3. Judges shall not be responsible for the decisions they make during the course
of their duties, except for the restrictions imposed by law.
4. Judges may only be imprisoned after being charged when the infraction is
punishable with a prison sentence of more than two years, except in the case
of flagrante delito involving a felony punishable with the same sentence.
5. Serving judges may not exercise any other public or private duties except
teaching or academic research of a legal nature.
6. Serving judges may not become affiliated to political parties or political
associations or become involved in party political activities.
7. It shall be recognised that judges have the right to social and professional
associations, but are forbidden the right to strike.
8. Judges may be periodically assessed by the Supreme Judicial Council on the
basis of their professional performance, under the conditions and within the
periods of time to be determined by law.
SECTION II
THE COURTS
Article 180
(Constitutional Court)
1. The Constitutional Court shall, in general be responsible for the
administration of justice in legal and constitutional matters, under the terms
of the Constitution and the law.
2. The Constitutional Court shall be responsible for:
a) Assessing the constitutionality of any rules and other acts of the state;
b) Providing a prior review of the constitutionality of the laws of parliament;
c) Exercising jurisdiction in other legal and constitutional, electoral and
party political matters, under the terms of the Constitution and the law;
d) Assessing appeals against the constitutionality of the decisions of the
various courts which have refused to apply particular rules on the grounds
that they are unconstitutional;
e) Assessing appeals against the constitutionality of rulings made by the
various courts that have applied rules whose constitutionality has been
questioned during the relevant proceedings
f) The Constitutional Court shall be composed of a Bench of eleven
members appointed from amongst jurists and judges, as follows:
a) Four judges nominated by the President of the Republic, including the
President of the Court;
b) Four judges elected by the National Assembly by a two-thirds majority of
the Members in full exercise of their office, including the Vice-President
of the Court;
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