constituteproject.org • Economic plans PDF generated: 23 May 2016, 16:14 In the Council of the Government:   1°. he establishes the program for the implementation of the general policy of the State and orders the measures to be taken to assure execution of it;   2°. he exercises the other attributions for which the consultation of the Government is obligatory by virtue of this Constitution and of particular laws;   3°. he decides on the measures of implementation of the national programs of economic and social development, as well as on that of the territorial development, in collaboration with the authorities of the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities. Article 67 The acts of the Prime Minister are countersigned, as need be, by the Ministers in charge of their execution. SUB-TITLE II: OF THE LEGISLATIVE MATTERS • Structure of legislative chamber(s) • Legislative oversight of the executive Article 68 The Parliament is composed of the National Assembly and the Senate. It votes the law. It controls the action of the Government. It evaluates the public policies. CHAPTER I: Of the National Assembly • First chamber selection • Term length for first chamber • Claim of universal suffrage Article 69 The members of the National Assembly are elected for five years by universal direct suffrage. The regime of the ballots is determined by an organic law. The members of the National Assembly bear the title of « Deputy of Madagascar ». • Electoral districts • Size of first chamber Article 70 A decree taken in the Council of Ministers establishes the number of members of the National Assembly, the distribution of the seats on the whole of the national territory as well as the divisions of the electoral circumscriptions. • Outside professions of legislators Article 71 The mandate of Deputy is incompatible with the exercise of any other elective public mandate and of all public employments, except teaching. • Eligibility for cabinet The Deputy appointed member of the Government is suspended, of office, from his mandate. He is replaced by his substitute. The Deputy exercises his mandate following his conscience and within respect for the ethical rules determined in the forms established in Article 79 below. Madagascar 2010 Page 18