TITLE VII. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
ARTICLE 139
The Economic and Social Council shall give its opinion on Government bills, ordinances or decrees as well as on the private bills which are submitted to it.
Government bills of a program with an economic or social character shall be obligatorily submitted to it for advice.
The President of the Republic may consult the Economic and Social Council on any problem of an economic, social, cultural, scientific and technical nature.
The Economic and Social Council may, on its own initiative in the form of a recommendation, draw the attention of the National Assembly and of the Government to reforms of the economic and social order which appear to it to be consistent with or contrary to the general interest.
Upon the demand of the Government, the Economic and Social Council shall designate one of its members to set forth before the Committees of the National Assembly the opinion of the Council on Government bills or private bills which have been submitted to it.
ARTICLE 140
The Economic and Social Council shall elect from its midst its President and the members of its Office.
The composition, organization and the functioning of the Economic and Social Council shall be fixed by an organic law.
ARTICLE 141
The members of the Economic and Social Council shall collect compensation for the session and travel allowances.
The amount of this compensation shall be fixed by a decree taken in the Council of Ministers.
