SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA STATUTE 20 May 1993 No. I-158 Vilnius PART 2 STRUCTURE OF THE SEIMAS Chapter

General Issues of Structure Article
Sittings of the Seimas shall be presided over by the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the Seimas. There shall be three Deputy Speakers of the Seimas. The competence of the Speaker of the Seimas and the Deputy Speakers shall be defined by the Constitution and this Statute. The drafting of Seimas documents and the consideration of drafts shall be monitored by the Chancellor of the Seimas. A person who is elected the Speaker of the Seimas or who is temporarily carrying out the Speaker's duties must suspend his or her activities in factions of Seimas members. Article 9-
The Seimas shall form committees from among its members for the consideration of draft laws and other issues assigned to its competence by the Constitution. The list of the committees shall be established by this Statute. For resolving short-term issues or issues of a more narrow scope, as well as for carrying out concrete assignments, the Seimas may, from among its members, form commissions of inquiry, control, auditing, preparatory, and drafting as well as other commissions. The work of the committees and commissions shall be directed by the chairpersons of said groups. Article 9-
Political parties and organisations shall form parliamentary groups of Seimas members for expressing their respective political views and for implementing their political programmes and goals. Parliamentary groups shall be registered in accordance with the procedure established by this Statute. A parliamentary group shall be headed and represented in the Seimas by its speaker. Article 9-
A Seimas Board shall function within the Seimas; the principle task of the Seimas Board shall be the resolution of organisational issues of the work of the Seimas. The Seimas Board shall consist of the Speaker of the Seimas, the three Deputy Speakers, and the Chancellor of the Seimas. Article 9-
The Assembly of Spokespersons, comprising the members of the Seimas Board and representatives of the parliamentary groups, shall be formed in the Seimas. Each parliamentary group shall appoint one representative for every ten members of the group. Groups consisting of less than ten members shall each appoint one representative to the Assembly of Spokespersons. The principle task of the Assembly of Spokespersons shall be to consider and approve the work programme and the agendas of sittings of the Seimas, to coordinate issues concerning the organisation of the work of the Seimas Committees and groups, and to submit drafts of the decisions of said issues to the Seimas and the Board. Article 9-
Issues concerning the conditions of work and everyday life of the members of the Seimas and the staff of the Seimas apparatus shall be settled by the administrative commission; the administrative commission shall also submit drafts of decisions of said issues to the Seimas and the Board. The administrative commission shall be formed from among the Seimas members in accordance with the principle of proportional representation of parliamentary groups. Chapter
The Seimas Board Article 9-
The Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania shall: 1) direct the work of the Seimas; 2) certify with his or her signature the authenticity of laws passed by the Seimas and referred to the President of the Republic; sign the resolutions of the Seimas, the Statute of the Seimas and amendments thereto, the minutes of sittings of the Seimas, the resolutions of the Seimas Board, the minutes of the Assembly of Spokespersons and other acts passed by the Seimas, as well as laws of the Republic of Lithuania which are not signed by the President of the Republic within the time period established by the Constitution; 3) temporarily carry out the duties of the President of the Republic and temporarily substitute for the President of the Republic in the cases specified in Article 89 of the Constitution; 4) propose candidates to the posts of Deputy Speakers and the Chancellor of the Seimas to the Seimas; 5) propose candidates to Constitutional Court judge to the Seimas in accordance with the procedure established by the Constitution; 6) nominate to the Seimas the candidatures of the Seimas ombudsmen for appointment; 7) submit candidates for appointment to the posts of heads of State institutions specified by law to the Seimas unless the Constitution provides otherwise; 8) preside over the sittings of the Seimas and the Seimas Board; 9) submit drafts of the work programmes of a session and draft agendas of week- or day-long sittings to the Assembly of Spokespersons; and 10) submit draft agendas of the sittings of the Seimas Board. Article
At the behest of the Speaker of the Seimas, Deputy Speakers shall perform certain functions of the Speaker. The Seimas Board may determine the guidelines of the activities of the Deputy Speakers. In the event that the Speaker of the Seimas is temporarily absent or has fallen ill and by reason thereof is unable to fulfill his or her duties of office, at the behest of the Seimas, the duties of the Speaker of the Seimas shall be performed by one of the Deputy Speakers for a specified period. If, in the cases specified in Article 89 of the Constitution, the Speaker of the Seimas is temporarily carrying out the duties of the President of the Republic, and as the result thereof has lost his or her powers in the Seimas, the duties of the Speaker of the Seimas shall be temporarily carried out by a Deputy Speaker at the behest of the Seimas. Resolutions (preliminary or adopted for a concrete case) concerning the temporary performance of the duties of the Speaker of the Seimas or substituting the Speaker of the Seimas shall be adopted by the Seimas on the motion of the Seimas Speaker. Article 10-
The Speaker of the Seimas shall issue decrees while carrying out his or her duties. The Speaker of the Seimas, or, in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, may voice his or her opinion or the opinion of the Seimas Board on the issue under consideration out of turn provided that he or she is not presiding over the sitting. During the session, the Speaker of the Seimas, the Deputy Speakers and the Chancellor of the Seimas shall, at least once a month, answer questions concerning the performance of their duties submitted beforehand by the Seimas members beforehand. Article
