Article 88

After the appointment of the members of the Government by the King, the Head of Government shall present and set out before the two Chambers of Parliament assembled the programme that he intends to implement. This programme must set out the guidelines of the action that the Government proposes to conduct in the various sectors of national activity and, in particular, in the areas concerning economic, social, environmental, cultural and foreign policy. This programme shall be the subject of a debate before each of the two Chambers. The debate shall be followed by a vote in the Chamber of Representatives. The Government shall be invested after obtaining the confidence of the Chamber of Representatives, expressed by a vote by an absolute majority of the members composing the said Chamber, in favour of the Government's programme.