Provision
Chair elected by the committee · 9 members
Executes the guarantees of Title IV: food, water, sanitation, housing, energy, care, transport and communication. Directs the administration of provision in every territory.
Committees
Eight committees each execute one field, and each is composed of members of the Assembly for the term of that Assembly.
Ecological Order
Chair elected by the committee · 7 members
Executes the law within the ecological budgets. It determines no budget and fixes no ceiling, both of which lie beyond an executive committee.
Justice and the Interior
Chair elected by the committee · 7 members
Executes the law on public order and represents the Republic before the courts. In no case does it instruct the prosecution service.
External Relations
Chair elected by the committee · 7 members
Represents the Republic before other states and international bodies, and prepares treaties for ratification by the Assembly under Title XI.
Public Works and Transport
Chair elected by the committee · 9 members
Executes the construction and maintenance programmes of the plan, and directs the administration of the transport network.
Labour and Cooperation
Chair elected by the committee · 7 members
Executes the law on hours, arduous tasks, rotation and the formation of cooperatives.
Education and Knowledge
Chair elected by the committee · 7 members
Executes the law on education, research and the knowledge commons.
Civil Protection and Defence
Chair elected by the committee · 7 members
Directs civil protection and exercises the civilian direction of the forces under Title X.
No committee matches those conditions.
Chairs
Article 149(1): each committee elects its chair from among its members by a majority of the committee, and the chairs are distributed among the lists so as to reflect their strength in the Assembly.
Article 149(2): the chair convenes the committee, directs its work and signs its acts, and in no case decides a matter alone or against the committee.
A chair administers the committee and has no authority over its decisions. An act signed by a chair against the position of the committee has no author, since the second paragraph withholds the power to make one.
Incompatibilities
| Office | Compatible with membership of a committee | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Seat in the Assembly | Required. Membership is reserved to members of the Assembly. | Article 152(1) |
| Delegation to the National Planning Congress | No | Article 152(3), Article 125(1) |
| Judicial office | No | Article 152(3) |
| Offices of Title IX | No | Article 152(3) |
| Management organ of an enterprise, federation or public establishment | No | Article 152(3) |
| Any function in a foreign economic entity | No | Article 152(3) |
| Entry to the pools of Title IX | No, during office and for four years after | Article 236(3) |
Declarations are filed on taking office and verified by the Office of Democratic Integrity. Article 260(4) requires that Office to verify compliance with Article 152(6) on functions taken after leaving office.
Dismissal
A motion concerning a committee is decided by the Assembly, and the members of that committee are excluded from voting upon a motion concerning it or upon the annual account of the field it executes. A committee therefore cannot supply the votes that keep it in place.