ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The new parliamentary session of the Ethiopian House of People's Representatives and House of Federation will be opened in a joint session on Monday.
The Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome is expected to address the joint session of the two houses with an opening remark. The president, as part of his remark to the parliament, Ethiopia's highest legislative organ, is expected to present the Ethiopian government's plan for the Ethiopian 2017-2018 fiscal year.
Ethiopia has a unique calendar deriving from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church traditions whereby the country counts its annual year seven to eight years, based on leap year, behind the internationally acclaimed Gregorian calendar. Accordingly, the Ethiopian New Year that falls on September 11, 2017 marked the beginning of the Ethiopian 2010 year.
The joint session on Monday will commence the third year of the fifth parliamentary session of the Ethiopian House of People's Representatives and House of Federation.
The president is also expected to present details of the socio-economic and political directions that the east African country will pursue in the reported period.
