constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:22 Cloture intervenes after the Chamber has exhausted the agenda for which it had been convoked and, at the latest, thirty days counting from the beginning of the session. Article 117 The inscription, by priority, in the agenda of each of the Chambers, of a Bill of law, a Proposal of law or of a declaration of general policy, is of right if the Government, after deliberation in the Council of Ministers, demands it. Article 118 • Quorum for legislative sessions The National Assembly and the Senate sit validly only with the absolute majority of the members which compose them. • Public or private sessions The sittings of the National Assembly and of the Senate are public, unless if a closed [sitting] is announced. • Publication of deliberations The analytic summary of the debates as well as the documents of the National Assembly and of the Senate are published in the parliamentary annals. • Joint meetings of legislative chambers Article 119 The two Chambers meet jointly in Congress for the following cases:   1. the procedure of constitutional revision, in accordance with Articles 218 to 220 of this Constitution;   2. the authorization of the proclamation of the state of urgency or of the state of siege [or] of the declaration of war, in accordance with Articles 85 and 86 of this Constitution;   3. the hearing of the speech of the President of the Republic on the state of the Nation, in accordance with Article 77 of this Constitution;   4. the designation of three members of the Constitutional Court, in accordance with the provisions of Article 158 of this Constitution. Article 120 When the two Chambers sit in Congress, the Bureau is that of the National Assembly and the presidency is, on a rotating basis, assured by the President of the National Assembly and the President of the Senate. The Congress adopts its Internal Regulations. Before its implementation, the Internal Regulations are communicated by the President of Congress to the Constitutional Court which decides on the conformity of these regulations to this Constitution within fifteen days. This period elapsing, the Internal Regulations are deemed conforming. The provisions declared non-conforming may not be implemented. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011) Page 31