CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 193
Standing Commission
1. The Standing Commission is the body of the Assembly of the Republic that coordinates the activities of the Assembly in plenary sitting and of its commissions
and national parliamentary groups.
2. The Standing Commission of the Assembly of the Republic shall be composed
of the President, the Vice Presidents and other deputies elected in the terms of
the law, on the recommendation of the parliamentary benches, according to their
degree of representation.
3. The representatives referred to in the preceding paragraphs shall have the
same number of votes in the Standing Commission as that of the benches that
they represent.
4. The Standing Commission of the Assembly of the Republic shall sit during the
intermissions of the plenary sessions, and at other times established in the
Constitution and the law.
Article 194
Permanence
At the end of the legislative term or in the event of dissolution, the Standing
Commission of the Assembly of the Republic shall remain in office until the
founding session of the newly elected Assembly.
Article 195
Powers
The Standing Commission of the Assembly of the Republic shall have power to:
a) exercise the powers of the Assembly of the Republic with respect to the
terms of office of the deputies;
b) ensure compliance with the Constitution and the laws, and monitor the
activity of the Government and the Public Administration;
c) give its prior opinion on the declaration of war;
d) authorise or confirm, subject to ratification, declarations of states of siege
and states of emergency, whenever the Assembly of the Republic is not in
session;
e) conduct the relations between the Assembly of the Republic and
parliaments and similar institutions in other countries;
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