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Article 55
• Head of state selection
• Standing committees
• Referenda
The National Council of the Transition is in charge amongst other things of:
• Electing the Head of State of the Transition and the Bureau of the National
Council of the Transition;
• Drafting and adopting the Constitutional Charter of the Transition;
• Drafting and adopting a draft Constitution to be submitted to the people by
way of referendum;
• Adopting as it is the draft law on an electoral code agreed on by consensus
on September 21st 2012
• Legislating in matters of law;
• Drafting and adopting its own rules of procedure, in accordance with the
Constitutional Charter of the Transition.
Article 56
The National Council of the Transition regulates the Nation’s accounts. To this end, it
is assisted by the Court of Auditors.
It can put the Court of Auditors in charge of any enquiry or study to do with public
receipts and expenditure or with the management of the national treasury and
public resources.
• Power to declare/approve war
Article 57
The National Council of the Transition is the only body authorized to declare war. It
convenes specially to this end.
The Head of State of the Transition informs the Nation of it by a message.
Article 58
• Requirements for birthright citizenship
• Right to transfer property
The following are matters of law:
1. Rules concerning the following areas:
• Civil rights and fundamental safeguards granted to citizens as well as
public freedoms;
• Respect of gender quotas in decision-making bodies;
• Constraints imposed on Central Africans and on resident foreigners on
their person or assets in the name of public interest and national
defense;
• The nationality, status and capacity of people;
• Matrimonial regimes, inheritance and donations;
• The status of foreigners and immigration;
•
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The organization of the civil registry;
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