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within the units.
• Standing committees
The Government shall be obligated to file a conforming bill within fifteen days of this
charge with the Office of the National Assembly.
The Government shall be obligated to solicit the advice of the High Council of
Territorial Units for all actions concerning the domains cited in the present Article.
Article 100
The High Council of Territorial Units shall be seated in BAMAKO; it may be
transferred to any other location in the case of need.
The High Council of Territorial Units shall not be dissolved.
Article 101
The members of the High Council of Territorial Units carry the title of National
Councilor.
An organic law Shall determine the number of National Councilors, their
compensation, conditions of eligibility, areas of ineligibility and incompatibility as
well as conditions of their replacement.
The mandate of Deputy is incompatible with that of national Councilor.
Article 102
The National Councilors shall be elected for five years by indirect suffrage.
They assure the representation of the territorial units of the Republic.
Malians established outside of Mali shall be represented on the High Council of
Territorial Units.
Article 103
The High Council of Territorial Units shall convene by right in ordinary session two
times per year upon convocation by its President.
The duration of each session shall not exceed thirty days.
Its meetings shall be public. The official report of its debates shall be published in the
Official Journal.
Article 104
The President of the High Council of Territorial Units shall be elected for five •
years.
Article 105
The National Assembly and the High Council of Territorial Units may convene in
limited committee at the request of the Prime Minister. The President of the
National Assembly and the President of the High Council of Territorial Units may call
a common session of Deputies and National Councilors.
The agenda of this session shall consider a local and regional problem of national
importance.
The duration of this session shall not exceed 15 days.
Mali 1992
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