Competence of the meeting of voters when initiating the issue on the recall of a deputy and the order of its holding

A meeting of voters in the place of residence, when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy, is competent if it is attended by the voters residing on the territory in the number of at least:

300 voters - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the House of Representatives;

150 voters - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies;

75 voters - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the district or city (city of regional subordination) Council of Deputies; and

20 voters - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the city (city of district subordination), settlement or rural Council of Deputies.

A meeting of voter in a labour collective of the organization being a legal person having at least 300 persons, at the initiating of the issue of recalling a deputy of the House of Representatives is competent if attended by more than a half of the collective.

Initiation of the issue of recalling a deputy of the House of Representatives may be carried out at the general meeting of several smaller labour collectives of organizations being legal persons, with a total number of employees of at least 300 persons. In that case, from every such collective more than half of its members shall be present.

Meetings of voters in the labour collectives for initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of a local Council of Deputies may be held in groups enlisting at least:

150 employees - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies;

75 employees - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the district or city (city of regional subordination) Council of Deputies; and

20 employees - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the city (city of district subordination), settlement or rural Council of Deputies.

The meeting is competent if more than a half of members of the collective take part in it.

In the order provided for by part four of Article 63 of this Code the initiation of the issue of recalling a deputy of the House of Representatives or a deputy of the local Council of Deputies may be also performed at a conference of the labour collective.

The initiators of calling up the meeting shall, not later than ten days before holding the meeting of voters, notify in writing the deputy in relation to whom they are going to initiate the issue of recall, as well as inform, respectively, the House of Representatives or the local Council of Deputies, from which it is proposed to recall the deputy, about the date, the place of holding the meeting of voters and the motives that served the ground for initiating the issue of recalling the deputy.

Before beginning the meeting of voters, a registration of its participants with indication of surnames, names, patronymics, dates of birth and places of residence is to be held. Each participant in the meeting signs with his own hand in the list of voters taking part in the meeting.

At the meeting of voters the presidium is elected comprising the chairperson, the secretary and members, and, if necessary, the counting commission, proposals are considered to initiate the issue of recalling a deputy, to start gathering signatures of the voters of the electoral circuit in support of that proposal, and to form an initiative group for gathering signatures in support of the proposal to initiate the issue of recalling a deputy and for performing the agitation (hereinafter - initiative group).The initiative group is formed in the number of at least five persons.The head of the initiative is elected at the meeting.Decisions of the meeting are taken by the majority of votes.

The number of meetings of voters held in the circuit, at which the issue may be initiated to recall a deputy and initiative groups formed, is not limited, but they shall take place within 30 days since the registration date of the first initiative group.

The meeting of voters may be attended by deputies of the House of Representatives, local Councils of Deputies, official persons authorized by the chairperson of the local Council of Deputies in the territory of which the meeting of voters is held, or by the chairperson of the local Council of Deputies from the composition of which it is proposed to recall a deputy as well as representatives of mass media.

A protocol is drawn up on the holding of the meeting of voters.The protocol indicates the date and the place of the meeting, the number of participants, the subject of the issues considered, the results of voting and the decisions taken, the composition of the initiative group formed with indication of surnames, names, patronymics and the residence of each of the members and the head of the initiative group.

The protocol is signed by the chairperson and secretary of the meeting, and submitted, not later than in five days period, together with the lists of participants in the meeting and the list of the initiative group, to:

the Central Commission - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the House of Representatives;

the regional, Minsk City, district, city, settlement and rural territorial electoral commission - when initiating the issue of recalling a deputy of the respective local Council of Deputies.