constituteproject.org • Powers of cabinet PDF generated: 04 Jan 2016, 20:27 Article 41 The President of the Republic presides over the Council of Ministers. It deliberates obligatorily on: • the decisions determining the general policy of the State; • the Bills of law; • the appointments to the superior offices of the State of which the list is established by virtue of a law adopted by the National Assembly. Article 42 The President of the Republic can delegate certain of his functions to the Prime Minister, to the Ministers and to the high functionaries of the administration, within the framework of their respective attributions. • Eligibility for cabinet • Eligibility for head of government Article 43 The functions of President of the Republic and of member of the Government are incompatible with the exercise of any parliamentary mandate, of any public office and of any professional activity. TITLE IV: OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER • Structure of legislative chamber(s) Article 44 The Parliament is constituted by a single Assembly, called the National Assembly, of which the members carry the title of Deputies. Article 45 • First chamber selection • Term length for first chamber The Deputies to the National Assembly are elected for five years by direct and secret universal suffrage. They are re-eligible. • Minimum age for first chamber • Eligibility for first chamber All Djiboutian citizens, enjoying their civil and political rights, twenty-three years of age or more, are eligible. • Eligibility for first chamber Article 46 The following may not be elected members of the National Assembly during the exercise of their functions: • the President of the Republic, • the Prefects and Sub-Prefects, • the Secretaries-General of the Government and the Ministers, • the Magistrates, • the controllers of the State, and the inspectors of labor and education, • the members of the Armed Forces and of the National Force of Security, Djibouti 1992 (rev. 2010) Page 10