Amendment No. 4 | Doc. 14077 | 21 June 2016

The nature of the mandate of members of the Parliamentary Assembly

Signatories: Mr Serhii KIRAL, Ukraine, EC ; Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhiy SOBOLEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Chiora TAKTAKISHVILI, Georgia, ALDE ; Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Mr Leonid YEMETS, Ukraine, EPP/CD

Origin - 2016 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 13.1.1 with the following paragraph:

"Assembly members exercise their mandate freely and independently; they are not bound by, albeit should act with respect for, any instructions from their delegation, their national political party or their political group in the Assembly;".

Explanatory note

We couldn't give an absolute freedom to elected representatives.