The President of the Republic, Mr Danny Faure, will be on holiday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the weekend.

He will leave the country in the afternoon of Friday 15 December and will be back in office on Monday 18 December 2017.

As the Vice-President will also be absent during this period, and in accordance with Article 56 and Article 75 (4) of the Constitution, the Designated Minister, Mrs Macsuzy Mondon, will hold the portfolios falling under the President and the Vice-President, and will also discharge any function that the President or the Vice-President is required to discharge under the Constitution, during their absence from the Republic.