TITLE IV. THE GOVERNMENT
Article 53
The Government shall determine and conduct the policy of the Nation and prescribe for the Administration of the armed forces.
Article 54
The Government shall be responsible before the National Assembly under the conditions and following the procedures preordained in Articles 78 and 79.
Article 55
The Prime Minister is the Head of the Government; under this title, he shall direct and coordinate governmental action.
He shall be responsible for the execution of national defense policy. He shall assure the execution of the laws. Under the reservations of the terms of Article 46, he shall exercise the power of regulation.
He may, delegate certain of his powers to the Ministers.
He supplants, if need be, the President of the Republic to the Presidency of the Council and the Committee preordained in Article 44.
He supplants him in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, by virtue of an express delegation and by an order of fixed duration.
Article 56
The acts of the Prime Minister shall be countersigned, if need be, by the Ministers responsible for their execution.
Article 57
Before assuming power the Prime Minister and the Ministers shall submit to the President of the Supreme Court a written declaration of their good intentions.
This declaration shall be the object of an annual reaffirmation.
The dispositions of Article 35 are applicable to the members of the Government.
Article 58
The Office of a member of the Government shall be incompatible with the exercise of any parliamentary mandate, of any functions of professional representation at the national or local level, of any ‘public employment or of any professional and lucrative activity.
An organic law shall determine the conditions in which it shall be necessary to replace the holders of such mandate, functions, or employments.
The replacement of members of Parliament shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Article 63.
