The Cabinet consists of the President, Prime Ministers and Ministers of the Cabinet. Appointed by the President, the Cabinet is charged with the direction and control of the Government of the Republic. The President also has the power to remove any members of the Cabinet in their position.
Legislative Branch
The Parliament was vested with legislative power. The Parliament is consists of 225 elected representatives of people which will serve for a six year term. The Parliament has the power to make laws, including law repealing or amending the constitution. Approval of the people is needed in certain provisions in the constitution, therefore referendum is held before the law is amended or repealed.
During the first meeting after a General Election, the Parliament shall elect: Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees: and the Deputy Chairman of Committees. The President shall appoint a Secretary-General who acts as a Chief Executive Officer of the Parliament by the approval of the Constitutional Council of the Parliament. The Secretary-General serves as an adviser to the Speaker and other Presiding Officers on matters relating to Parliamentary procedure, constitutionality of Bills, Standing Orders, privileges and any other matter concerning the functioning of the Parliament.
Judicial Branch
The Judiciary is consists of: Supreme Court (headed by the Chief Justice with between six to ten associate justices); the Court of Appeals (headed by the President of the Court with between six to eleven associate justices); the High Court and the other Courts such as Court of First Instance; tribunals or institutions as Parliament may from time to time establish. The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals are superior court of record and have all the powers of such court. The judges are appointed by the President with approval from the Constitutional Council.
As prescribes in the Constitution the Judiciary shall protect and enforce the rights of the people. The Supreme Court is the highest and final superior Court of record in the Republic. It has the judicial power to re-examine any Bill or provision, to determine whether an act of Parliament is consistent with the principles of the Constitution or whether such Bill requires referendum. Also serves as a final court of appeal for all the civil or criminal cases. The Court of Appeal has the power to affirm, reverse, correct or modify any order, judgment or sentence according to the law. It also has the jurisdiction to accept additional evidence or supplementary that matters in any original case, suit, or action that the justice of the case may require.
