e) To monitor the execution of the State budget; f) To approve and denounce agreements and ratify international treaties and conventions; g) To grant amnesty; h) To give consent to trips by the President of the Republic on State visits; i) To approve revisions of the Constitution by a majority of two-thirds of the Members of Parliament; j) To authorise and confirm the declaration of the state of siege or the state of emergency; k) To propose to the President of the Republic the submission to referendum of issues of national interest. 4. It is also incumbent upon the National Parliament: a) To elect its Speaker and other members of the Chair; b) To elect five members for the Council of State; c) To prepare and approve its Rules of Procedure; d) To set up the Standing Committee and establish the other parliamentary Committees. Section 96 (Legislative authorisation) 1. The National Parliament may authorise the Government to make laws on the following matters: a) Definition of crimes, sentences, security measures and their respective prerequisites; b) Definition of civil and criminal procedure; c) Organisation of the Judiciary and status of magistrates; d) General rules and regulations for the public service, the status of the civil servants and the responsibility of the State; e) General bases for the organisation of public administration;