He called for legal action against the Parliament speaker.

By law, the parliament speaker must call national elections to choose a new president within sixty days.

However an opposition minority report was rejected by the parliament speaker without further debate.

However, he was elected to be the Speaker of Parliament.

Burg, the Parliament speaker, said the new calm has taken some getting used to.

After the 2004 elections, he continued as parliament speaker.

There is active cooperation among Presidents, parliament speakers, heads of government, and foreign ministers.

In this role he deputizes for the Speaker of Parliament.

The new law reinstates immunity for the president, the prime minister, two Parliament speakers and the chief justice.

In 1996, he was promoted to Speaker of Parliament, which he held until 1998.