Ammon News - The 20th House of Representatives will hold a session on Tuesday to complete the agenda of its first sitting of the third ordinary session, beginning with the election of the second deputy speaker, followed by the election of the speaker’s two assistants.

On Monday, the House elected MP Ibrahim Tarawneh as speaker for the third ordinary session, following a contest with MPs Majham Al-Suqour and Suleiman Al-Zaben. The session was chaired by MP Musa Al-Wahsh.

The House also elected MP Ayatollah Freihat as first deputy speaker, securing 88 votes against 46 for his rival, MP Ahmad Al-Hmaisat.

The completion of the elections for the House’s permanent bureau comes despite an agreement reached on October 29 among the Mithaq, Mubadara, Azm, Centrist Parties and Parliamentary Reform blocs on the distribution of permanent bureau positions. Under the agreement, the speakership was allocated to the Mithaq bloc, the first deputy speaker position to Mubadara, the second deputy speaker position to Azm, and the two assistant speaker positions to the Centrist Parties and Reform bloc.

Under the House's internal regulations, the second deputy speaker is elected separately, while the two assistant speakers are elected through a single list. The two candidates receiving the highest relative majority of votes cast by members present are elected.

The internal regulations also require at least one woman to serve on the permanent bureau. If no woman is elected speaker or to either deputy speaker position, one of the two assistant speaker positions must be contested exclusively by female MPs.