Two Hands Up

At German party conventions and assemblies, people who want to speak on the item go on a list and are called in order. There is one way to jump the queue. A motion on procedure, an Antrag zur Geschäftsordnung, may be made outside the order. It has its own signal. The rules of the ÖDP’s federal party convention say: GO-Anträge werden durch Erheben beider Hände und der Stimmkarte angezeigt. Procedural motions are signaled by raising both hands and the voting card. The senior citizens’ parliament in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament also uses both raised hands, and such motions must be dealt with at once.

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