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Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments MINUTES of THE UNION INTERPARLEMENTAIRE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments MINUTES OF THE SPRING SESSION CAPE TOWN 14-18 APRIL 2008 1 2 ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES GENERAL OF PARLIAMENTS Minutes of the Spring Session 2008 Cape Town 14-18 April 2008 LIST OF ATTENDANCE MEMBERS PRESENT Mr Ghulam Hasan Gran Afghanistan Dr Hafnaoui Amrani Algeria Mr Valentí Martí Andorra Mr Diogo de Jesus Angola Mr Enrique Hidalgo Argentina Mr Ian Harris Australia Mr Gleb Bedritsky Belarus Mr Georges Brion Belgium Mr Ernest Sipho Mpofu Botswana Mr Ognyan Avramov Bulgaria Mr Aloys Kayanzari Burundi Mr Oum Sarith Cambodia Mr Leng Peng Long Cambodia Mr Samson Ename Ename Cameroon Mr Marc Bosc Canada Mr Carlos Loyola Opazo Chile Mr Constantin Tshisuaka Kabanda Congo (Dem. Rep. of) Mrs Martine Masika Katsuva Congo (Dem. Rep. of) Mr Brissi Lucas Guehi Cote d’Ivoire Mr Petr Kynstetr Czech Republic Mr František Jakub Czech Republic Mr Kenneth Madete East African Legislative Assembly Mr Sami Mahran Egypt Mr Heiki Sibul Estonia Mr Dagnachew Befekadu Ethiopia Mr Nini Habtamu Ethiopia Mr Seppo Tiitinen Finland Mr Xavier Roques France Mr Alain Delcamp France Mr Robert Provansal France Mrs Marie-Françoise Pucetti Gabon Mr Felix Owansango Daecken Gabon Mr Dirk Brouër Germany 3 Dr Ulrich Schöler Germany Mr Emmanuel Anyimadu Ghana Mr Helgi Bernódusson Iceland Mrs Nining Indra Shaleh Indonesia Mr Boubacar Idi Gado Inter-parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Mr Amjad Abdul Hamid Iraq Ms Deirdre Lane Ireland Mr Richard Caffrey Ireland Mr Eyal Yinon Israel Mr Tae-Rang Kim Korea (Rep. of) Mr Allam Ali Jaffar Al-Kandari Kuwait Mr M. G. Maluke Lesotho Mr J. Nanborlor F. Singbeh Liberia Mr Gintautas Vilkelis Lithuania Mr Mohamed Traoré Mali Mr Mohamed Vall Ould Koueiri Mauritania Mr Namsraijav Luvsanjav Mongolia Mr Abdelhamid Khalili Morocco Mr Baptista Ismael Machaieie Mozambique Mr Simon Nama Goabab Namibia Mrs Jacqueline Biesheuvel-Vermeijden Netherlands Mr Moussa Moutari Niger Mr Umaru Sani Nigeria Mr Nasiru I. Arab Nigeria Mr Hans Brattestå Norway Mr Raja Muhammad Amin Pakistan Carlos José Smith Panama Mr Mohamed Diakite Parliament of ECOWAS Mrs Emma Lirio Reyes Philippines Mr Edwin Bellen Philippines Mrs Marilyn B. Barua-Yap Philippines Mrs Ewa Polkowska Poland Mrs Wanda Fidelus-Ninkiewicz Poland Mrs Adelina Sá Carvalho Portugal Mr Constantin Dan Vasiliu Romania Mr Titu Gheorghiof Romania Ms Fatou Banel Sow Gueye Senegal Mr Sitor Ndour Senegal Dr Abukar Mohamed Gure (candidate member) Somalia Mr Zingile Dingani South Africa Mr Mohamed Kamal Mansura South Africa 4 Ms Lulama Matyolo-Dube South Africa Mr Michael Coetzee South Africa Mr Dhammika Dasanayake Sri Lanka Mr Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Sudan Mrs Marcia I.S. Burleson Suriname Mr Anders Forsberg Sweden Mr Hans Peter Gerschwiler Switzerland Mr Damian S. Foka Tanzania Mr James Warburg Tanzania Mr Pitoon Pumhiran Thailand Mr Sompol Vanigbandhu Thailand Mr Suchata Youyod Thailand Mr João Rui Amaral Timor Leste Mr Ali Osman Koca Turkey Mr Paul Gamusi Wabwire Uganda Mr Sergey Strelchenko Union of Belarus and the Russian Federation Mr Douglas Millar United Kingdom Mr David Beamish United Kingdom Dr José Pedro Montero Uruguay Mr Abdullah Ahmed Sofan Yemen Mrs Doris Katai Mwinga Zambia Mr Austin Zvoma Zimbabwe Mr Kennedy Mugove Chokuda Zimbabwe Ms Helen B. Dingani Zimbabwe SUBSTITUTES Mrs Claressa Surtees (for Mr Bernard Wright) Australia Ms Heather Lank (for Mr Paul C. Bélisle) Canada Mrs Stavroula Vassilouni (for Mr Nikolas Stefanou) Greece Mr R.K. Singh (for Dr V.K. Agnihotri) India Mrs Elizabeth Woolcott (for Mary Harris) New Zealand Mrs Madeleine Nirere (for Fidel Rwigamba) Rwanda Mr Francisco Ferreira dos Santos e Silva (for Mr São Tomé and Principe Romão Pereira do Couto) Mr Ahmed A. Alyahia (for Mr Saleh A. Almalik) Saudi Arabia Mrs Margarita Reyes (for Mr Marti Dalgalarrondo) Uruguay ALSO PRESENT Mr Quddas Khan (non-member) Bangladesh Mr Sothkun Chhim (non-member) Cambodia Mr Chhay Loak (non-member) Cambodia Mr Juan Oses (non-member) Chile 5 Mr Malika Massamba (non-member) Congo (Dem. Rep. of) Mr Jiri Krbec (non-member) Czech Republic Ms Lebohang Ramohlanka (non-member) Lesotho Dr Aly Shameem (non-member) Maldives Mr Morad Boularaf (non-member) Pan-African Parliament Mr Tomasz Glanz (non-member) Poland Ms Ana Vargas (non-member) Portugal Mr George Petricu (non-member) Romania Mr Peter Lilienfeld (non-member) South Africa Ravi Poliah (non-member) South Africa René Kleyn (non-member) South Africa Patty Davids (non-member) South Africa Gloria Spelman (non-member) South Africa Dr Kasuka Mutukwa (non-member) Southern African Development Parliamentary Forum (SADC) Mr Dhammika Kitulgoda (non-member) Sri Lanka Dr Martin Brothén (non-member) Sweden Mrs Samonrutai Aksornmat (non-member) Thailand Miss Neeranan Sungto (non-member) Thailand Nisaporn Wiboonchan (non-member) Thailand Mr Anildo da Cruz (non-member) Timor Leste Mr Gherardo Casini (non-member) United Nations Mrs Claudia Palacio (non-member) Uruguay Mr Vu Hai Ha (non-member) Vietnam APOLOGIES Mr Bernard Wright Australia Dr Georg Posch Austria Mr Ashfaque Hamid Bangladesh Mr Robert Myttenaere Belgium Mr Paul C. Bélisle Canada Mr Carlos Hoffman Contreras Chile Mr Mateo Sorinas Balfego Council of Europe Mr Nikolas Stefanou Greece Mr V.K. Agnihotri India Mr N.C. Joshi India Mr Yoshihiro Komazaki Japan Mr Makoto Onitsuka Japan Mr Mikio Obata Japan Mr Masafumi Hashimoto Japan Mr Henk Bakker Netherlands Mary Harris New Zealand 6 Fidel Rwigamba Rwanda Mr Romão Pereira do Couto São Tomé and Principe Mrs Marie-Nella Azemia Seychelles Mr Manuel Cavero Gómez Spain Mr Manuel Alba Navarro Spain Sune Johansson (Honorary Member) Sweden Mrs Suvimol Phumisingharaj Thailand Mr Valentyn Zaichuk Ukraine Mr Marti Dalgalarrondo Uruguay Mr Colin Cameron Western European Union Mr Floris de Gou Western European Union 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No FIRST SITTING – Monday 14 April [am] 1. Opening of the Session ................................................................................... 10 2. Elections to the Executive Committee ................................................................ 10 3. Adoption of the orders of the day....................................................................... 11 4. Administrative questions: new members ............................................................. 15 5. Welcome and presentation on the parliamentary system of the Republic of South Africa by Mr Zingile DINGANI, Secretary General of the South African Parliament.. 17 SECOND SITTING – Monday 14 April [pm] 1. General debate: The work of parliamentary committees ....................................... 26 THIRD SITTING – Tuesday 15 April [am] 1. Introductory remarks ........................................................................................ 52 2. Administrative questions: new members ............................................................. 52 3. Presentation of the responses to the questionnaire on parliamentary legal, financial and administrative autonomy by Mr Alain DELCAMP, Secretary General of the Presidency of the French Senate.............................................................. 53 4. Communication from Mrs Adelina SÁ CARVALHO, Secretary General of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal: Reform of the Portuguese Parliament – progress and problems ..................................................................................... 78 5. Communication from Dr Ulrich SCHÖLER, Deputy Secretary General of the German Bundestag: An example of well developed parliamentary minority rights: ...... the rules of procedure of the German Bundestag................................................. 86 FOURTH SITTING – Tuesday 15 April [pm] 1. Introductory remarks ....................................................................................... 94 2. Presentation by Mr Martin CHUNGONG, Director of the Division for the Promotion of Democracy of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, on recent developments in the activities of the IPU............................................................ 94 3. Communication from Mr Douglas MILLAR, Director General of Chamber and Committee Services and Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom: The role of the backbencher .............................................................. 97 4. Communication from Mr Ali Osman KOCA, Secretary General of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey: Participation in the legislative process of the NGOs in Turkey .......................................................................................................101 5. Proposal from the Executive Committee under Rule 30 (5) that the rights to vote and to stand for election be suspended for members where there is a delay of at least three years in the payment of subscriptions ..............................................105 8 FIFTH SITTING – Thursday 17 April [am] 1. Introductory remarks ......................................................................................106 2. Administrative questions: new members ............................................................106 3. Issues brought by African members of the ASGP................................................107 4. Administrative questions: election of three ordinary members to the Executive Committee......................................................................................................118 5. Issues brought by African members of the ASGP (resumed) ................................118
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