Article 65
(Amended)7
Upon an application signed by at least five members of the Council
of Deputies, any Minister may be questioned about interpellations
addressed to him on matters falling within his competence.
Interpellations must be made according to the conditions and
procedures prescribed by the Council of Deputies' rules of
procedures. Any questioning of a Minister must be conducted
within the Council, unless the Council majority decides it must be
probed by a specialized committee following at least eight (8) days
from its presentation, unless the competent Minister requests the
acceleration of questioning.
Interpellations may lead to the matter of confidence in the Minister
being put to the Council of Deputies under the provisions of
Article (66) of the present Constitution.7
Article 66
a. Each Minister shall be responsible to the Council of Deputies for
the affairs of his Ministry.
b. A question of confidence in a Minister may be put forward only
at his own wish or upon an application signed by at least ten
members of the Council of Deputies following the debate of the
question put to him, and the Council may not give its decision on
the application until seven days after its submission.
c. If the Council of Deputies decides by a majority of two thirds of
its members to give a vote of no confidence in a Minister, he shall
be regarded as having withdrawn from the Ministry from the date
of the no-confidence vote, and he shall submit his resignation
forthwith.
Article 67 (Amended)
a. The subject of confidence in the Prime Minister shall not be
raised in the Council of Deputies.
7
Ibid.
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