8913

Article 8913: 1. Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly can interrogate the Council of Ministers, or any individual minister on matters they find necessary. The inquiry can be presented to the Assembly if it is signed by at least ten representatives. The Council of Ministers or the minister in question must appear at the Assembly within ten days after the inquiry is submitted, and answer the question, and ask for a vote of confidence from the Assembly. If the Council of Ministers or the minister fail to appear at the Assembly, the representatives who posed the question shall provide the necessary explanation for their questioning. If the Assembly considers it appropriate, it will declare a vote of no-confidence. If the Assembly does not give a vote of confidence, the Council of Ministers or the minister in question will be removed. In both cases, the ministers in question cannot become members in the cabinet that is subsequently formed. 2. If at least one-third of the members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly question the President of the Republic in his capacity as head of the executive power and the nation’s administration, the president must attend the Assembly within a month and give sufficient explanation with regard to the issues. After hearing the members who are for or against the responses of the president, if a two-thirds majority of the members votes for the president’s lack of competence the procedures for applying part 10 of Article 110 will be communicated to the leader.