constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:25 TITLE X: THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE • Head of state removal • Courts for judging public officials Article 95 • Head of government removal The High Court of Justice shall be competent to judge the President of the Republic and the Ministers accused before it by the National Assembly for high treason or for actions qualified as crimes or misdemeanors committed in the exercise of their functions as well as their accomplices in the case of conspiracy against the security of the State. The act of accusation shall be determined by vote open to public scrutiny by a two thirds majority of the Deputies composing the National Assembly. The High Court of Justice shall be constrained by the definition of crimes and misdemeanors and by the determination of penalties resulting from the penal law in force at the time of the acts comprised in the juridical action. Article 96 The High Court of Justice shall be composed of members designated by the National Assembly upon each general renewal (of the National Assembly). It shall select its President from among its members. The law shall determine the number of its members, the rules of its operation as well as the procedure followed before it. TITLE XI: THE TERRITORIAL UNITS • Subsidiary unit government Article 97 The territorial units shall be created and administered under conditions defined by law. Article 98 The units shall freely administer themselves by the Councilors elected and within conditions determined by law. TITLE XII: HIGH COUNCIL OF TERRITORIAL UNITS Article 99 The High Council of Territorial Units shall have as its mission to study and to give its considered advise concerning all policies of local and regional development. It may make propositions to the Government for all questions concerning the protection of the environment and the improvement of the quality of life of citizens Mali 1992 Page 21