Article 106.

A petition to initiate proceedings to ascertain the exceptional accountability of the President of the Republic may be submitted to Parliament by one fifth of all parliamentary deputies.

The petition to initiate the proceedings from Paragraph (1) hereof, together with a declaration of the facts, legal designation and evidence of violations of the Constitution with which the President is burdened, is submitted in written form to the Speaker of Parliament with the signatures of Parliamentary deputies not less than 30 days before the session of Parliament scheduled for debate thereupon.

The petition from Paragraph (1) hereof shall be submitted by the Speaker of Parliament to the President of the Republic.

The President of the Republic shall be entitled to respond to the petition from Paragraph (1) hereof in writing within a period of 30 days upon receiving the petition.

Before decision-making on the procedures to ascertain the exceptional accountability of the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament shall forward the official documents from Paragraph (2) hereof to the Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System in order to obtain the Committee’s position on the grounds for the petition. The Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System shall state its position within a period of three days upon receiving the official documents from Paragraph (2) hereof.

The decision to initiate procedures to ascertain the exceptional accountability of the President of the Republic shall be passed by Parliament by a two thirds majority of all deputies within a period of 15 days upon receiving the position of the Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System.

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