Chapter XII. The National Security Council
Article 108
There will be a National Security Council charged with advising the President of the Republic on matters related to National Security and exercising the other functions that this constitution assigns to it. It will be presided over by the President of the Republic and its membership will include the Presidents of the Senate, the Cámara de Diputados and the Supreme Court, as well as the Ministers of the Interior and Public Security, External Relations and National Defense, the Commanders in Chief of the Armed Forces, the General Director of the Carabineiros, the Director General of the Police of Investigations, and the Comptroller General of the Republic.
Other Ministers of the State may be present in the National Security Council’s sessions in the cases in which the President of the Republic determines
Article 109
The National Security Council will meet when it is convened by the President of the Republic and it will require an absolute majority of its members in order to establish quorum.
The Council will not adopt agreements except to issue the regulations referred to within the final clause of the present article. In its sessions, any of the members may express their opinion about the issues under consideration, without committing their respective departments, organizations or institutions.
The actions of the Council will be public, unless the President of the Republic determines the application of the exceptions to their publicity established in article 8 of this document. A regulation issued by the council will establish the other provisions concerning its organization, operation, and the publicity of its meetings.
