constituteproject.org • Legislative committees PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:13 A member of the Government is in charge, for every draft law or constitutional amendment, of explaining the rationale and of supporting the debate in committee and plenary sessions alike before the National Council of the Transition. Members of the government of the Transition have access to the National Council of the Transition’s sessions. They will be heard if they request it or if the National Council of the Transition requests it. They may be assisted by their collaborators. Article 72 The Government of the Transition introduces the Transition Roadmap within a maximum delay of eight (8) days after its approval in the Council of Ministers, to the National Council of the Transition who will debate it. Any observations that the Transition Roadmap may give rise to must be made within eight (8) days following its transmission to the National Council of the Transition, if the latter is in session. At the end of each semester, the Government of the Transition files a report on the partial implementation of the Transition Roadmap to the National Council of the Transition, who may then debate it. • Legislative committees • Legislative oversight of the executive Article 73 The National Council of the Transition may question the Government of the Transition. It may ask it oral questions, with or without debate, written questions or current affairs questions to which the government must answer. It may control the Government of the Transition’s action through hearings in front of a commission and by a committee of inquiry and control. These means of control may be followed by a debate and recommendations to the Government of the Transition. They will not give rise to a vote. The rules of procedure determine the conditions of organization and functioning of the committees of inquiry and control as well as their powers. Article 74 Any question of confidence, motion of confidence or censure is inadmissible during the Transition period. Article 75 The Head of State of the Transition communicates with the National Council of the Transition through messages that they deliver or have read and that do not give rise to a debate, nor to a vote. Central African Republic 2013 Page 21