constituteproject.org • Economic plans • Initiation of general legislation • Powers of cabinet • Standing committees • Selection of active-duty commanders PDF generated: 23 May 2016, 16:14   2°. has authority over the members of the Government of which he directs the action, and is responsible for the coordination of the activities of the ministerial departments as well as for the implementation of any national program of development;   3°. has the initiative of law;   4°. orders the bills of laws to be submitted to the deliberation of the Council of Ministers and to be presented to the Bureau of one of the two Assemblies;   5°. assures the execution of the laws;   6°. exercises the regulatory power under reserve of the provisions of Article 55 paragraph 3;   7°. sees to the execution of the decisions of justice;   8°. refers matters, as needed, to the General Inspection of the State and the other organs of control of the Administration and assures the good functioning of the public services, of the good administration of the finances of the public collectivities and of the public organs of the State;   9°. assures the security, the peace and the stability on all the extent of the national territory within respect for the national unity; to this end, he has at his disposal all the forces in charge of the police, of the maintenance of order, of interior security and of defense;   10°. in the case of grave political troubles and before the proclamation of the situation of exception, he may have recourse to the forces of order to restore the social peace after the opinion of the superior authorities of the Police, of the Gendarmerie and of the Army, of the High Council of the National Defense and of the President of the High Constitutional Court;   11°. is the Head of the Administration;   12°. appoints to the civil and military offices as well as to those of the organs of the State, under reserve of the provisions of Article 55 paragraph 4. He may delegate certain of his powers to the members of the Government. He assures the balanced and harmonious development of all the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities. Without prejudice of the provisions of Article 55, he may, exceptionally, with an express delegation from the President of the Republic and on a determined agenda, preside over the Council of Ministers. • Advisory bodies to the head of state Article 66 The Prime Minister presides over the Council of the Government. Madagascar 2010 Page 17