The impact of political party control over the exercise of the parliamentary mandate

Abstract

The paper begins by presenting the overall framework of the survey. With aview to placing the analysis of the survey’s results against a theoreticalbackground, the paper includes an introduction to the conceptual aspects ofthe problem discussed. It is followed by a review of legal solutions adoptedin the countries under survey for the case of the relinquishment by an MP ofthe party’s membership or breaching the party discipline. The conclusions listthe main findings and offer some basic recommendations. The Appendixcontains some more detailed presentation of the relevant cases before theIPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.