524 participants passed to the second stage of the competition for vacant positions in the staff of the Parliament. There were 3551 applications for 138 vacant positions, though there were contradictions to the terms in some of them. According to the conclusion by the Competition Commission, there were 1231 applications uploaded in accordance with qualification requirements per vacant position, and 1551 applications were submitted with technical gaps. Though, the participants were given the opportunity to correct the mistakes in their applications. All in all 1499 persons were admitted to the first stage. 531 of them did not appear at the testing. The test included 100 questions about legal acts, official language, foreign language and computer skills. Minimal competence edge was 75 points, passed by 750 participants out of 968, though the best of them were 524. The second stage will start from July 22. The list of the participants and the schedule is published on the web-site.