constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:22 Article 95 The emoluments of the members of the Government are specified by the Law of Finance. The Prime Minister benefits, additionally, from an endowment. Paragraph 3: Of Provisions Common to the President of the Republic and to the Government Article 96 The functions of the President of the Republic are incompatible with the exercise of any other elective office, any public, civil or military employment and any professional activity. The mandate of the President of the Republic is also incompatible with any responsibility within a political party. Article 97 The functions of a member of Government are incompatible with the exercise of any other elective mandate, any public, civil or military employment and any professional activity, with the exception of agricultural, artisanal, cultural, educational and research activities. They are equally incompatible with any responsibility within a political party. Article 98 During their functions, the President of the Republic and the members of the Government may not, by themselves or through an intermediate person, purchase, or acquire in any other fashion, or lease an asset which belongs to the domain of the State, of the Provinces or of the decentralized entities. They may not take part, directly or indirectly, in public contracts for the benefit of the administrations or of institutions in which the Central Power, the Provinces and the decentralized administrative entities have interests. Article 99 Before their entry into [their] functions and on the expiration of them, the President of the Republic and the members of Government are held to submit, before the Constitutional Court, a written declaration of their family patrimony, enumerating their movable assets, and comprising assets, partnership shares, obligations, other assets, bank accounts, their real assets, and comprising undeveloped lands, forests, plantations and agricultural lands, mines and other real property, with indication of the pertinent titles. The family patrimony includes the assets of the spouse following the matrimonial regime, of the minors and of the children, even of majority, the couple is responsible for. The Constitutional Court communicates this declaration to the fiscal administration. In default of this declaration, allowing thirty days, the concerned person is deemed resigned. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011) Page 24