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"Mr President, it is essential to the operation of the rule of law that institutions are subject to their own laws and rules. Rule 24(2) of the Rules of Procedure states quite clearly: ‘the non-attached Members shall delegate one of their number to attend meetings of the Conference of Presidents’. It does not say that the delegates shall be chosen by vote, but by what other method are joint decisions to be taken? Telepathic signals, possibly?
The administration for the non-attached has said that the delegates should be chosen by consensus. However, it has not attempted to define how consensus might be established and has not attempted to arrange for a delegate to be chosen by this method. When attempts have been made to choose the delegate by election, these attempts have been declared to be invalid.
What has been the response of Parliament to all of this? They are going to change the rules so that the delegates – so-called – can be chosen by the President of the Parliament rather than the delegators. How long before the President of Parliament excises our right to vote in the plenary session?"@en1
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