2. The offices of Minister of State, Minister, Secretary of State and ViceMinister shall also be incompatible with any of the following:
a) Paid employment in any public or private institution, except those
dedicated to teaching or academic research;
b) Administrative, managerial or any other corporate position in commercial
companies and other institutions engaged in profit-making pursuits;
c) The liberal professions.
Article 139
(Political responsibility)
The Vice-President, Ministers of State and Ministers shall be politically and
institutionally responsible to the President of the Republic.
Article 140
(Criminal liability)
1. Ministers of State, Ministers, Secretaries of State and Vice-Ministers shall
answerable to the Supreme Court for any crimes committed either during the
exercise of their duties or outside them.
2. Ministers of State, Ministers, Secretaries of State and Vice-Ministers may
only be imprisoned after being charged when the infraction is punishable by a
prison sentence of more than two years, except in the case of flagrante delito,
for a serious crime punishable with a prison sentence of more than two years.
CHAPTER III
LEGISLATIVE POWER
SECTION I
DEFINITION, STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND ELECTION
Article 141
(Definition)
1. The National Assembly shall be the parliament of the Republic of Angola.
2. The National Assembly shall be a single house representing all Angolans,
which shall express the sovereign will of the people and exercise the
legislative power of the state.
Article 142
(Composition)
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