constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:25 The first session shall begin the first Monday in October. It may not exceed 75 days. The second session shall begin the first Monday in April and may not exceed a duration of ninety days. • Extraordinary legislative sessions Article 66 The National Assembly shall convene in extraordinary session upon the demand of the Prime Minister or of the majority of its members to consider a specific agenda. When the extraordinary session is held at the request of the members of the National Assembly, the closure decree shall take effect as soon as the National Assembly has exhausted the agenda for which it was called and at the latest fifteen days from the date of its convening. The Prime minister may demand a new session before the expiration of the month following the closure decree and upon a specific agenda. • Extraordinary legislative sessions Article 67 Apart from the cases in which the National Assembly meets by right, extraordinary sessions shall be opened and closed by decree of the. President of the Republic. • Leader of first chamber Article 68 The President of the National Assembly shall be elected for the duration of the legislature. • Public or private sessions • Publication of deliberations Article 69 The meetings of the National Assembly shall be public. The integrated report of the debates shall be published in the Official Journal. TITLE VI: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY • Organic laws • Standing committees Article 70 The law shall be passed by the National Assembly by a simple majority. However, the laws to which this Constitution gives the character of organic law shall be passed under the following conditions: • the proposition or project shall only be submitted to the deliberation and vote of the National Assembly after the expiration of a period of fifteen days after its filing with the Office of the National Assembly; • Mali 1992 the text shall only be adopted by an absolute majority of the members composing the National Assembly. The organic laws shall only be promulgated after a declaration by the Constitutional Court as to their conformity with the Constitution. Page 14