The election of the Chairpersons of the Thematic Committee under the National Assembly (NA) will be held on September 8, reports My Republica on September 2. The date of the election to pick heads of all thematic committees of the upper house of federal parliament was decided as per the agreement reached among the parties in the NA, according to the Secretariat of the NA. The term of the chairpersons of the thematic committees expired on March 5, 2022. A new member was elected to the vacant NA member post on January 26, 2022. In the 59-member NA, one-third of the members are elected every two years. In the rules of the NA, there is a provision to reconstitute the thematic committees and election of the new heads of those committees.