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 The Ministers must not be regular public servants.

The Council of Ministers shall have the power to handle the public services of the State.

The Ministers who are not Members [of any chamber] do have the right to attend and state facts or express opinions at the Chamber of Elders or Chamber of Deputies or joint meetings of the National Assembly, but they have no right to vote.

The privilege provided in section 42 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

In carrying out the policy on the handling of the public services of the State, the Council of Ministers must obtain confidence of the National Assembly.

A Minister who has been appointed to take charge of a ministry must be constitutionally responsible to the National Assembly for his own duties, and all the Ministers, whether or not having been appointed to take charge of ministries, must be jointly responsible for the general policy of the Council of Ministers.

The Ministers must collectively retire from their positions upon the passage by the Chamber of Deputies of a resolution of no confidence on them collectively in accordance with section 42 or the refusal by the National Assembly