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The Constitution also provides for the establishment of
the
Economic and Social Council, which advises the president
on issues
of an "economic or social character." In 1988 the council
had
forty-five members, all of whom were selected by the
president for
five-year terms from among those members of the elite most
concerned with economic development and social change. By
the late
1970s, membership included the leaders of the growing
commercial
and industrial sector. With the exception of its
president, who was
named by the president of the republic, the council
elected officers and distributed its members among various standing
committees
with discrete areas of responsibility. In 1986
Houphouët-Boigny
named Philippe Yacé to head the council. Although the
president was
obligated to consult with the council on all matters
within its
competence, the council could also offer unsolicited
opinions
pertaining to economic development on all laws,
ordinances, and
decrees. Moreover, on its own initiative, the council
could direct
the president's attention to any economic or social issue.
Data as of November 1988
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