in addition to the
Speaker, the Senate Bureau includes two Deputy-Speakers,
elected according to the same methods and for the same
term. The Bureau members cannot come from the same ethnic
group, or have the same gender.
When the Bureau
members take and quit office, they must write a statement
of their possession and patrimony. This statement is
addressed to the Supreme Court.
Each Deputy-Speaker
has specific prerogatives: the First Deputy-Speaker
is competent for political, diplomatic and communication
matters, the Second Deputy-Speaker being competent for
economic, social and financial matters.
The Senate Bureau
represents the Senate on national and international
levels. It has all powers to preside over Senate deliberations;
it determines, by internal instructions, the organization
and functioning of the Senate services.
The Bureau’s
decisions are taken by consensus, but, failing this,
by a 2/3 majority of its members. Lastly, the Senate
Bureau meets frequently: practically, meeting are weekly.
The Bureau meet every Monday, either in its simple forming,
or in form of an "Extended Bureau.”
THE SENATE
SPEAKER'S OFFICE
The Senate Speaker
has a staff. It is made up of a team of personal collaborators
of the Speaker whom he hires himself according to his
own criteria. They are not Senate staffmembers de facto,
even though some staffmembers might be temporarily seconded
to the Speaker’s Cabinet. In reality, the Senate
Speaker’s Office members serve for the Speaker
but also the two Deputy-Speakers. They are recruited
and organized in a way that they can advise the Bureau
members in all sectors of interest for the Senate life.
Some of them exercising purely logistic functions. The
following is the organization of the Senate Speaker's
Office:
• Principal Private Secretary
• Protocol
• Political and diplomatic advisor
• Administrative and Legal advisor
• Security
• Stewardship
• Private secretariat
