs and regular increase of well-being of people. Importance of continuation of work on improvement of the legislation of the country according to modern realities was marked in this connection.