Opening of the First Aldurian Parliament

[Alduria]

OPENING OF THE FIRST ALDURIAN PARLIAMENT

 

SCHEDULE

• 9:30am to 10:00am —  The President hosts a National Breakfast in the Executive Mansion for government officials and newly elected members of Parliament, including the Prime Minister-elect and his incoming Government.
  
• 11:00am - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alduria arrives to the Palace of Parliament with the Associate Justices, where all the elected members of Parliament are assembled. The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices begin to swear in all 252 members of Parliament.
  
• 11:30am - The President emerges from the Executive Mansion, boards a vehicle escorted by security and law enforcement, and is taken to the Palace of Parliament.
  
• 12:30pm - As the last of the oaths of office are administered, the religious leaders will offer prayers and readings to the Parliament. The President begins with some brief remarks and officially opens the session of Parliament. Afterward, the President begins the process to elect the Speaker of the Parliament.
  
• 1:30pm - The first session of Parliament elects its Speaker, the gavel is passed from the President to the newly elected Speaker of Parliament.