The Prime Minister and the Ministers shall, before assuming their
duties, take the oath specified in Article 78 of the present
Constitution before the King.
The Prime Minister shall present the Government program to the
Council of Deputies within thirty (30) days from the date of being
sworn in, or during his first attended meeting if absent. If the
majority's members of the Council did not approve the program
within thirty days, the Government shall represent the program to
the Council after making any amendments it deems appropriate
within twenty one (21) days as of the date of rejecting it the first
time.
If the Council of Deputies majority of two thirds of its members
insists on rejecting the program for a second time during a period
not more than twenty one (21) days; the King shall accept the
cabinet resignation. If the Council does not approve the new
Government program during the said periods and timeline; the
King may dissolve the Council, or accept the cabinet resignation
and appoints a new cabinet. The Council must issue a resolution
accepting or rejecting the program within the stipulated timeline.
Upon the lapse of any of the prescribed periods without a
resolution from the Council, the governmental program shall be
deemed
approved.2
Article 47
a. The Council of Ministers shall oversee State interests, put forth
and follow through the implementation of general Government
policy, and supervise the course of business in the Government
apparatus.
b. The King shall chair those meetings of the Council of Ministers
which he attends.
c. The Prime Minister shall supervise performance of the tasks of
the Council of Ministers and the course of its business, implement
its resolutions and coordinate between the various Ministries and
integrate their affairs.
2
Ibid.
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