A new pocket-size edition of the UAE Constitution, complete with amendments approved in December 2009 by the Federal Supreme Council has been released by General Secretariat of the Federal National Council (FNC).
The amendments incorporated in the new edition were endorsed unanimously by the Federal National Council (FNC) on Jan 27th, on the amendment of constitution at one of its 14th legislative chapter sessions which discussed draft law number 1/2009.
As per the amendment of the first article, the phrase 'his deputy' was replaced with 'his deputies', wherever it occurred in the text of articles 54, 55, 57 and 67. Also 'one of his deputies' will be 'his deputy' wherever it occurred in article 93 of the Constitution.
Articles 59, 62, 64, 72, 78, 85 and 91 of the UAE constitution were amended as follows: The Prime Minister shall chair the Cabinet sessions and shall instruct convocation of sessions, chair deliberations, follow activities of ministers and supervise coordination among different ministries in all executive and federal institutions. One of the Prime Minister deputies will exercise and assume all powers of the Prime Minister when he is absent for any reason by an order from Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Federation upon the recommendation from Prime Minister.
The amendment of article 62 of the constitution, states that the Prime Minister, or his deputies, or for that matter any federal minister shall not engage in any professional work or any commercial, financial or any trade deal with the federal government or local governments while he is on duty. They are not entitled to combine beside their current posts more official posts in a local government in one of the emirates.
According to the amended 64 article, the Prime Minister, his deputies and ministers are collectively responsible before the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Federation about execution of the general policies of the federation inside the country and abroad. Each is personally responsible about functions of his/ministry or post before the Chairman of Supreme Council of the Federation. In case of resignation of Prime Minister, relieve from the post, or his death or when the post becomes vacant for any reason, the Cabinet must resign. The Chairman of Supreme Council of the Federation requests ministers to stay temporary in their posts as care takers until reshuffle of the new Cabinet. - Emirates News Agency, WAM
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