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Article 41
The law determines the amount, the conditions and the modalities of the attribution
of the indemnities granted to the notable persons called to exercise a public
mandate, to accomplish functions or to effect missions within the Institutions
specified by this Constitution.
• Earnings disclosure requirement
Prior to the accomplishment of the functions or the missions and to the exercise of a
mandate, all the notable persons referred to in the preceding paragraph present to
the High Constitutional Court a declaration of their patrimony.
With the exception of their rights and under penalty of forfeiture, none of the
notable persons referred to in Article 40 may accept from a physical or juridical
person, foreign or national, emoluments or compensations within the framework of
their functions.
The law establishes the modalities for the application of these provisions, notably in
that which concerns the determination of the rights, of the emoluments and of the
compensations as well as the procedure of forfeiture.
Article 42
The functions at the service of the institutions of the State shall not constitute a
source of illicit enrichment or a means to serve private interests.
Article 43
The High Council for the Defense of Democracy and of the State of Law is
responsible for observing the respect for the ethic of power, of democracy and of the
respect for the State of Law, and to control the promotion and the protection of
human rights.
The law establishes the modalities relative to the composition, the organization and
the functioning of the High Council.
SUB-TITLE I: OF THE EXECUTIVE
• Name/structure of executive(s)
Article 44
The executive function is exercised by the President of the Republic and the
Government.
CHAPTER I: Of the President of the Republic
• Head of state selection
• Head of state term length
• Head of state term limits
• Claim of universal suffrage
Article 45
The President of the Republic is the Head of State.
He is elected by universal direct suffrage for a mandate of five years renewable one
sole time.
He is the guarantor, by his arbitration, of the regular and continuous functioning of
the public powers, of the national independence and of the territorial integrity. He
sees to the safeguarding and to the respect for the national sovereignty both in the
interior and in the exterior. He is the guarantor of the National Unity.
Madagascar 2010
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