Election of chairperson Procedure for election of the Chairperson of the Parliament The procedure for the election of the chairperson is foreseen by the
Article 6 of ''Parliament's Rules'' which states that: • A candidate for Chairperson of the Parliament shall be nominated by at least 15 deputies. An MP can not support more than one candidate. The proposal should be made with writing, contains the relevant signatures and is submitted to the Provisional Secretariat of Parliament. • The Chairperson of the Parliament shall be elected without debate and by
secret ballot, by majority vote, in the presence of more than half of all members of the Parliament. If none of the candidates has won the required majority, it is followed by a second round, where they vote for the two candidates that have received the most votes. • Voting is publicly organized and chaired by a 5-member Voting Committee that reflects, as far as possible, the political composition of the Parliament. The oldest member by age also exercises the function of the Chairperson the Voting Committee and announce the voting results. • The Speaker of the session immediately invites the elected Chairperson of the Parliament to take his place. == Parliamentary groups ==