On this day, 34 years ago, on October 21, 1991 (September 14, 1991 in the lunar calendar), the New Parliament of the Soviet Union held its first meeting. Gorbachev's prestige is no longer as good as before. On October 21, 1991, the first meeting of the newly formed Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (Soviet Parliament) opened in the Kremlin. According to the Tass news agency, representatives from only seven republics, namely Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, attended the meeting. Soviet President Gorbachev delivered a 25-minute speech at the opening ceremony of the conference. In his speech, he emphasized that joint efforts must be made to lift the country out of crisis. He believes that a series of basic issues need to be solved, the most important of which is the fate of the Soviet state system. However, Gorbachev added that it was unclear whether the republics would move forward together or each republic would find a way out of the crisis alone."Any plan is still just a good wish." Gorbachev announced to the delegates that work on a sovereign state union treaty had now resumed. The draft treaty is being reviewed by members of the State Council and will eventually be submitted to the Parliament of Sovereign States and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union for discussion. He emphasized that "joining new alliances has huge advantages, not burdens." According to the agenda, the first session of the Supreme Soviet will hear the report of Soviet President Gorbachev on "On the Political and Economic Situation of the Country", form the leadership body of the Supreme Soviet, and elect the chairmen of the House of Republics and the House of Union. The meeting will also discuss and amend the Soviet Constitution and other Soviet decrees. On September 5, 1991, the 5th Extraordinary People's Congress of the Soviet Union passed a resolution, deciding that the highest representative body of power in the Union during the transition period would be the bicameral Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. The original House of Nationalities was changed to the House of the Republic, also known as the Upper House; The name of the Union House remains unchanged, and is also known as the Lower House.