The functions of a member of the Government are incompatible with the exercise of any [public] office and of any professional activity. A parliamentarian appointed [as a] member of the Government cannot sit in the National Assembly, for the duration of his ministerial functions. The provisions of sentences 2 and 3 of the preceding article are applicable to the members of the Government during the term of their functions. The President of the Republic communicates with the National Assembly, either directly or by the messages that he has read by the President of the National Assembly. These communications do not give rise to any debate. TITLE III OF PARLIAMENT Article 58 The Parliament is composed of one sole chamber called the National Assembly having members carrying the title of Deputy. The Deputies are elected by universal direct suffrage. Article 59 The term of each legislature is five years. The parliamentary mandate is renewable. The powers of the National Assembly expire at the end of the second ordinary session of the last year of its mandate. The elections to take place twenty days at least and fifty days at most before the expiration of the powers of the National Assembly. The law establishes the number of members of the National Assembly, the conditions of eligibility, the regime of ineligibilities and incompatibilities, the modalities of the ballot, the conditions within which it is necessary to organize new elections in the case of vacancy of seats of Deputies. Article 60 The Constitutional Council decides on the eligibility of the candidates, [and] the regularity and the validity of the elections of the Deputies to the National Assembly. Article 61 The National Assembly votes the law and authorizes tax. Article 62 Each year, the Parliament meets of right in two ordinary sessions. The first session begins the last Wednesday of April[;] its duration cannot exceed three months. The second session begins the first Wednesday of October and ends the third Friday of December. Article 63