c) Absence from the country for more than ninety days;
d) An indictment for conviction for a felony punishable with a prison
sentence of more than two years.
2. Whenever the term of office of a Member is suspended, they must be
substituted temporarily, in accordance with the terms stipulated in Points 2
and 3 of Article 153 of the Constitution.
Article 152
(Relinquishment and loss of seat)
1. A Member may resign by means of a written statement.
2. Members shall always lose their seat if :
a) They become affected by any of the disqualifications or incompatibilities
prescribed in the Constitution and the law;
b) They exceed the number of absences prescribed by law;
c) They become affiliated to a party other than the one under which they
stood for election;
d) They have been sanctioned for indecorous behaviour harmful to the duties
and dignity of parliamentary office, following disciplinary proceedings
introduced under the terms of the appropriate regulations of the National
Assembly;
e) They conform to the situations prescribed in Article 153(1)(c),(d) and(e)
of the Constitution;
f) They do not take up their seat in the National Assembly, without
justification, under the terms of the law.
Article 153
(Permanent replacement)
1. Members shall be permanently replaced in the following circumstances:
a) Relinquishment of office;
b) Loss of seat under the terms prescribed in Article 152(2)(b) of the
Constitution;
c) Conviction for a felony punishable by a prison sentence of more than two
years;
d) Permanent incapacity;
e) Death.
2. When a Member needs to be substituted, their seat shall be filled in order of
precedence by the next Member on the party or coalition party list from
which the former Member had been elected.
3. If no more candidates remain on the list of the former Member, the seat shall
not be filled.
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