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The duration of the session may not exceed twelve days. Nevertheless, a decree of
closure intervenes when the National Assembly has exhausted the agenda for which
it was convoked.
• Public or private sessions
• Publication of deliberations
• Secrecy of legislative votes
Article 77
The sittings of the National Assembly are public. A record is held and its publication
is assured within the conditions specified by the law.
The National Assembly sits in closed session at the demand of one-quarter of its
members or of the Government. A record of the ordered decisions is written.
• Legislative committees
• Standing committees
Article 78
The National Assembly meets of plain right in special session on the second Tuesday
that follows the proclamation of the results of its election to proceed to the
constitution of its Bureau and to the formation of the commissions.
The opposition has the right to a position of vice-president and presides over at least
one of the commissions. The session is closed after exhaustion of the agenda.
Article 79
The rules relative to the functioning of the National Assembly are established in
their general principles by an organic law and in their modalities by its internal
regulations. The internal regulations are published in the Journal Officiel of the
Republic.
CHAPTER II: Of the Senate
• Leader of second chamber
• Term length of second chamber
Article 80
The members of the Senate bear the title of « Senator of Madagascar ». Their
mandate is of five years, except for that which concerns the President of the Senate,
in application of Article 46 paragraph 2 of this Constitution.
• Second chamber representation quotas
• Eligibility for second chamber
• Second chamber selection
Article 81
The Senate represents the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities and the economic
and social organizations. It includes, for two-thirds, members elected in equal
number for each Province, and for one-third, members appointed by the President of
the Republic, in part, by virtue of their particular competence.
• Second chamber selection
Article 82
The rules of functioning of the Senate, its composition as well as the modalities of
election and of designation of its members are established by an organic law.
Article 83
The Senate is consulted by the Government to give its opinion on economic, and
social questions and questions of organization of the Decentralized Territorial
Collectivities.
Madagascar 2010
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