11.   The court also took particular exception to the provision, under which student speakers were elected by their peers.

12.   The full House elects the speaker.

13.   The House could adjourn for a matter of hours, days or weeks without electing a speaker.

14.   The House elects the speaker from its membership.

15.   The party in power not only elects a speaker, but also controls the makeup of committees.

16.   Those rules hold that without a speaker, the Assembly can conduct no business except that of electing a speaker.

17.   A majority vote is needed to elect a speaker.

18.   A final vote to elect a speaker for a one-year term will take place in about two weeks.

19.   During the first session, the lawmakers are sworn in and they elect parliament speakers.

20.   He said that if parliament could not end its paralysis by electing a speaker, he would encourage President Leonid Kuchma to push through economic reforms by decree.