Amendment No. 119 | Doc. 14900 | 24 June 2019

Strengthening the decision-making process of the Parliamentary Assembly concerning credentials and voting

Signatories: Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Boryslav BEREZA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Marija GOLUBEVA, Latvia, ALDE ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC ; Mr Viktor IELENSKYI, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Mariia IONOVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhii KIRAL, Ukraine, EC ; Mr Georgii LOGVYNSKYI, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhiy SOBOLEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Pavlo UNGURYAN, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Viktor VOVK, Ukraine, EC ; Mr Leonid YEMETS, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2019 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, delete paragraph 7.

Explanatory note

The provisions of the Rule 6 and in particular rules 6.1 (last sentence) and 6.3 of the Rules of Procedure are clearly based on the Article 25 (b) of the Statute of the Council of Europe which prescribes that “the term of office of representatives thus appointed will date from the opening of the ordinary session following their appointment.”

The proposed in the draft resolution derogation from Rules 6.1 (last sentence) and 6.3 of its Rules of Procedure will mean a derogation from the Statute of the Council of Europe, which is ratified by all member States and does not provide for mechanisms for such a derogation apart from making amendments.

Thereby, the paragraph 7 of the draft resolution exceeds of the powers of the Assembly and contradicts the Statute. This paragraph should be deleted.