TITLE X. OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
Article 99
A High Court of Justice is instituted.
Article 100
The High Court of Justice is composed of members elected by the National Assembly after each renewal.
It is presided over by a magistrate.
The organization of the High Court of Justice and the procedure to be followed before it are determined by an organic law.
Article 101
The President of the Republic is only responsible for the acts accomplished in the exercise of his functions in the case of high treason. He may only be impeached by the National Assembly, deciding by a vote by secret ballot, with a majority of three-fifths of the members composing it; he is judged by the High Court of Justice.
The Prime Minister and the other members of the Government are criminally responsible for acts accomplished in the exercise of their functions and [that are] qualified as crimes or misdemeanors at the moment when they were committed. They are judged by the High Court of Justice. The procedure defined above is applicable to them, as well as to their accomplices, in the case of conspiracy against the security of the State. In the cases specified in this paragraph, the High Court is bound by the definition of crimes and misdemeanors as well as by the determination of the penalties, such as they result from the criminal laws in force at the moment when the acts were committed.
TITLE XI. OF THE LOCAL COLLECTIVITIES
Article 102
The territorial collectivities constitute the institutional framework of the participation of the citizens in the management of public affairs. They administer themselves freely by assemblies elected by universal direct suffrage. They participate, in benefit of the territorialization of the public policies, in the implementation of the general policy of the State as well as with the drafting and the monitoring [suivi] of the programs of development specific to their territories.
Their organization, their composition and their functioning are determined by the law.
The implementation of decentralization is accompanied by the deconcentration which is the general rule of division of the competences and of means between the civil administrations of the State.
