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1. The Council of Ministers ensures the implementation of laws and decisions
adopted by the House of Peoples’ Representatives.
2. It shall decide on the organizational structure of ministries and other organs
of government responsible to it; it shall coordinate their activities and
provide leadership.
3. It shall draw up the annual Federal budget and, when approved by the House
of Peoples’ Representatives, it shall implement it.
4. It shall ensure the proper execution of financial and monetary policies of the
country; it shall administer the National Bank, decide on the printing of
money and minting of coins, borrow money from domestic and external
sources, and regulate foreign exchange matters.
5. It shall protect patents and copyrights.
6. It shall formulate and implement economic, social and development policies
and strategies.
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7. It shall provide uniform standards of measurement and calendar.
8. It shall formulate the country’s foreign policy and exercise overall
supervision over its implementation.
9. It shall ensure the observance of law and order.
10. It has the power to declare a state of emergency; in doing so, it shall, within
the time limit prescribed by the Constitution, submit the proclamation
declaring a state of emergency for approval by the House of Peoples’
Representatives.
11. It shall submit draft laws to the House of Peoples’ Representatives on any
matter falling within its competence, including draft laws on a declaration of
war.
12. It shall carry out other responsibilities that may be entrusted to it by the
House of Peoples’ Representatives and the Prime Minister.
13. It shall enact regulations pursuant to powers vested in it by the House of
Peoples’ Representatives.
