SECTION 19

(1) The President of the National Assembly shall chair Permanent Bureau meetings and the Chairmen's Conference. He shall preside over deliberations in plenary. (2) Where the President of the National Assembly is unavoidably absent, the Senior Vice-President and the Vice-Presidents shall sit in his stead in the order of precedence established by the Bureau. (3) The Secretaries shall supervise the drafting of the minutes and shall read them out upon request. They shall keep the speakers list of Members who ask for the floor, supervise the voting process and count votes. 9 (4) The Questors, under the authority of the Bureau of the National Assembly, shall be responsible for evaluating, auditing and controlling the services of the National Assembly under conditions laid down by order of the Bureau.