constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:13 The preliminary draft of the new Constitution is submitted to the government for its advice and amendments. The new draft incorporating the government’s amendments is then subject to a national workshop to enrich it, and organized in coordination with the National Council of the Transition. The resulting draft is presented to the Constitutional Court for its opinion and amended if applicable by the National Council of the Transition to take into account the Constitutional Court’s opinion. The final draft of the Constitution adopted by the National Council of the Transition is then submitted to the people by way of referendum. • Legislative committees • Initiation of general legislation Article 66 Legislative initiative belongs jointly to the Government of the Transition and to the National Councilors. Draft laws emanating from the Government, and legislative proposals emanating from the National Council of the Transition, are filed with the Bureau of the National Council of the Transition which sends them to be examined by specialized commissions, the composition and assignment of which are set out by the rules of procedure of the National Council of the Transition. Article 67 Draft laws adopted in the Council of Ministers are filed with the Bureau of the National Council of the Transition by the Government of the Transition to be examined and adopted. Article 68 Legislative proposals are filed before deliberation and voting with the Government of the Transition for advice. The Government of the Transition has eight (8) days to make its observations known to the President of the National Council of the Transition. • Constitutionality of legislation Article 69 If it comes to light during the legislative procedure that a legislative proposal or an amendment should not be determined by statute or is contrary to this Constitutional Charter of the Transition, the Prime Minister, the President of the National Council of the Transition or one-fifth of National Councilors can raise a plea of irreceivability. • Advisory bodies to the head of state Article 70 The Conference of Presidents, extended to members of the Bureau of the National Council of the Transition and the Government of the Transition, on the initiative of one or the other, will hold periodic working sessions on questions belonging to the supreme interest of the Nation. Article 71 • Advisory bodies to the head of state The National Council of the Transition controls its own agenda. It is set by the Conference of Presidents. The setting, as a priority, of a draft law or legislative or constitutional proposal, to the National Council of the Transition’s sessions’ agenda, is permitted at the Government’s request. Central African Republic 2013 Page 20