The government exercises executive power. Under the authority of the Head of Government, the government implements its governmental programme, ensures the execution of laws, manages the administration, and supervises the activities of public enterprises and establishments.
The Head of Government exercises regulatory power and may delegate certain of his powers to ministers. The regulatory acts of the Head of Government are countersigned by the ministers responsible for their execution.
Under the chairmanship of the Head of Government, the Government Council deliberates:
- on the general policy of the State before its presentation in the Council of Ministers,
- on public policies,
- on sectoral policies,
- on the engagement of the government's responsibility before the House of Representatives,
- on current issues related to human rights and public order,
- on bills, including the finance bill
- on decree-laws,
- on draft regulatory decrees,
- on international conventions before their submission to the Council of Ministers,
- on the appointment of secretaries-general and central directors of public administrations, university presidents, deans, and directors of higher schools and institutes.
The Head of Government informs the King of the conclusions of the deliberations of the Government Council.
Ministers are responsible, each in the sector for which they are in charge and within the framework of governmental solidarity, for the implementation of government policy.
Ministers carry out the missions entrusted to them by the Head of Government. They report on them in the Government Council.
