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The Members of the Supreme Court shall be named by decree taken in the Council of
Ministers.
• Foreign affairs representative
• Head of state powers
Article 48
The President of the Republic shall accredit the Ambassadors and the Envoys
Extraordinary to foreign powers.
Foreign Ambassadors and Envoys Extraordinary shall be accredited to him.
• Emergency provisions
Article 49
The President of the Republic shall decree after deliberation in the Council of
Ministers, the state of siege and state of emergency.
• Emergency provisions
Article 50
When the institutions of the Republic, the independence of the nation, the integrity
of national territory, (or) the fulfillment of its international commitments are
threatened in a grave and immediate manner and when the regular functioning of
the constitutional governmental authorities is interrupted, the President of the
Republic shall take the measures commanded by these circumstances, after
consultation with the Prime Minister, the Presidents of the National Assembly and of
the High Council of Territorial Units as well as the Constitutional Court.
He informs the nation of these events by a message.
The application of these exceptional powers by the President of the Republic shall
not in any case compromise the national sovereignty or territorial integrity.
The exceptional powers shall aspire to assure the continuity of the State and the
reestablishment without undue delay the regular functioning of institutions in
conformity with the Constitution.
The National Assembly shall meet by right and shall not be dissolved during the
exercise of these exceptional powers.
Article 51
The President of the Republic may delegate certain of his powers to the Prime
Minister.
The acts of the President of the Republic other than those preordained in articles
38,41, 42, 45, and 50 as well as the first paragraph of this article shall be
countersigned by the Prime Minister and in the applicable case by the Ministers
concerned.
Article 52
The law shall establish the benefits accorded to the President of the Republic and
organize the manner of granting a pension to former Presidents of the Republic
possessing their civil rights.
Mali 1992
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