Communication politique et séduction à travers la Déclaration de politique générale du Premier ministre Idrissa Seck à l'Assemblée nationale le 03 février 2003

1.4 Organization and unfolding

As specified higher, the Declaration of general policy lies within the scope of an organized and structured debate. Indeed, the debate is governed by quite precise rules which guarantee good unfolding of it.

1.4.1 Mode of unfolding

The direct actors of the debate of general policy are : the Prime Minister, deputies, the President of the French National Assembly.

The debate of general policy comprises four phases : the opening of the meeting, the declaration of the Prime Minister, the general discussion and the meeting closure. The President of the French National Assembly opens, closes the meeting, and ensures the moderation of the debates. The Prime Minister, once the opened meeting, proceeds to his declaration of general policy which enables him to decline its program.

The general discussion, as for it, proceeds in four stages :

- First meeting of questions of the deputies^5(*) answer of the Prime Minister ;

- Second meeting of questions of the deputies

- Answer of the Prime Minister.

1.4.2 Place of unfolding

The Declaration of policy of general and the debates which one followed proceeded in the hemicycle of the French National Assembly. This hemicycle, of circular form, supports the exchanges. The various components of L `Parliament, laid out in half-circle, face the President of the Institution whose seat is perched high.

The Prime Minister and the members of the Government are placed on one of the corners of the hemicycle, with the right-hand side of the President. Just in lower part of the President, the platform is located from which the speakers can come for S `to express.

Illustration 1 overall picture of the hemicycle of the French National Assembly

* ⁵ The interventions were distributed proportionally with the political weight of the various entities represented with the Parliament  : Group Parlementaire Liberal and Democratic (majority), Parliamentary Groupe of the Hope, Groupe Parliamentary Democracy- Justice- Solidarity, and independents.