Constituion Of The Democratic Left Party

C O N S T I T U T I O N OF THE DEMOCRATIC LEFT PARTY Section 1 - Membership (1) Membership in the Democratic Left Party (the ”DLP”) shall consist of all those taking the whip of the DLP in the Belarusian Parliament. (2) All members of the DLP must be rgistered members of the DLP. (3) The Whip of the DLP shall be offered to all persons elected as official candidates of the DLP. (4) A person who applies for membership in the DLP who previously have held a leading role in another party must have their membership approved by the National Executive Committee. Section 2 - Organisation (1) The DLP shall have a Leader and such deputies as the Leader wishes to appoint. (2) The DLP shall have a National Executive Committee (the ”Committee”) consisting of the leader and one deputy, the Chairperson of the Executive Committee (the ”Chairperson”) and one deputy. (3) The Leader and Chairperson may not be the same person, nor may a deputy of one be the other or a deputy of the other. Section 3 - The Leader (1). The Leader must be a member of the National Assembly and a member of the DLP. (2). The Leader is considered to have vacated the office in the event of an unexplained absence lasting more than 3 days, disability, death, or by tendering a letter of resignation to the Chairperson. (3) A vacancy of the Office of Leader of the DLP will be filled by means of an election using Ranked Choice Voting.

All candidates must be nominated by another member of the DLP, in writing too the Chairperson, no more than three days after a date specified by the Chairperson. The poll shall last three days after the close of nominations and results must then be announced by the Chairperson. (4) During a period of vacancy a deputy leader as appointed in Section 2(1) shall assume responsibilities of the Leader and appoint an Acting Deputy Leader. (5) The Leader shall appoint a Front Bench team which shall form a Cabinet Government, or act as Opposition of the Government. The Leader of the DLP shall also the Party’s official candidate for Chancellor. (6) The Leader is responsible for the DLP’s performance in Parliament. (7) Leadership elections are to be held immediately following the elections of the Supreme Court each sitting using the procedure outlined in Section 3(3). Section 4 - The Committee (1) The Chairperson shall be elected by Ranked Choice Voting. The Leader shall solicit nominations in writing for a period of three days after declaring the office of the Chairperson vacant, Section 4(2). Voting shall continue for three days after the end of nominations, after which the Leader must announce a result. (2) The Chairpersonship shall be considered vacated if there is an unexplained absence lasting more than 3 days, disability, death, or a letter of resignation is tendered to the Leader of the DLP. (3) The Deputy Chairperson who shall sit on the Committee shall be the person with the second highest vote total in the chairperson election. (4) The Chairperson shall be responsible

for election strategy and the promotion of the DLP nationally. Section 5 - Conduct and Representation (1) All Members of the DLP shall be bound by the constitution of the DLP and its rules, expectation, and requirements. (2) Members of the DLP shall not defame or bring the DLP into disrepute through their words or actions, or act in a manner unbecoming of a Member of the National Assembly. (3) Any member of the DLP may propose a motion to the party. It shall be debated for at least one week and then voted on for 48 hours. Motions may be on any subject and are not binding except in the such cases as: (A ) Suspension of a member of the DLP for a period of no more than two weeks. (B ) Expulsion of a member of the DLP permanently, this will require a twothirds majority. (C ) A Motion of No Confidence in the Leader. After which the Leader must tender his or her resignation to the Chairperson. (D ) A Motion of No Confidence in the Chairperson. After which the Chairperson must tender his or her resignation to the Leader. (E ) A Motion to amend the Constitution of the DLP. (4 ) The Leader May suspend a member of the DLP for a period of 3 days. And must provide a reason for the expulsion to the membership of the DLP (5) A Member of the DLP may be suspended for up to one week by a vote of the Committee.