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In relation to the publications of the last few days, which refer to the late submission of asset declarations by Members of Parliament, which, as reported, took the form of a mass phenomenon and even without any consequences, the following is clarified on behalf of the Parliament in order to restore the true picture:
The current legislative framework on which the obligation to submit a declaration of assets by each Member of Parliament is based is purely regulatory and not prescriptive, i.e. it is not contradicted in the sense of an a priori provision for the imposition of sanctions and/or penalties on each Member of Parliament in the event of failure to submit the required declaration within the prescribed time limit. It is in this light, and rightly so, that the whole matter has been dealt with in this case, namely by means of an extension granted to all those obliged as internacorporis of the body.
Further, and as follows from the very constitutional nature of the office, the status of Member of Parliament requires the handling of similar matters as such by the Speaker of the House, who, acting on the basis of the autonomy granted by the Constitution (Article 73.1), decides on the handling of such matters, should they arise, on the basis of a relevant provision in the Rules of the House. It is noted that, with regard to the failure of a Member of Parliament to submit a declaration of assets within the prescribed time limit, it is noted that, just as in the current legislative framework, so in the proposed new legislative framework for the filing of a declaration of assets, which is currently being prepared by the competent parliamentary committee, the failure to submit a declaration of assets will again be regulated by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament, in accordance with the nature of the office.
In any case, neither the Parliament as a constitutional authority nor the President of the Parliament constitute administrative bodies to impose administrative sanctions on Members of Parliament, while it goes without saying that a Member of Parliament is criminally liable and guilty of an offence only in the event that he or she has submitted untrue information, following an investigation carried out for this purpose and a finding, in accordance with the procedure laid down, that such a case exists. Finally, it is clarified that any individual case of a Member of Parliament who has not submitted a declaration of whereabouts within the prescribed time limit shall, in addition, be subject to the publication of his or her name on the Parliament's website.
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