The Seimas Chancellor shall: 1) supervise the consideration of draft laws submitted to the Seimas and the drafting of the documents of the Seimas and the Board thereof; 2) supervise the consideration of issues, inquiries and interpellations submitted to the Government and the heads of other State institutions; 3) consider the issues raised by members of the Seimas concerning the functioning of the Seimas apparatus; supervise the implementation of the decisions of the Seimas Board by the divisions of the Seimas apparatus as well as their compliance with the provisions and internal rules which regulate the functioning thereof; 4) assist the Speaker of the Seimas in preparing session work programmes as well as draft agendas for week- and day-long sittings; 5) assist the Speaker of the Seimas in preparing draft agendas for sittings of the Seimas Board as well as the material on issues subject to consideration; 6) work out draft agendas for the Assembly of Spokespersons; 7) give approval to official documents prior to their being submitted to the Speaker of the Seimas for signing and, to the extent of his or her competence, sign official documents; 8) be responsible for the use and keeping of the Seimas Seal bearing the State Emblem; 9) propose members to the vote calculation group in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Statute; 10) provide information concerning the agendas of the forthcoming sittings of the Seimas to representatives of the radio, television and press; 11) regularly submit information summaries to the Seimas concerning proposals, wishes and letters received from voters; and 12) submit information summaries to the Committee on Mandate and Procedure from the statistics of the registration of the Seimas deputies and vote calculation group concerning the participation of the Seimas members in the sittings of the Seimas. Article
The sittings of the Seimas Board shall be convened and presided over by the Speaker of the Seimas. Other members of the Seimas, as well as representatives of the President of the Republic and the Government may participate in the sittings of the Board as observers. Other individuals may also be invited to sittings of the Board. Article
Decisions of the Seimas Board shall be adopted by ordinary vote and simple majority of those in attendance, provided that the sitting of the Seimas Board is attended by at least three Board members. A tie vote shall be decided by the vote of the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, of the Deputy Speaker who is presiding over the sitting. Article
Issues for consideration may be submitted to the Seimas Board by the Board members, committees, parliamentary groups, administrative commission and the chief of the Seimas staff. Draft documents of the Seimas Board which are submitted for consideration shall be signed by their initiators and handed over to the Chancellor of the Seimas. Article
The members of the Seimas shall be informed of the decisions of the Seimas Board through the committees and parliamentary groups within three business days during a session or within a week of the beginning of the next session. When necessary, the Seimas member may get a copy of the document of the Seimas Board which is of interest to him or her. Committees and parliamentary groups may submit proposals to the agenda of the Seimas sittings for the forthcoming week concerning the consideration of resolutions adopted by the Seimas Board which they disapprove of. Article
The Seimas Board shall: 1) distribute funds; discuss and approve estimated expenses; 2) on the motion of the parliamentary committees and groups, consider and send the Seimas members on business trips with tasks of the Seimas, the Board, and committees; 3) on the motion of parliamentary committees and groups and during session, consider, and, taking into account the expediency and significance of said trips, either approve or disapprove of trips of Seimas members which are financed not from the funds of the Seimas; 4) when necessary, consider draft agendas for forthcoming week- or day-long sessions, and submit recommendations to the Assembly of Speakers or the Seimas; 5) when necessary andy on the motion of committees, form working groups for drafting laws and carrying out the instructions of the Seimas or the Seimas Board; 6) submit draft laws and other draft acts of the Seimas to committees for preliminary or additional consideration and presentation of findings and proposals thereon; 7) assist in organising joint work of committees on issues which fall within the competence of several committees; 8) appoint the Chief of the Seimas Staff who shall be responsible and accountable to the Board; 9) approve the structure of the Seimas apparatus, draw up a list of the staff of the Seimas apparatus, and fix salaries thereof; 10) on the motion of the Chief of the Seimas Staff, appoint and dismiss the heads and deputy heads of all the structural units of the Seimas; 11) approve the bylaws of the structural units of the Seimas, the regulations of internal activities and the instructions for office-work; 12) register factions of Seimas members and changes thereof; and 13) settle other issues related to the organisation of the activities of the Seimas which are not ascribed to other institutions or officials of the Seimas by virtue of this Statute. CHAPTER
ASSEMBLY OF SEIMAS SPOKESPERSONS Article
During session, the sittings of the Assembly of Spokespersons shall be organised regularly, usually twice a week at a time specially allocated for this purpose. Extraordinary sittings of the Assembly of Spokespersons shall be organised at the request of the Speaker of the Seimas, the Board, the Chairperson of the Assembly of Spokespersons, or the representatives of at least two parliamentary groups. The members of the Assembly of Spokespersons shall be given notice of the time and agenda of extraordinary sittings at least 6 hours prior to the beginning thereof. Sittings of the Assembly of Spokespersons shall be chaired by the chairperson; the duties of the chairperson, according to the schedule approved by the Assembly of Spokespersons, shall be discharged in turn by the spokespersons of each parliamentary group for one week. The opening sitting of the Assembly of Spokespersons held during the first session shall be presided by the eldest Spokesperson of a parliamentary group. With the exception of weekly or daily agendas, the resolutions of the Assembly of Spokespersons shall be consultative with regard to the Seimas and the Seimas