CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 187
Quorum and Decision Making
1. The Assembly of the Republic may deliberate and make decisions only when
more than half of its deputies are present.
2. Decisions of the Assembly of the Republic shall be carried by more than half of
the votes of the deputies present.
3. Matters relating to the statute of the opposition shall be carried by a majority of
two thirds of the votes of the deputies.
Article 188
Dissolution
1. The President of the Republic may dissolve the Assembly of the Republic if it
rejects the Government programme, after debate.
2. The President of the Republic shall call new legislative elections, in the terms
of the Constitution.
Article 189
Restrictions on Dissolution
1. The Assembly of the Republic may not be dissolved in the event of a state of
siege or a state of emergency, during the course of such a state, or until sixty
days after it has terminated.
2. A dissolution carried out contrary to the provisions of the preceding paragraph
shall be of no legal effect whatsoever.
3. The dissolution of the Assembly of the Republic shall not bring to an end the
term of office of its deputies nor the powers and functions of the Standing
Commission, which shall subsist until the first session of the new elected
Assembly.
4. In the event of dissolution, the new Assembly shall begin a new legislative
term, which shall endure for the remainder of the previous legislative term.
Article 190
President of the Assembly of the Republic
1. The Assembly of the Republic shall elect from among its members a President
of the Assembly of the Republic.
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