Long history of National Assembly Q&A sessions

Among the several improvements to the way in which it operates, its Q&A sessions are intended to provide better scrutiny of officials and a wider arena for debate.

For the following 50 years, the Q&A session were postponed due to difficulties during wartime. They were finally restored in May 1998 with TV and radio coverage. Since then, the Q&A sessions have always been popular with the public. Through time, the sessions have developed in terms of procedures as well as questions. It has become an effective channel for deputies to scrutinise the government.