A special standing parliamentary commission will monitor the work of the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS). It will include members of three standing commissions – the national security commission, the legal commission, and the human rights commission. The composition and duties of the new commission were discussed during public consultations held in Parliament, IPN reports.
Lilian Carp, chairman of the parliamentary commission for national security, defense and public order, said that a three-member subcommittee of the commission he leads currently monitors the work of the SIS. However, in the context of the new legal provisions, it is necessary to approve a new concept of organizing and exercising parliamentary control over the SIS’ work.
Thus, it is proposed constituting a special commission consisting of seven members. Three of them will be from the national security commission, with one of them heading the special commission, two - from the legal commission for appointments and immunities, and another two – from the commission on human rights and interethnic relations. It is examined the possibility of including a representative of civil society, but without the right to vote.
The participants in the meeting agreed to create a working group that will work out the regulations on the functioning of the special standing monitoring commission. The members of the working group will also jointly decide other issues that are important for the work of the special standing commission.
“Our objective is to create a working group in which there will be representatives of each commission and also representatives of the institution that monitors the work of the SIS, including on behalf of civil society. We need to amend the legislation and move to a new stage. The current control subcommittee of the commission on national security, defense and public order is not effective,” stressed Lilian Carp.
