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A member of the Government is in charge, for every draft law or constitutional
amendment, of explaining the rationale and of supporting the debate in committee
and plenary sessions alike before the National Council of the Transition.
Members of the government of the Transition have access to the National Council of
the Transition’s sessions.
They will be heard if they request it or if the National Council of the Transition
requests it.
They may be assisted by their collaborators.
Article 72
The Government of the Transition introduces the Transition Roadmap within a
maximum delay of eight (8) days after its approval in the Council of Ministers, to the
National Council of the Transition who will debate it.
Any observations that the Transition Roadmap may give rise to must be made within
eight (8) days following its transmission to the National Council of the Transition, if
the latter is in session.
At the end of each semester, the Government of the Transition files a report on the
partial implementation of the Transition Roadmap to the National Council of the
Transition, who may then debate it.
• Legislative committees
• Legislative oversight of the executive
Article 73
The National Council of the Transition may question the Government of the
Transition.
It may ask it oral questions, with or without debate, written questions or current
affairs questions to which the government must answer.
It may control the Government of the Transition’s action through hearings in front of
a commission and by a committee of inquiry and control.
These means of control may be followed by a debate and recommendations to the
Government of the Transition. They will not give rise to a vote.
The rules of procedure determine the conditions of organization and functioning of
the committees of inquiry and control as well as their powers.
Article 74
Any question of confidence, motion of confidence or censure is inadmissible during
the Transition period.
Article 75
The Head of State of the Transition communicates with the National Council of the
Transition through messages that they deliver or have read and that do not give rise
to a debate, nor to a vote.
Central African Republic 2013
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