CHAPTER II PUBLIC PROSECUTORS Section 132 (Functions and Status) 1. Public Prosecutors have the responsibility for representing the State, prosecuting, ensuring the defence of the underage, absentees and the disabled, defending the democratic legality, and promoting the enforcement of the law. 2. Public Prosecutors shall be a body of judicial officers, hierarchically graded, and shall be accountable to the Prosecutor-General . 3. In performing their duties, Public Prosecutors shall be subject to legality, objectivity and impartiality criteria, and obedience toward directives and orders as established by law. 4. Public Prosecutors shall be governed by their own statutes, and shall only be suspended, retired or dismissed under the circumstances provided for in the law. 5. It is incumbent upon the Office of the Prosecutor-General to appoint, assign, transfer and promote public prosecutors and exercise disciplinary actions. Section 133 (Office of the Prosecutor-General ) 1. The Office of the Prosecutor-General is the highest authority in public prosecution, and its composition and competencies shall be defined by law. 2. The Office of the Prosecutor-General shall be headed by the Prosecutor-General , who, in his or her absence or inability to act, shall be replaced in accordance with the law. 3. The Prosecutor-General shall be appointed by the President of the Republic for a term of office of six years, in accordance with the terms established by law. 4. The Prosecutor-General shall be accountable to the Head of State and shall submit annual reports to the National Parliament. 5. The Prosecutor-General shall request the Supreme Court of Justice to make a generally binding declaration of unconstitutionality of any law ruled unconstitutional in three concrete cases.