(Amendment of the rules regulating Government formation procedure)

 Art. 14 of Qualified Law 186, 16 December 2005, is maneded as follows:

1. “At the beginning of the legislature, immediately after the first session of the Great and General Council, or during the legislature following the acknowledgement by the Council of the resignation of the Congress of State or of the rejection of a vote of no confidence against the Congress of State, according to Constitutional Law 183, 15 December 2005, Art. 9, thanks to the essential support of votes from Council members who were not elected as part of the list or coalition of lists declared winner of the elections in accordance with Law 6, 31 January 1996, Art. 40, the Captains Regent shall confer upon the list proclaimed winner of the last elections, or to the major list of the winning coalition, the mandate to present the Government programme and the indication of candidates for the appointment as members of the Congress of State. These candidates, without prejudice to the provisions of Qualified Law 184, 15 December 2005, Art. 1, paragraph 2, shall be chosen from among the Council Members of the winning list or from the lists belonging to the winning coalition.


2. The mandate shall indicate the deadline by which the designated political force shall report to the Captains Regent. On expiry of the deadline, or when the designated political force informs about the positive outcome of the mandate, the Captains Regent shall convene the Bureau to summon the Great and General Council, in order to discuss and approve the government programme and the appointment of the Congress of State. If the outcome of the mandate is negative and if the winner of the elections is not a coalition of lists, the Captains Regent shall in any case convene the Bureau to summon the Great and General Council, in order to acknowledge that the majority resulting from the last elections does no longer exist. The provisions of Law 6, 31 January 1996, Art. 9, shall be implemented and the Captains Regent shall dissolve the Great and General Council.


3. If the mandate referred to in paragraph 1 is conferred upon the major political force of the coalition winning the last elections and if the outcome is negative, the Captains Regent shall convene each political force belonging to the winning coalition. If they ascertain that the political conditions are in place, they may confer a new mandate, with a new deadline. In any case, when this second deadline expires, the Captains Regent shall convene the Bureau to summon the Great and General Council either in order to discuss and approve the government programme and the appointment of the Congress of State, or in order to acknowledge that the majority resulting from the last elections does no longer exist. The provisions of Law 6, 31 January 1996, Art. 9, shall be implemented and the Captains Regent shall dissolve the Great and General Council.”