Bureau, Presidential Committee and Standing
Committee
Rule 15Election
of the President
15.1. The
President of the Assembly shall be elected after the credentials
of the representatives and substitutes have been examined under
Rule 6. No representative may stand as a candidate for the office
of President unless nominated in writing by ten or more representatives
or substitutes at least forty-eight hours before the opening of
the session or part-session.
15.2. If only
one candidature is proposed to the Assembly, the candidate shall
be declared elected without a ballot. When there are several candidates,
the President shall be elected by secret ballot in accordance with
Rules 40.11. and 41.1.c..
15.3. As soon as the President has
been elected, the provisional President shall leave the Chair.
15.4. The
President shall remain in office until the opening of the next ordinary
session. Should the office of President fall vacant, or if the President
is unable to discharge his/her duties, the most senior Vice-President
shall act until the election of a new President at the following
part-session. The
President so elected shall remain in office until the opening of
the next ordinary session. The President may be re-elected once
for a further term, consecutive or not. However, a President elected
in the course of a session for an incomplete term may be re-elected for
two further terms.
15.5. The
President, if appointed a member of a government,
shall immediately lose his or her office of President.
and 41.1.c.