constituteproject.org PDF generated: 14 Apr 2014, 20:52 Article 93 The President of the Republic is only responsible for the acts accomplished in the exercise of his functions in the case of high treason. He cannot be impeached [mis en accusation] except by the two Assemblies deciding with an identical vote in public ballot and by the absolute majority of the members that compose them; he is judged by the High Court of Justice. The Prime Minister and the members of the Government are criminally responsible for the acts accomplished in the exercise of their functions and qualified as crimes or misdemeanors at the moment when they were committed. The procedure defined above is applicable to them as well as to their accomplices in the case of conspiracy against the security of the State. In the case specified in the present paragraph, the High Court of Justice is bound by the definition of crimes and misdemeanors as well as by the determination of the penalties as they result from the criminal laws in force at the moment when the acts were committed. Title IX Of the Consultative Institutions Article 94 A High Islamic Council composed of five (5) members is instituted before the President of the Republic. The President and the other members of the High Islamic Council are appointed by the President of the Republic. The High Islamic Council meets at the demand of the President of the Republic. It formulates an opinion on the questions concerning which it is consulted by the President of the Republic. Article 95 The Economic and Social Council, referred to [the matter] by the President of the Republic, gives its opinion concerning the Bills of law, the ordinances, or the decrees of an economic or social character as well as concerning the proposals of law of the same nature which are submitted to it. The Economic and Social Council may designate one of its members to present before the parliamentary assemblies the opinion of the Council concerning the Bills or proposals of law that have been submitted to it. Article 96 The Economic and Social Council can also be consulted by the President of the Republic concerning any economic or social question of interest to the State. Any plan and bill of program law of an economic or social character is submitted to it for [an] opinion. The composition of the Economic and Social Council and its rules and functioning are established by an organic law. Mauritania 1991 (rev. 2012) Page 19