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Article 81
 

1. The Parliament shall be entitled to declare non-confidence to the Government. No less than two fifth of the total members of the Parliament shall be entitled to raise a question of non-confidence. The voting in relation to non-confidence shall be held not earlier than twenty and no later than twenty-five days. The question of non-confidence shall be deemed as started if more than half of members of the Parliament support this decision. If the Parliament does not make the decision on raising of question of non-confidence, appealing to the Parliament on raising of the question of non-confidence by the same members of the Parliament, within 6 months after voting, shall not be admitted.


2. The Parliament shall, not earlier than 20 days and no later than 25 days after commencement of discussion of non-confidence, vote to submission of the candidate of the Prime-Minster nominated by at least two-fifths of the members of enlisted composition of the Parliament to the President. If 2 candidates are nominated according to the procedures of this paragraph, both of them shall be put to the vote. A candidate of Prime-Minister shall be submitted to the President if voted by more than half of the members of the Parliament; non-submission of a candidature of Prime-Minster under the procedure of this paragraph means termination of the non-confidence procedure.


3. The President shall be authorized to, within 5 days after submission of the candidate of Prime-Minister, nominate a candidate of Prime-Minister or to refuse the nomination of the submitted candidate. If the President nominates the candidate submitted by the Parliament, confidence shall be declared to new composition of the Government according to the procedure provided by the Paragraphs 3-4, Article 80;


4. If the President refuses nomination of the candidate of Prime-Minister presented to him by the Parliament in the case provided by the Paragraph 3, the Parliament shall be authorized to vote for submission of the same candidate of Prime-Minister to the President no earlier than 20 and no later than 25 days after submission of the candidate. If submission is not supported by three fifth of the members of the Parliament, the President shall be obliged to nominate the candidate of Prime-Minister submitted to him within 3 days. Declaration of confidence to new composition of the Government shall be carried out according to Paragraphs 3-4 of Article 80.


5. Declaration of confidence by the Parliament to the new composition of the Government according to the procedure prescribed by Paragraphs 3 or 4 hereunder shall be deemed as declaration of non-confidence to the government, causing dissolution of its authorities. Appointment of new Prime-Minister and Government shall be carried out according to Paragraph 8, Article 80.


6. In case of declaration of non-confidence by the Parliament to new composition of Government according to the procedure prescribed by Paragraphs 3 or 4 hereunder, the Presidnet shall be authorized to dismiss the Parliament and appoint by-elections within three days.