Board. Consultative resolutions of the Assembly of Spokespersons as well as resolutions concerning the organisation of the work of the Assembly itself shall be adopted by simple majority vote of the members of the Assembly taking part in the sitting. Resolutions concerning the programme of the activities of the Seimas, as well as draft weekly or daily agendas shall be adopted provided that they are opposed by no more than one member of the Assembly of Spokespersons of all participants of the sitting. Resolutions of the sittings of the Assembly of Spokespersons shall be recorded in the minutes of the sitting. Questions ascribed to the competence of the Assembly of Spokespersons may be proposed for consideration thereof by the members of the Assembly of Spokespersons, the Government, as well as other members of the Seimas who submit draft laws. The draft agenda of sittings of the Assembly of Spokespersons shall be drawn up by the Chancellor of the Seimas according to such proposals. Other members of the Seimas as well as representatives of the President and Government may attend sittings of the Assembly of Spokespersons with the right of observers. Other individuals may also be invited to sittings of the Assembly of Spokespersons. Article 24/
During its sittings, the Assembly of Spokespersons shall: 1) consider and coordinate rising contradictions related to the schedule of activities during a session; 2) consider and approve the agendas of the forthcoming week- or day-long sessions; 3) consider and coordinate contradictions concerning other organizational issues of the work of the Seimas; 4) hear the proposals of the chairpersons of committees and speakers of the parliamentary groups on mutual relations between committees and parliamentary groups and submit proposals thereon to the Seimas or the Board; 5) submit recommendations to the Seimas Board concerning the resolution of issues which are ascribed to its competence; and 6) perform the function of a coordinative (conciliatory) committee in the event of principal disagreements concerning top priorities cosidered in the Seimas. Chapter
Parliamentary Groups Article
Political parties and organisations and their coalitions whose members have been elected to the Seimas from the same list of candidates, and the members of the same parties and organisations who have been elected to the Seimas in one- candidate electoral areas, shall form one parliamentary group. Parliamentary groups may not be established on the basis of individual, professional or internal interests. A member of the Seimas may be a member of only one parliamentary group. Political parties and political organisations represented by Seimas members who were elected not from the list of candidates may form a parliamentary group of Seimas members who have been elected in one-candidate electoral areas, provided such a parliamentary group includes at least one-fifth of all the members of the Seimas. Parliamentary groups may join into coalitions which may act as one parliamentary group on agreed issues. The Seimas Board shall be notified in writing of any changes in the composition, leadership or name of a parliamentary group, of the termination of the activities of a parliamentary group or of its break- up no later than on the following business day; the said parliamentary group shall inform the Seimas thereof and furnish such information through the press. Statements of parliamentary groups shall be signed by their speakers or deputy speakers. The manner of the internal activities of a parliamentary group shall be established by the parliamentary groups themselves. Article
Parliamentary groups shall be registered by the Seimas Board. Parliamentary groups must be registered within one week provided it has submitted the decision of a party or political organisation to establish a parliamentary group or a political declaration signed by all members of such a parliamentary group which, besides the statute of the political group, must include the commitment to act in compliance with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Lithuania, seek the strengthening of Lithuania's independence, and defend its territorial integrity. The declaration shall be announced to all members of the Seimas and furnished through the official press. In order to be registered, a political group must present its name and the names of the spokesperson and deputy spokesperson, and must comply with other terms specified in this Chapter. In the event that the Seimas Board refuses to register a parliamentary group due to reasons which are not provided for in this Statute, a group of members of the Seimas may appeal the said issue to the Seimas which shall consider it at the next sitting. Article
While drawing up agendas for sittings of the Seimas, a certain amount of time (at least 6 business hours per week) shall be allotted to sittings of the parliamentary groups. At this time sittings of neither the Seimas nor its committees shall be scheduled. After the formation of parliamentary groups, upon their wish, the Chancellor of the Seimas, in conjunction with the representatives of the parliamentary groups shall arrange the seats in the sittings hall for the members of the parliamentary groups and for those members of the Seimas who do not belong to any parliamentary group and shall allocate premises for the sittings of the parliamentary groups. Other rights of parliamentary groups shall be consolidated in this Statute. Article
Parliamentary groups or their coalitions which disagree with the Governmental programme may declare themselves opposition parliamentary groups. To this effect, opposition parliamentary groups or their coalitions shall proclaim in the Seimas political declarations where the provisions distinguishing them from the parliamentary majority shall be set forth. Opposition parliamentary groups or their coalitions shall announce alternative Governmental programmes. Opposition parliamentary groups or their coalitions shall be guaranteed all the rights of parliamentary groups or coalitions which are provided for in this Statute. Any reason may not provide for the restriction of such rights. The spokesman of one parliamentary group constituting a part of an opposition coalition may be elected the leader of the opposition coalition and the Seimas shall be given a public notice of such election. CESLOVAS JURSENAS SPEAKER OF THE SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

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