PACE Adopts a Resolution that Will Allow to Impeach Agramunt
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on Tuesday the resolution on recognizing and enforcing the principle of accountability in the Parliamentary Assembly by a vote of 154 in favour, 30 against and 13 abstentions at the PACE plenary session on June 27, Panorama.am reports.
The resolution was presented by Swiss lawmaker Liliane Maury Pasquier.
It should be noted that the adopted resolution makes amendments in the PACE Rules of Procedure. The reforms will allow the MPs to make proposals on dismissing any official in the Assembly.
The offer on impeaching an official is to be put up to voting in the Assembly within 24 hours following its publication.
An official’s impeachment will be carried out through electronic voting. He will be impeached when receiving a two-thirds majority support of lawmakers.
The resolution will also allows the impeachment of the PACE President, who can currently be relieved from the post only through his own resignation.
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