Order for calling and holding a sitting of deputies of local Councils of Deputies of a base level of the region and of deputies of the Minsk city Council of Deputies on Elections of Members of the Council of the Republic

The sitting of deputies of the local Councils of Deputies of a base level of the region and the deputies of the Minsk City Council of Deputies on the elections of the members of the Council of the Republic are called not later than 35 days prior to the expiration of the term of office of the Council of the Republic upon a joint decision of presidiums of a regional Council of Deputies or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and a regional or the Minsk City Executive Committee, adopted by a majority of votes of its members.Not less than two thirds of the number of members of the respective presidium of the Council of Deputies and of the executive committee must participate in the joint sitting of those bodies.The decision sets the date of the sitting.

The sitting of deputies of local Councils of Deputies of a base level of the region and of the deputies of the Minsk City Council of Deputies is competent, if not less than a half of the total number of deputies elected to local Councils of Deputies of a base level of the region or to the Minsk City Council of Deputies participate in it.In so doing, the sitting of the deputies of the local Councils of Deputies of a base level must be attended by not less than one fourth of the number of deputies elected to each local Council of Deputies of the base level.

The oldest deputy opens the sitting of the deputies of local Councils of Deputies of the base level of the region, of the deputies of the Minsk City Council of Deputies and presides it till the election of the Chairperson.

A sitting elect the secretariat, the counting committee and the mandate committee to ensure conduct of the sitting.

Upon thisation made by the mandate committee, the sitting of the deputies of the local Councils of Deputies of the base level of the region and of the deputies of the Minsk City Council of Deputies takes decision on declaring the sitting competent.

The sitting hears the conclusion by the Central Committee on the legality of nomination of candidates for members of the Council of the Republic from the region and the city of Minsk and its information on registration of the candidates.

A decision of the sitting of deputies of local Councils of the base level and of the deputies of the Minsk City Council of Deputies is passed by a majority vote of the deputies present at the sitting of those Councils.