Article (127)
The executive power may not obtain a loan or funding or engage in a project that is not listed in
the approved State budget which entails expenditure from the State treasury within a subsequent
period, except with the approval of the House of Representatives.
Article (128)
The Law shall specify the rules for setting salaries, pensions, indemnities, subsidies, and bonuses
which are paid from the State treasury; and shall set out the cases in which exception from such
rules may be made, as well as, the authorities in charge of their application.
Article (129)
Every member of the House of Representatives may direct any question to the Prime Minister, or
one of his/her deputies, or a minister, or one of his/her deputies on any matter that falls within
their respective authorities; and the latter must respond to such question during the same annual
session.
The member may withdraw the question at any time. A question may not be converted to an
interrogation in the same session.
Article (130)
Every member of the House of Representatives may direct an interrogation to the Prime
Minister, or one of his/her deputies or a minister or one of his/her deputies in order to hold them
accountable for matters that fall within their respective authorities.
The House of Representatives shall discuss the interrogation at least seven (7) days after its
submission, within a maximum of sixty (60) days, except in cases of urgency as determined by
the House and agreed by the Government.
Article (131)
The House of Representatives may decide to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister, or
one of his/her deputies or a minister or one of his/her deputies.
Filing a motion of no confidence may not be made except after an interrogation and upon a
proposal submitted by at least one-tenth of the members of the House of Representatives. The
House of Representatives shall issue a decision after considering the interrogation. Withdrawal
of confidence requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the House members.
In all cases, a no-confidence motion may not be filed in connection with an issue that has already
been decided upon in the same annual session.
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