21 The President of the Republic, assisted by a Vice-President, assumes total public authority. - The Constitutional Act of the 1st September 1981 set up a National Recovery Military Committee (CMRN) which assumed Executive and Legislative Powers, and the functions vested in the Head of State were entrusted to the Head of the CMRN. - The Constitutional Act n°1 of 1985 dissolved the National Recovery Military Committee and confered the office of Head of State and Government on the Head of this Committee. It allowed him to assume total executive power; - The Constitutional Act n°1 of the 15th March 2003 suspended the 1995 Constitution, dissolved the National Assembly and put an end to the office of the President of the Republic and of Government. The author of the Coup d’Etat assumed the duties of President of the Republic and Head of State. He legislated by Decree during the Council of Ministers. - The Constitutional Act n°2 of the 15th March 2003 introduced a provisional organization of the Powers of the State; - The Constitutional Act n°3 of 12th December 2003 created a post of Vice-President of the Republic. 2.3. Laws and Regulations Law n°61/221 relative to the Labour Code in CAR stipulates in its Article 1 that the notion of “Worker” is indispensable and specifies that this notion makes no distinction either by gender or nationality. This Code applies to workers in the private and para-public sectors. Concerning public officials: • Law n°61 provides fundamental guarantees for the Public servants. The provisions of this Law would be modified and completed by : • The Decree n°93.008 of the 14th June 1993 which established the General Statutes of the Public Service. Article 4 of this Decree stipulates that no distinction is to be made between the two sexes and no distinction on ethnic or regional grounds or on the basis of political or religious opinion would be allowed in the application of this Decree. Any prejudicial act resulting from this distinction should be considered null and void. The Decree n°94.041 of the 2nd February 1994 ensures application of this Law.