ASHGABAT, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan was unanimously elected head of the Central Asian country's top legislative body, the People's Council, Friday.
He was the only candidate put forward for the post.
The post was previously held by the country's first President Saparmurat Niyazov.
The People's Council, which is the supreme body of state power, can adopt the Constitution and constitutional law, make changes and amendments to them as well as form the Central Election and Referendum Commission, proclaim presidential and parliamentary elections and support candidates for the presidency.
The People's Council has 2,507 members, including the president, members of Turkmenistan's parliament, the chairman of the Supreme Council, the prosecutor general, cabinet ministers and other officials. The Council itself can suspend its own activity.
