§ Article 144(untitled)

nitiation of the issue of recalling a member of the Council of the Republic
 The following may initiate the issue of recalling a member of the Council of the Republic
elected from the region or the city of Minsk:
 the presidium of the district, city (city of regional subordination) Council of Deputies and
the district, city executive committee, which nominated a candidate for membership in the
Council of the Republic, before the presidium of the regional Council of Deputies and the
regional executive committee;
 at least 10 deputies of the Minsk City Council of Deputies - before the presidium of the
Minsk City Council of Deputies and the Minsk City Executive Committee.
 The initiators of raising the issue of recalling a member of the Council of the Republic set
out the motives that served as the basis for considering this issue.
 The initiation of the issue of recalling a member of the Council of the Republic elected from
the region is carried out at a joint meeting of the presidium of the district, city (city of regional
subordination) Council of Deputies and the district, city executive committee. A joint meeting
of the presidium of the district, city Council of Deputies and the corresponding executive
committee is considered competent if at least two-thirds of the members of the presidium and
the executive committee, respectively, take part in it.
 The decision of a joint meeting of the presidium of the district, city Council of Deputies and
the corresponding executive committee is made by a simple majority of votes from their
composition.
 An application by deputies of the Minsk City Council of Deputies to initiate the issue of
recalling a member of the Council of the Republic must be signed by all its initiators.
 Materials on initiating the issue of recalling a member of the Council of the Republic are
sent: on the recall of a member of the Council of the Republic elected from the region - to the
presidium of the regional Council of Deputies and the regional executive committee; upon the
recall of a member of the Council of the Republic elected from the city of Minsk - to the
presidium of the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the Minsk City Executive Committee.