Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Oct.1 / Trend, H. Hasanov /
The next session of the Turkmen Parliament of IV convocation will open today.
MPs will be registered from 14:00.
It is expected that the session will consider a draft law "On state budget of Turkmenistan for 2012".
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov said at the government meeting the day before that "the key factor to sustained development of the Turkmen state and society, strengthening of its democratic foundations are the systematic improvement of the national legal framework".
As the Altyn Asir national television channel reported on Saturday, Berdimuhammadov also said that each MP should uphold the interests of their voters, and, if necessary, defend their rights under the law.
The current MPs were elected in December 2008. Some 288 candidates ran for 125 parliamentary seats.
Term of office of MPs is five years.