Chapter shall apply to the matters specified herein. Continuance of the People’s Majlis 294. (a) The People’s Majlis in existence at the commencement of this Constitution shall continue until such time as the first elections of the People’s Majlis under this Constitution are held, and election of members and assumption of office by the members. (b) The People’s Majlis shall at the first sitting after the ratification of this Constitution, elect a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker from its members by secret ballot. Until such time as a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker is elected the People’s Majlis shall be presided over by the consecutively longest serving member from among those present. Where there are a number of members who have consecutively served the longest then the Majlis shall be presided over by the member most senior by age of those having served consecutively the longest. (c) Whenever there is a vacancy among the members of the People’s Majlis, and there is a period of six months between the date of the vacancy and the first sitting of the first elected People’s Majlis, an election shall be held to elect a member to the vacancy. Responsibilities and powers of the People’s Majlis 295. (a) The People’s Majlis shall carry out the following: 1. to do all things necessary to facilitate the elections specified in this Chapter in the manner provided herein; 105