constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:28 Article 56 The law determines the other offices which he provides for in the Council of Ministers, as well as the conditions in which the powers of appointment of the President are exercised. Article 57 The Acts of the President of Faso other than those specified in Articles 46, 49, 50, 54 and 59 are countersigned by the Prime Minister, as the case may be, by the concerned Ministers. • Emergency provisions • Head of state decree power Article 58 The President of Faso decrees, after deliberation in the Council of Ministers, the state of siege and the state of urgency. • Emergency provisions • Head of state decree power Article 59 When the Institutions of Faso, the independence of the Nation, the integrity of its territory or the execution of its obligations are menaced in a grave and immediate manner and/or that the regular functioning of the public constitutional powers is interrupted, the President of Faso takes, after deliberation in the Council of Ministers, after official consultation of the Presidents of the Senate, of the National Assembly and of the Constitutional Council, the measures required by the circumstances. He informs the Nation of it by a message. In no case, may he make an appeal to foreign armed forces to intervene in an internal conflict. The Parliament meets of plain right and the National Assembly may not be dissolved during the exercise of exceptional powers. Article 60 The President of Faso can delegate certain of his powers to the Prime Minister. TITLE IV: OF THE GOVERNMENT Article 61 The Government is an organ of the Executive. It conducts the policy of the Nation; in this capacity, it is obligatorily referred to [matters]: • of drafts of international agreements; • of bills and proposals of law; • of drafts of regulatory texts. It [has at its] disposal the administration and the forces of defense and of security. • Cabinet removal • Establishment of cabinet/ministers Article 62 The Government is responsible before the Parliament in the conditions and following the procedures specified by this Constitution. Burkina Faso 1991 (rev. 2012) Page 12