CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
f) authorise the President of the Republic to make State visits abroad;
g) establish commissions of inquiry of an urgent nature, during intermissions
between plenary sessions of the Assembly of the Republic;
h) prepare and organise sessions of the Assembly of the Republic;
i) exercise such other functions as are conferred by the Bylaws of the
Assembly of the Republic;
j) conduct the work of the plenary sessions;
k) announce the loss of office and resignation of deputies, as well as
suspensions, in terms of the Constitution and the Bylaws of the Assembly
of the Republic;
l) decide on questions of interpretation of the Bylaws of the Assembly of the
Republic during intermissions between plenary sessions;
m) integrate the initiatives of deputies, the benches or the Government in the
work of each session;
n) support the President of the Assembly of the Republic in the
administrative and financial management of the Assembly.
Article 196
Parliamentary Benches
1. The deputies elected by each political party may set up a parliamentary bench.
2. The formation and organisation of benches shall be provided for in the Bylaws
of the Assembly of the Republic.
Article 197
Powers of the Parliamentary Benches
1. The Parliamentary Benches shall have the following powers:
a) to present candidates for the office of President of the Assembly of the
Republic;
b) to propose candidates for Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic;
c) to nominate candidates for the Standing Commission of the Assembly of
the Republic;
d) to nominate candidates for commissions of the Assembly of the Republic;
e) to exercise legislative initiative;
f) to call for debate on current and urgent issues of national interest, with the
presence of the Government;
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