Article 97:
The National Council shall establish regional bureaus charged with supervision
of the programmes of management and action at regional and local level.
- The organic law regulating the functional relationship between the government and the
National Council shall determine the modalities of supervision and the work of regional
bureaus of the National Council.
Article 98:
The Government shall prepare an annual assessment of its programme that
shall be submitted to the National Council no later than one month before the latter holds its
session.
Article 99:
Members of the National Council may address oral or written questions to the
Government or to one of its members.
- Written questions shall be submitted to Government at least two weeks before the opening
of the session.
Article 100: Following the presentation of the assessment of its programme to the National
Council, the Government or a member thereof shall respond to the questions raised by the
Members of the National Council.
Article 101: Following the debate on the assessment of the Government’s programme, the
National Council shall have the right to invite the Government or one of its members for a
meeting to provide explanations on one or several issues of importance.
- The National Council shall have the right to invite any responsible for a national dossier
including members of the National Secretariat for an interpellation session.
Article 102: The National Council may set up Commissions of Enquiry to study an issue of
particular importance.
- It may not set up a Commission of Enquiry on a matter that is before the courts;
- The Commissions of Enquiry shall submit the results of their work to the President of the
National Council who in turn shall submit a copy to the Prime Minister and another copy to
the President of the Republic;
- The Commission of Enquiry shall present the results of its work to the Council in a closed
session.
Article 103: In the exercise of its supervision over the Executive, the National Council may
vote a motion of censure against the Government or against one of its members.
- The request for a motion of censure is the right of each Council Member, and such motion
may be discussed only if it has obtained the support of tenth of the Council members.
Article 104: The decision to censure shall be on the grounds of maladministration, serious
lapses in execution of duties, negligence, waste of public property, plunder of public property,
poor utilisation of public property, failure to maintain such property or a serious fault contrary
to the ethical guidelines of the Government.
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