Section 3: Operation

The first meeting of the Martinique Assembly is held ipso jure on the first Friday following its election. At the first meeting of the assembly, immediately after the election of its president, vice-presidents, executive councillors and the president of the executive council, the president of the assembly shall read out the charter for locally elected representatives provided for in article L. 1111-1-1. The president provides the councillors at the assembly…

The Martinique Assembly meets on the initiative of its President, at least once every three months, at the administrative centre of the territorial community or at any other location chosen by its Bureau.

The President may decide that the meeting of the Assembly of Martinique is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Martinique Assembly is held by videoconference, the quorum is assessed on the basis of the presence of councillors at the Martinique Assembly in the various places by videoconference. Votes may only be taken by public ballot. If a request for a secret ballot is…

The Martinique Assembly is also convened at the request of: 1° The Executive Council; 2° Or one-third of its members on a specific agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days. The same councillor to the Martinique Assembly may not submit more than one request for a meeting per six-month period. In exceptional circumstances, the councillors to the Martinique Assembly may be convened by decree.

Sessions of the Martinique Assembly are public. However, at the request of five members or its president, the Assembly may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or represented, that it shall meet in camera. Without prejudice to the powers that the chairman of the meeting holds under article L. 7222-12, these sittings may be broadcast by audiovisual communication media.

The chairman alone is responsible for policing the assembly. He may have any individual who disturbs order expelled from the auditorium or arrested. In the event of a crime or misdemeanour, he draws up a report and the matter is immediately referred to the public prosecutor.

To organise the work of the assembly, the president of the assembly of Martinique is assisted by four vice-presidents elected under the conditions provided for in Article L. 7223-2. The President and Vice-Presidents form the Bureau of the Martinique Assembly.

The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by one of the secretaries, are approved at the beginning of the following meeting and signed by the Chairman and the secretary. The minutes shall contain the date and time of the sitting, the names of the Chairman, the members of the Assembly present or represented and the secretary or secretaries of the sitting, the quorum, the agenda for the sitting, the resolutions…