Acts

Rules of Procedure

XI. OPENNESS OF WORK

Article 173

Sittings of the National Assembly and its Committees shall be public.
Sittings of the National Assembly and its Committees may be held in camera in cases specified by law if so proposed by the Government, a Committee, or at least twenty (20) Deputies. An explanation must be provided for any such proposal. The proposal shall be put to a vote in the National Assembly without debate.

Article 174

Pursuant to regulations on internal order at the National Assembly, representatives of the press and other media shall have free access to sittings of the National Assembly and its Committees, so as to be able to inform the public about activities of these bodies.

Article 175

Representatives of the press and other media may make use of shorthand notes of the National Assembly, and, when quoting such notes, shall be required to specify whether the statements were authorised.

Article 176

Bills, proposals of other regulations and by-laws, as well as information and documentation materials on issues related to activities of the National Assembly and its Committees shall be made available to representatives of the press and other media.
Conditions for the work of representatives of the press and other media shall be ensured through the provision of facilities necessary for observing activities at sittings of the National Assembly and its Committees.
Conditions referred to in the present Article shall be ensured pursuant to appropriate documents to be adopted by the Administrative Committee.

Article 177

Official press releases and other means of public information shall be prepared by the appropriate service of the National Assembly, and shall be approved by the Chairperson of the National Assembly or the a authorised by him/her.
Any Deputy may hold a press conference at the National Assembly.