Article 126

The Regional Council may be dissolved and the President of the Regional Board may be removed by means of a reasoned decree of the President of the Republic in cases in which they have acted in contrast with the Constitution or committed serious violations of the law. Such dissolution or removal may also be decided for reasons of national security. The said decree shall be adopted after having heard a Committee of Deputies and Senators with responsibility for regional affairs, to be established in accordance with a law of the Republic. The Regional Council may adopt a reasoned motion of no confidence against the President of the Regional Board, which shall be undersigned by at least one fifth of its members and adopted by roll-call vote by an absolute majority of its members. The said motion may not be debated earlier than three days from its introduction. The adoption of a no-confidence motion against the President of a Regional Board elected by direct universal suffrage, or the President’s removal, permanent inability, death or voluntary resignation shall entail the resignation of the Board and the dissolution of the Council. The same effects shall also ensue from the simultaneous resignation of a majority of the Council members.