Committees
Rule 46Bureaux
of committees
46.1. The Bureau
of each committee shall consist of the chairperson and the three
vice-chairpersons, normally elected at the first committee meeting
of each ordinary session, whilst striving for equal representation
between women and men.
46.2. Until
the chairperson of the committee is elected or, in the absence of
agreement among the political groups or of any candidate put forward
for the position of chair, until the vice-chairpersons are elected,
the meeting shall be chaired by the oldest member present, under whose
chairpersonship no subject other than the election of the bureau
of the committee may be considered.
46.3. Committee
members who have been members for at least one year
may
be candidates for the office of chairperson or vice-chairperson
and must belong to the political group to which the Chair or a Vice-Chair
has been allocated on the basis of an agreement reached among the political
groups within the Presidential Committee.
A
single candidate put forward for any office shall be declared elected
without proceeding to a vote only if the candidature respects the agreement
reached. If it proves impossible to reach an agreement by consensus,
the agreement should be obtained among the political groups by a
qualified majority of two thirds.
46.4. No chairperson
or vice-chairperson of a committee or sub-committee may be chairperson
or vice-chairperson of another Assembly committee or sub-committee.
This does not apply to ad hoc committees and ad hoc sub-committees.
46.5. Elections
shall be held by secret ballot. Two tellers chosen by lot shall
count the votes, assisted by the Secretariat.
46.6. A candidate
who obtains an absolute majority of the votes cast on the first
ballot shall be declared elected. On the second ballot the election
shall be by relative majority
.
In the event of a tie, there shall be a third ballot; in the event
of a further tie, the older candidate shall be declared elected.
46.7. The
chairperson and the vice-chairpersons of a committee shall remain
in office until the opening of the next ordinary session of the
Assembly. They may be re-elected for one further term, consecutive
or not. A committee chairperson or vice-chairperson elected in the
course of a session for an incomplete term may be re-elected for
two further terms.
46.8. A former chairperson of a
committee may stand for the office of chairperson or vice-chairperson
of any committee on expiry of a period of two years. A former vice-chairperson
of a committee may stand for the office of vice-chairperson of the
same committee on expiry of a period of two years.
46.9. A chairperson or vice-chairperson
of a committee who has been dismissed from office pursuant to Rule
56 may not be a candidate for the office of chairperson or vice-chairperson
of a committee or a sub-committee.
