President to deliver 2015 State-of-the-Nation address today |26 February 2015

President James Michel will deliver his nationwide year 2015 State-of-the-Nation address to the National Assembly today.
The event, which will start at 5pm and broadcast live on radio and television, will mark the National Assembly’s first sitting for the first term of 2015.
 
It is a constitutional requirement that the head of state delivers a state-of-the nation address on the occasion of the first National Assembly sitting each year.

After the address, the Assembly will adjourn until Monday March 2, 2015 at 9am when leaders from both sides of the house -- leader of the opposition David Pierre and leader of government business Marie-Antoinette Rose -- will give their replies to the address.

This will be followed by two days of debates by other members of the National Assembly.