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Article 107 The President of the Republic is guarantor of the independence of justice. To this end, he is assisted by a Superior Council of the Magistrature of which he is the President. The Minister in charge of Justice is Vice President of it. The Superior Council of the Magistrature, organ of safeguarding, of administration of career and of sanction of the Magistrates, is responsible for: • seeing to, notably, the respect for the law and the provisions of the Statute of the Magistrature; controlling the respect for the ethical rules by the Magistrates; presenting recommendations on the administration of Justice, notably in that which concerns the measures of legislative or regulatory order relative to the jurisdictions and to the Magistrates. The members of the Government, the Parliament, the High Council for the Defense of the Democracy and the State of Law, the Heads of Court as well as the associations legally constituted may refer matters to the Superior Council of the Magistrature. An organic law establishes the rules relative to the organization, the functioning and the attributions of the Council.