PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT Dear Friends in the Media, Three days ago, in accordance with the constitutional requirement outlined in Article 78 (1), the Appointments Committee of Parliament met to consider the vetting of three ministerial nominees for the positions of Finance Minister Designate, Energy Minister Designate, and Minister of Justice and Attorney General Designate.

By the practice of the House, these nominees could have waited for about three weeks to enable the committee to obtain comments from the public.

However, in the interest of national development, we waived that privilege to allow the process to proceed.

We cooperated with the majority side for a smooth process.