STANDING ORDERS OF THE CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES

STANDING ORDERS OF THE CONGRESS OF DEPUTIES

1. Rights of Members

   • Section 6
     • Membership of comittees
   • Section 7
     • Request of data and reports
     • Procedure: The request shall be submitted, in each case, through the Speaker, and the body shall make available the documentation so requested or shall give notice to the Speaker, within a term not exceeding thirty days and for conveyance in the most suitable manner to the applicant, of the legally justified reasons preventing the supply of such information.
   • Section 8
     • Salary
     • Other remunerations
     • General tax system applicable
     • Bureau to lay down amount of remunerations every year
   • Section 9
     • Social Security
     • Agreements with Social Security
     • Extension of Subs. 1 to old age pensions in some cases

2. Parlamentary privilegies

   • Section 10
     • Freedom of speech
   • Section 10
     • Freedom of speech: Members shall not be accountable, in respect of opinions
   • Section 11
     • Immunity during their mandate, except if it is Flagrante delicto
   • Sectiom 12
     • Measures to be taken by Speaker on arrest of a Member of Congress to safeguard the rights of the House and its members

3. Duties of members

   • Section 15
     • Duty to attend plenary sittings of the congress and comitties
   • Section 16
     • Duty to observe the rules of procedure and parliamentary courtesy
   • Section 17
     • Members can't use their status in private activities
   • Section 18
     • Members shall register a declaration of assets in remunerated activities
   • Section 19
     • Duty to observe rules on discualification, laid down in the constitution and electoral law
     • Procedure

4. Acquisition, suspension and loss of member

   • section 20
     • Acquisition of full member status requirements: i) Lodging with the Office of the Secretary General the credential issued by the relevant electoral authority. ii) Submitting a declaration of activities in compliance with the terms of the General Electoral System Act. iii) Taking the oath or pledge to observe the Constitution at the first plenary sitting of Congress which they attend.
     • Suspension of rights and privileges: when the member doesn't go to three meetings,