The above mentioned provisions are applied to the council of Nation.
Art. 114 - The President of the People’s Assembly is elected for the term of the
legislative body.
The President of the Council of Nation is elected after each partial renewal of the
members of the Council.
Art. 115 - The organization and the functioning of the People’s National Assembly and
the Council of Nation as well as the functional relations between the chambers of the
Parliament and the Government are defined by an organic law.
The budget of the chambers as well as the salaries of the deputies and the members of the
Council of Nation are defined by the law.
The People’s National Assembly and the Council of Nation elaborate and adopt their
internal rules.
Art. 116 - The sittings of the Parliament are public.
The proceedings are recorded in a book and published in accordance with the conditions
defined by an organic law.
The People’s National Assembly and the Council of Nation may sit in camera upon a
request made by their presidents, by the majority of their members present or by the Head
of Government.
Art. 117 - The People’s National Assembly and the Council of Nation set up permanent
committees in the framework of their internal rules.
Art. 118 - The Parliament meets in two ordinary sessions a year, each lasting a minimum
period of four (04) months.
The Parliament may hold a meeting in an extraordinary session on the initiative of the
President of the Republic.
The President of the Republic can hold a meeting of the Parliament on a request made by
the Head of Government or by the two thirds (2/3) of the members of the People’s
National Assembly.
The closure of the extraordinary session comes after the Parliament has exhausted the
agenda for which it was convened.
Art. 119 - The Head of Government and the deputies have the right to initiate laws.
To be admissible, proposed laws are brought in by twenty (20) deputies.