Order of appointment of voting on the recall of a member of the Council of the Republic

The voting on the recall of a member of the Council of the Republic elected from a region or the city of Minsk is to be appointed not earlier than one month and not later than two months from the day of taking the decision on appointing the voting.

In the case of illness of the member of the Council of the Republic as confirmed by an appropriate document, the voting is postponed to another date but not later that 15 days from the day of his recovery.The member of the Council of the Republic, within three days of his recovery, must send a written notification to the presidium of the regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the regional or the Minsk City Executive Committee.The voting may take place irrespective of the state of health of the member of the Council of the Republic upon the expiration of four months from the start of his illness.

The decision of the presidium of the regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the regional or the Minsk City Executive Committee on the appointment of voting on the recall of the member of the Council of the Republic is sent to the Council of the Republic and made public (published) in mass media.

If during the initiation of the raising of the issue on the recall of a member of the Council of the Republic there have been significant violations of the requirements of Section IX of this Code, a decision on cancellation of the voting on the recall of the member of the Council of the Republic is to be taken.The decision may be appealed against by the initiators of raising of the issue on the recall of the member of the Council of the Republic within three days in the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus.