constituteproject.org PDF generated: 14 Apr 2014, 20:52 It sees to the publication and the execution of the laws and regulations. It is responsible before the Parliament in the conditions and following the procedures specified in Articles 74 and 75 of this Constitution. Article 44 The functions of the members of the Government are incompatible with the exercise of any parliamentary mandate, with any function of professional representation of a national character, with any professional activity, and in a general manner with any public or private employment. An organic law establishes the conditions in which the replacement of the titular of such mandates, functions, or employments [emplois] is provided for. The replacement of the members of Parliament takes place according to the provisions of Article 48 of this Constitution. Title III Of the Legislative Power Article 45 The legislative power belongs to the Parliament. Article 46 The Parliament is composed of two (2) representative Assemblies: the National Assembly and the Senate. Article 47 The Deputies to the National Assembly are elected for five (5) years by direct suffrage. The Senators are elected for six (6) years by indirect suffrage. They assure the representation of the territorial collectivities of the Republic. The Mauritanians resident abroad are represented in the Senate. The Senators are renewed by thirds (1/3) every two (2) years. All Mauritanian citizens enjoying their civil and political rights [and] at least twenty-five (25) years old are eligible to be [a] Deputy and at least thirty-five (35) years old [are eligible] to be a Senator. Article 48 An organic law establishes the conditions for the election of the members of Parliament, their number, their indemnity, the conditions of eligibility, [and] the regime of the ineligibilities and of the incompatibilities. It also establishes the conditions in which the persons named to assure the replacement of the Deputies or the Senators in the case of vacancy of a seat, are elected [,] until the general or partial renewal of the Assembly to which they belong. Article 49 The Constitutional Council decides in the case of dispute [contestation] concerning the regularity of the election of the parliamentarians or concerning their eligibility. Mauritania 1991 (rev. 2012) Page 9