Article 239.

Parliament shall elect or appoint officials to Parliament and state bodies and organisations, as well as other institutions pursuant to proposal submitted by authorised sponsors.

Article 240.

Prior to the commencement of voting, the chair shall inform the deputies of the voting methods and the methods for establishing the results of election or appointment, or recall and dismissal, process.

Article 241.

If the candidates elected or appointed cannot be ascertained because two or more candidates received an equal number of votes, voting shall be repeated only for these candidates.

Article 242.

If the number of candidates being elected does not receive the necessary majority, voting shall be repeated for those candidates who did not receive the necessary majority.

Candidates who did received less than one fifth of the votes of present deputies may not participate in the first repeated vote.

Candidates who received less than one third of the votes of present deputies may not participate in the second repeated vote.

If an individual candidate does not receive the required majority in the second repeated vote, the nomination of this candidate shall be removed from the list of candidate.

Article 243.

The Speaker and Deputy Speakers of Parliament and the chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and members of parliamentary working bodies shall be elected for the duration of their term of office, or until the date of their dismissal.

The dismissal of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers of Parliament may be proposed by deputy clubs and not less than 40 deputies.

The election, appointment and dismissal of the chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and members of parliamentary working bodies shall be conducted at the proposal of the Elections, Appointments and Administration Committee or at the proposal of not less than 15 deputies.

Article 244.

The candidates for election or appointment or candidates for recall or dismissal shall be submitted to Parliament by the Elections, Appointments and Administration Committee unless the Constitution, law and or these Standing Orders stipulate that the nominations for election or appointment or petitions for recall or dismissal are to be submitted by another body or specific number of deputies.