Mali 1992 Constitution - Page 14 of 19

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TITLE XIII. THE ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNCIL

Article 106

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall have competence in all aspects of economic, social and cultural development.

It shall participate in all projects of national interest of an economic, social and cultural character.

Article 107

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall collect, (and) put into suitable form, with the participation of the different entities of which it is composed, to the attention of the President of the Republic, the Government and the National Assembly, the yearly collection of aspirations, the needs and the problems of the civil society with directions and propositions.

Article 108

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall be obligatorily consulted on any appropriations bill, any economic, social or cultural plan or program as well as any legislative dispositions of a fiscal, economic, social and cultural character.

Article 109

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council may designate one of its members, upon the demand of the President of the Republic, the Government, or the National Assembly, in order to expound before these organs the views of the Council on the projects or propositions which are submitted to it.

The Government and the National Assembly shall have the obligation, when they are in session, to give effect to the views and reports formulated by the Economic, Social and Cultural Council within a maximum of three months for the Government and before the end of the current session for the National Assembly.

It shall receive a copy of laws, ordnances and decrees from the moment of their promulgation. It shall be apprized of decisions of the Government relative to economic, social and cultural organization.

Article 110

Members of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council are:

the representatives of syndicates, associations and socio-professional groups, elected by the association or group of origin;

the representatives of the collectives designated by their peers;

the representatives of Malians abroad.

Associate members shall be senior officers of the State from within the realm of economy, society and culture.

Article 111

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council convenes annually of right in two ordinary sessions of fifteen days each upon convocation by its President.

The meetings of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall be public.

Article 112

The President and the Vice-President of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall be elected to the heart of the Council by their peers upon the opening meeting of the first session for a mandate of five years.

No member of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council may be prosecuted, sought, or tried for his opinions expressed by him during the meetings of the Council.