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Paragraph 57
 

In addition to the above-mentioned, more usual reasons for missing parliamentary sittings or sessions, Article 91 (9) of the Rules of Procedures states that a Member of Parliament “shall not be deemed to have missed a plenary session without a valid reason if a faction or a Member of Parliament refuses to discuss and participate in the plenary session due to political views (boycott).” While this is not mentioned under the list of good/valid reason for missing a session or sitting as set out in Article 91 (10)-(11), a boycott of a session for political reasons is nevertheless recognized in the Rules of Procedure as an equally valid reason for not attending a session or sitting, or rather, is not considered to constitute a case of non-attendance at all. Article 91 also does not indicate that this shall only apply for a certain number of sittings or sessions, or to a certain number of Members of Parliament.