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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 12:13:16+00:00

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· Procedure: the Constitutional Court validates the mandates after the results have been declared by the Independent National Electoral Committee (CENA). Challenges are submitted to the Constitutional Court. The decision can, on the one hand, lead to the amendment of the proclamation made by the CENA and the proclamation of the candidate who was regularly elected or the invalidation of a contested election or, on the other hand, confirm the regularity of the elections (see also Art. 117 of the Constitution).
· At the beginning of the legislature, some conditions must be fulfilled (Art. 12 (2) of the Standing Orders).
· Procedure (Art. 12 (3) of the Standing Orders): resignations must be addressed to the President. At the following plenary sitting at the latest, he informs the MPs and notifies the Government accordingly.
Can MPs lose their mandate? Yes (a) Definitive exclusion from Parliament: definitive exclusion is possible by decision of the National Assembly taken by a two-thirds majority when the MP has been convicted of a crime.
· Outside Parliament: the official order of precedence ranks the President of the National Assembly in the 2nd position after the President of the Republic, the Vice-Presidents in the 7th position and deputies in the 13th position (Decree 92-150 of 12.06.1992).
· Pension scheme: 6% of the gross salary of all civil servants is paid into the National Pension Fund.
Parliamentary immunity - parliamentary non-accountability · The concept exists (Art. 90 (1) of the Constitution, taken up in Art. 69 (1) of the Standing Orders).
· Parliamentary non-accountability applies to words spoken and written by MPs both within and outside Parliament, insofar as the said words have a direct bearing on the action exercised by MPs within Parliament.
· Non-accountability takes effect on the day when the mandate begins and offers, after the expiry of the mandate protection against prosecution for opinions expressed during the exercise of the mandate.
Parliamentary immunity - parliamentary inviolability · The concept exists (Art. 90 (2 and 3) of the Constitution, taken up in Art. 69.2 and 69.3 of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly).
· It applies only to criminal proceedings, covers all offences and protects MPs from arrest and from being held in preventive custody, from the opening of judicial proceedings against them and from their homes being searched.
- When Parliament is in session, prosecution or arrests in criminal or correctional matters are possible in flagrante delicto cases (Art. 90 (3) of the Constitution, taken up in Art. 69.2 of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly).
- When Parliament is not in session, arrest is possible in cases involving flagrante delicto, authorised prosecution or final sentencing (Art. 90 (2) of the Constitution, taken up in Art. 69.3 of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly).
· Parliamentary inviolability does not prevent MPs from being called as witnesses before a judge or tribunal.
· Protection is provided from the start to the end of the mandate and also covers judicial proceedings instituted against MPs before their election.
- Procedure (Art. 71 of the Standing Orders): in this case, the MPs concerned or the colleagues they have delegated to represent them are heard by the Special Committee. They do not have means of appeal.
- Procedure: the decision is taken by a two-thirds majority. The procedure is the same as the one applied for the lifting of immunity.
Training · When the National Assembly obtains technical and financial support from international foundations and organisations, it organises seminars and other training workshops.
· The Department of Legislative Services is planning to publish a handbook for deputies and a brochure on legislative procedure.
Discipline · The rules governing discipline within Parliament are contained in title II, chapter X, section 1 of the Standing Orders (Art. 60 to 68).
- Censure (Art. 64 of the Standing Orders): the MPs concerned or their colleague whom they have delegated to represent them have the right to be heard.
Code (rules) of conduct · This concept does not exist in the country's juridical system but there are some relevant provisions, in particular Art. 68 of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly (see Discipline).

References: Art. 117
 Art. 69
 Art. 69
 Art. 69
 Art. 69
 Art. 68