Instead of one plenary session - six! Deputies may break the record 0 14

As is known, the bill on Latvia's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention has taken up almost two plenary sessions, with the total time of debates on this issue exceeding 10 hours! It is clear that as a result, the parliament has 'fallen behind schedule', the majority of the agenda remains unaddressed, and now the representatives of the people are forced to hold several plenary sessions at once, as they still need to conceptually approve the budget for 2026 and the package of bills related to the budget. Therefore, plenary sessions this week will take place not only on Thursday but also on Wednesday.

Tomorrow morning, there will be an extraordinary plenary session with one agenda item - regarding the transfer of the bill on withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, returned by the president for revision, to the parliamentary committee. According to the regulations, this decision is passed without debate.

Immediately after this, there will be a second extraordinary session - already on the bills included in the budget package, including amendments within the so-called pension reform based on years of service.

On Thursday, deputies will gather for an extraordinary session to adopt the budget for 2026 in the first reading, followed by another extraordinary session on budget-related bills. After that, the representatives of the people will begin discussing the remaining bills from October 23, then from the session on October 30, and only then will they move on to the current session, that is, to the agenda for November 6. However, after a 14-hour marathon on the Istanbul Convention, the deputies are no longer afraid of anything...