Representation in the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the delegation to which belongs the President of the Assembly (Rules 8 and 10 of the Rules of Procedure)

Resolution 1017 (1993)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

See Doc. 6957, report of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Rapporteur: Lord Finsberg. Text adopted by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Assembly, on 4 November 1993.

Thesaurus

1. The Assembly considers that for reasons of political virtue the President should not have an original voting right in the Bureau of the Assembly.

2. Moreover, the national delegation to which belongs the President of the Assembly should have the possibility of proposing an additional candidate to the Bureau if it is in any case represented on it following application of the appointment system for the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly. [(1) See Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee, Doc. 6881, Appendix III, of which the Assembly took note on 28 June 1993.]

3. The Assembly therefore decides to change its Rules of Procedure as follows:

3.1 to add the following sentences to Rule 8.1: "The delegation to which belongs the President of the Assembly may propose an additional candidate to the Bureau if that delegation is in any case represented on the Bureau following application of the appointment system for the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly. [(2) See Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee, Doc. 6881, Appendix III, of which the Assembly took note on 28 June 1993.'] This candidate shall be elected by the Assembly in accordance with Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure. He/she shall speak and vote on behalf of his/her delegation. The President may, however, vote in the case of a draw.

3.2 To add a new paragraph 3 to Rule 10: "Subject to the provisions of Rule 8.1, the President does not vote in the Bureau and the Standing Committee."