Article 84: The official duties of member of the Government are incompatible with the exercise
of any public-sector employment and any professional activity.
A member of Parliament appointed as a member of the Government may not sit in Parliament
during his ministerial duties.
The provisions of Article 60 paragraphs 2 and 3 apply to members of the Government during
their official duties.
TITLE IV. THE LEGISLATIVE POWER
CHAPTER I. COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER
Article 85: Legislative power is exercised by the Parliament. The Parliament is composed of the
National Assembly and Senate.
CHAPTER II. THE STATUS OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
Article 86: The deputies in the National Assembly are elected by direct universal suffrage for
five years.
Article 87: The Senate ensures the representation of territorial communities and of Ivoirians
established outside of Côte d'Ivoire.
Senators are elected, for two thirds, by indirect universal suffrage. One third of the senators is
appointed by the President of the Republic among Ivoirians recognized for their expertise and
proven competence in the political, administrative, economic, scientific, cultural, sports,
professional and social fields.
The term of office for senators is five years.
Article 88: All parliamentarians are subject to the obligation of fiscal regularity.
Article 89: The duration of the legislature is five years for each of the two houses.
The parliamentary mandate is renewable.
The Presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate are respectively elected for the duration
of the legislature.
Article 90: The powers of each house expire at the end of the ordinary session of the last year of
its legislature.
The elections of deputies and senators take place before the expiration of the powers of each
house.
An organic law determines the number of members of each house, the conditions of eligibility
and appointment, the system of ineligibilities and incompatibilities, the methods of voting and
the conditions under which new elections should be organized or new appointments should be
dealt with in case of a vacancy for deputy or senator.
The amount of the allowances and the benefits of the parliamentarians are governed by the
organic law.
Article 91: No member of Parliament may be prosecuted, searched for, arrested, detained or tried
in connection with opinions or votes cast by him in the performance of his official duties.
Article 92: No member of Parliament may, during the sessions, be prosecuted or arrested in
criminal or correctional matters without the authorization of the house of which he is a member,
except in the case of flagrante delicto.
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