Order of consideration of the initiative on raising the issue on the recall of a member of the Council of the Republic by the presidium of a regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the regional or the Minsk City Executive Committee

The presidium of a regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the regional or the Minsk City Executive Committee notifies the member of the Council of the Republic, within five days, on the fact of initiation of the issue of his recall and specifies the reasons and the date of consideration of the issue at their sitting.The member of the Council of the Republic is notified in writing on the date, time and place of the sitting not later than 15 days prior to the sitting.

In case the member of the Council of the Republic with regard to whom the issue of recalling is initiated is not able, due to a valid reason, to take part in the sitting on the appointed day he sends to initiators, not later than seven days prior to the appointed day of the sitting, a written statement explaining the reason and propose another day for the sitting within the subsequent 15 days following the appointed date.The initiators of the sitting shall satisfy the request of the member of the Council of the Republic and agree with him another day of the sitting.Repeated adjournment of the sitting date upon the request of the member of the Council of the Republic is not allowed.

The refusal of the member of the Council of the Republic to take part in the sitting or his failure to appear at the sitting without a valid reason upon a timely notification is not an obstacle for consideration of the proposal to raise the issue on his recall.

The member of the Council of the Republic is entitled to appoint an authorized person (persons) for participation in the sitting.The powers of such person (persons) shall be confirmed in writing.

In the course of the sitting of the presidium of a regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the regional or the Minsk city Executive Committee the member of the Council of the Republic is given sufficient time to provide explanations on the essence of the initiative on the issue of his recall.The explanations of the member of the Council of the Republic shall be reflected in the protocol of the sitting.Upon the instructions of the member of the Council of the Republic, his authorized person is entitled to speak instead of him at the sitting.

The joint sitting of the presidium of the regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the regional or the Minsk City Executive Committee is deemed to be competent if attended by at least two thirds of the members of the presidium and the executive committee.The decision of the joint sitting containing the opinion of those bodies about the initiative on raising the issue on the recall of the member of the Council of the Republic is passed by a simple majority of their votes.

The protocol of the sitting together with all the available materials is submitted to the Central Commission for making a conclusion on the observance of the requirements of Section IX of this Code when initiating the raising of the issue on the recall of a member of the Council of the Republic.