Article (46) of the Constitution stipulates:
“The Prime Minister and Ministers shall, before assuming their duties, take the oath prescribed in Article (78) of this Constitution before the King.
The Prime Minister shall present the Government Program within thirty days of taking the Constitutional oath before the Council of Representatives, or in its first meeting if it is absent. If the Council of Representatives does not approve the program within thirty days by a majority of its members, the Government shall resubmit the program to the Council of Representatives after making the amendments it determines, within twenty-one days from the date of its rejection by the Council of Representatives. If the Council of Representatives rejects it a second time within a period not exceeding twenty-one days through a two-thirds majority of its members, the King shall accept the resignation of the Government. If the Council of Representatives does not approve the Government Program of the new Government, according to the preceding rules and time periods, the King may dissolve the Council of Representatives or accept the resignation of the Government and appoint a new one, and the Council of Representatives shall decide to accept or reject the Government Program within the specified period, and if a decision has not been made within the specified period, the Council of Representatives shall be considered to have approved the Government Program.”
It is worth noting that this Constitutional mechanism for approving the Government’s program was introduced under the 2012 Constitutional amendments.
