constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:25 The Members of the Supreme Court shall be named by decree taken in the Council of Ministers. • Foreign affairs representative • Head of state powers Article 48 The President of the Republic shall accredit the Ambassadors and the Envoys Extraordinary to foreign powers. Foreign Ambassadors and Envoys Extraordinary shall be accredited to him. • Emergency provisions Article 49 The President of the Republic shall decree after deliberation in the Council of Ministers, the state of siege and state of emergency. • Emergency provisions Article 50 When the institutions of the Republic, the independence of the nation, the integrity of national territory, (or) the fulfillment of its international commitments are threatened in a grave and immediate manner and when the regular functioning of the constitutional governmental authorities is interrupted, the President of the Republic shall take the measures commanded by these circumstances, after consultation with the Prime Minister, the Presidents of the National Assembly and of the High Council of Territorial Units as well as the Constitutional Court. He informs the nation of these events by a message. The application of these exceptional powers by the President of the Republic shall not in any case compromise the national sovereignty or territorial integrity. The exceptional powers shall aspire to assure the continuity of the State and the reestablishment without undue delay the regular functioning of institutions in conformity with the Constitution. The National Assembly shall meet by right and shall not be dissolved during the exercise of these exceptional powers. Article 51 The President of the Republic may delegate certain of his powers to the Prime Minister. The acts of the President of the Republic other than those preordained in articles 38,41, 42, 45, and 50 as well as the first paragraph of this article shall be countersigned by the Prime Minister and in the applicable case by the Ministers concerned. Article 52 The law shall establish the benefits accorded to the President of the Republic and organize the manner of granting a pension to former Presidents of the Republic possessing their civil rights. Mali 1992 Page 11