Responsibilities of the Secretary General

• The Secretary General is the main credit release authority of the Chamber of Deputies and has the competences and responsibilities established by law for such power.
• The Secretary General fulfils the functions established by normative acts, by decisions of the Chamber of Deputies or by decisions of the Standing Bureau.
• The Secretary General approves or rejects, as the case may be, the documents submitted to him for approval by the departments or employees of the Chamber of Deputies.
• The documents prepared by the departments of the Services of the Chamber of Deputies, which are to be submitted for approval to the Chamber of Deputies or to the Standing Bureau, shall be priory approved by the Secretary General.