Standing Orders of the National Council
(SO-NC)

¹ Fol­low­ing the gen­er­al elec­tion, the newly-elec­ted Coun­cil shall con­vene to hold its con­stitutive sit­ting on the day de­term­ined by law.

² At this meet­ing, the Coun­cil:

a.

hears speeches by the Old­est Mem­ber and by the young­est des­ig­nated mem­ber of the Coun­cil elec­ted for the first time;

b.

es­tab­lishes the con­sti­tu­tion of the Coun­cil;

c.

swears in the mem­bers of the Coun­cil present whose elec­tion was un­con­tested or de­clared val­id;

d.

es­tab­lishes pos­sible in­com­pat­ib­il­it­ies;

e.

elects the Pres­id­ent;

f.

elects the First Vice-Pres­id­ent;

g.

elects the Second Vice-Pres­id­ent;

h.

con­ducts a sum­mary elec­tion of the Tell­ers;

i.

con­ducts a sum­mary elec­tion of the Deputy Tell­ers.