Acts

Rules of Procedure

XII. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION AND DISMISSAL OF OFFICIALS ELECTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Article 178

Any motion for the election of the Presiding Justice and Justices of the Constitutional Court, as well as any notice to the Constitutional Court that reasons exist for requesting termination of office or dismissal of a Justice of the Constitutional Court, shall be forwarded to the Deputies by the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
A debate shall be opened on such motions at a National Assembly sitting.
The National Assembly shall vote on the election, dismissal, or termination of office of each Justice of the Constitutional Court separately, by secret ballot, unless it should rule to vote openly, and shall inform the President of the Republic and the Constitutional Court of its decisions.

Article 179

Motions for the election of presiding judges of courts, as well as of judges, public prosecutors, and deputy public prosecutors, shall be submitted by the Chairperson of the National Assembly to the Deputies, along with information on other candidates not proposed for consideration by the National Assembly.
The Justice and Administration Committee of the National Assembly shall consider motions defined in Paragraph 1 of the present Article at its sitting.
Any Deputy may contest a proposal for the election of a judicial or public administration official during discussion at a sitting of the Justice and Administration Committee; such contestation must be unequivocal and accompanied by an explanation.
The National Assembly shall vote separately on each motion for the election of each contested candidate, and shall put a motion to elect non-contested candidates as one unit to the public vote. If only one candidate should be proposed, the National Assembly shall vote on that motion as one unit.

Article 180

Proposals on the termination of office or dismissal of presiding judges of courts, judges, public prosecutors, and deputy public prosecutors, as well as other judicial and administrative officials, shall be filed by the Justice and Administration Committee, upon being informed by appropriate public bodies.
Provisions of the present Rules of Procedure on the election of presiding judges of courts, judges, public prosecutors, and deputy public prosecutors, as well as other judicial and administrative officials, shall appropriately apply to the procedure of termination of their office and dismissal.

Article 181

Motions, accompanied by explanatory notes, for the election, appointment, and dismissal of other officials defined by law, may be proposed to the National Assembly by any entity authorised to do so.
If an entity authorised to propose a motion for the election of an official elected by the National Assembly should not be defined by law, the motion shall be proposed by the appropriate National Assembly Committee.