This will be the first special session of the 17th FSM Congress, which will take place after results of the special elections in Kosrae and Chuuk states have been certified by the FSM election commissioner, to fill vacant at-large seats vacated by Mori and Vice President Alik L. Alik when they were reelected by Congress on May 11, 2011 to a second term.
Mori indicated in his call for a special session that four urgent issues should be considered by Congress including, nominations for cabinet members and ambassadors, proposed fiscal year 2012 budget, fiscal year 2011 supplemental budget, and the budget for the program management unit, Department of Transportation, Communication, and Infrastructure.
The Congress has started its review of the proposed fiscal year 2012 budget for most departments and offices of the FSM national government at its first regular session last May.
The special session will precede the 16th Micronesian Chief Executives Summit which is scheduled for July 27-28, and which will be co-hosted by the national government and Pohnpei state, and the Micronesian Presidential Summit which will be held on the afternoon of July 28. The Congress will recess for the inauguration ceremony which is scheduled on July 29 at the China-FSM Friendship Indoor Auditorium in Palikir.
