constituteproject.org • Compensation of legislators PDF generated: 23 May 2016, 16:14 Article 41 The law determines the amount, the conditions and the modalities of the attribution of the indemnities granted to the notable persons called to exercise a public mandate, to accomplish functions or to effect missions within the Institutions specified by this Constitution. • Earnings disclosure requirement Prior to the accomplishment of the functions or the missions and to the exercise of a mandate, all the notable persons referred to in the preceding paragraph present to the High Constitutional Court a declaration of their patrimony. With the exception of their rights and under penalty of forfeiture, none of the notable persons referred to in Article 40 may accept from a physical or juridical person, foreign or national, emoluments or compensations within the framework of their functions. The law establishes the modalities for the application of these provisions, notably in that which concerns the determination of the rights, of the emoluments and of the compensations as well as the procedure of forfeiture. Article 42 The functions at the service of the institutions of the State shall not constitute a source of illicit enrichment or a means to serve private interests. Article 43 The High Council for the Defense of Democracy and of the State of Law is responsible for observing the respect for the ethic of power, of democracy and of the respect for the State of Law, and to control the promotion and the protection of human rights. The law establishes the modalities relative to the composition, the organization and the functioning of the High Council. SUB-TITLE I: OF THE EXECUTIVE • Name/structure of executive(s) Article 44 The executive function is exercised by the President of the Republic and the Government. CHAPTER I: Of the President of the Republic • Head of state selection • Head of state term length • Head of state term limits • Claim of universal suffrage Article 45 The President of the Republic is the Head of State. He is elected by universal direct suffrage for a mandate of five years renewable one sole time. He is the guarantor, by his arbitration, of the regular and continuous functioning of the public powers, of the national independence and of the territorial integrity. He sees to the safeguarding and to the respect for the national sovereignty both in the interior and in the exterior. He is the guarantor of the National Unity. Madagascar 2010 Page 11