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The vote on the question of confidence may not take place less than forty-eight
hours after the deposit of the text.
The Prime Minister can, after deliberation of the Council of Ministers, engage the
responsibility of the Government before the Assembly on the adoption of a text. In
this case, this text is considered adopted except if a motion of censure, deposited
within the twenty-four hours which follow, is adopted in the conditions specified in
the paragraphs above.
• Head of government removal
• Head of government replacement
Article 117
If the motion of censure is voted or confidence is refused, the President of Faso
terminates, within a time period of eight days, the functions of the Prime Minster. He
appoints a new Prime Minister according to the procedure specified in Article 46.
Article 118
The agenda of each Chamber of the Parliament consists of the discussion of the
popular petitions, of the bills deposited by the Government and of the proposals
accepted by it.
Nevertheless, any proposal of law can be discussed two months after its submission
to the Government without application of the preceding paragraph having been
made, or of Articles 121 and 122 of this Constitution.
The inscription, by priority, in the agenda of the Chambers, of a bill or proposition of
law or of a declaration of general policy, is of right if the President of Faso or of the
Prime Minister makes the demand for it.
Article 119
In case of urgency declared by the Government, the Parliament must decide on the
bills of law within a time period of fifteen days. This time period is extended to forty
days for the law of finance. If at the expiration of the time period no vote has been
taken, the bill of law is promulgated unchanged, on proposal of the Prime Minister by
the President of Faso, in the form of an ordinance.
• Balanced budget
• Budget bills
Article 120
The proposals and amendments concerning the law of finance deposited by the
members of the Parliament are irreceivable when their adoption would have as a
consequence, either a diminution of public resources, or the creation or the increase
of a public expense, unless they should be accompanied by a proposal for
augmentation of receipts or of equivalent economies.
Article 121
If the Government demands it, the Chamber of the Parliament referred to [a matter]
decides by a single vote on all or part of a text in discussion retaining in it only the
amendments proposed or accepted by it.
• Legislative committees
Article 122
When a Chamber of the Parliament has referred the examination of a draft of a text
to a commission, the Government can, after the opening of debates[,] oppose the
examination of any amendment which has not been preliminarily submitted to this
commission.
Burkina Faso 1991 (rev. 2012)
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