constituteproject.org • Cabinet removal • Head of government removal • Limits on removing head of government PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:25 Article 78 The Prime Minister, after the deliberation of the Council of Ministers, shall pledge before the Assembly the responsibility of the Government with regard to its program or eventually with respect to a declaration of general policy. The National Assembly shall question the responsibility of the Government by the vote of a motion of censure. Such a motion shall only be receivable if it is signed by at lea stone tenth of the members of the National Assembly. The vote may only take place forty eight hours after its filing. The only votes counted shall be those favorable to the motion of censure which may only be adopted by a two thirds majority of the members composing the Assembly. If the motion of censure is rejected, the signatories may not propose another during the course of the same session. The Prime Minister may, after deliberation of the Council of Ministers, pledge the responsibility of the Government before the National Assembly on the vote of a text. In this case, the text shall be considered as adopted, unless a motion of censure, filed in the following twenty four hours, is passed. • Cabinet removal • Head of government removal Article 79 When the National Assembly adopts a motion of censure or when it disapproves the program or the declaration of general policy of the Government, the Prime Minister shall submit to the President of the Republic the resignation of the Government. Article 80 The close of ordinary or special sessions shall by right be delayed in order to permit, should the case arise, the application of the dispositions of Article 78. TITLE VII: JUDICIAL AUTHORITY • Structure of the courts • Judicial independence Article 81 Judicial authority shall be independent of executive and legislative authority. It shall be exercised by the Supreme Court and the other Courts and Tribunals. Judicial authority shall be the guardian of liberties defined in the present Constitution. It shall protect the respect of rights and liberties defined by the present Constitution. It shall be charged with the application in its proper domain of the laws of the Republic. Article 82 • Supreme court term length Magistrates shall only yield in the exercise of their functions to the authority of the law. Magistrates shall not be removable from their seats. The President of the Republic shall be the guarantor of the independence of the judiciary. Mali 1992 Page 17