12. Citizens who reside abroad and are properly registered to vote under the provisions of Article 121(2) shall be called upon to take part in referenda that address matters which specifically also concern them. 13. Referenda may be regional in scope, in accordance with Article 232(2). Article 116 (Collegial organs) 1. Except in the cases provided for by law, meetings of assemblies that function as entities that exercise sovereignty, as organs of autonomous regions or as local government organs shall be public. 2. Collegial entities and organs shall take their decisions in the presence of a majority of the number of members they are prescribed to have by law. 3. Save in cases provided for by the Constitution, the law or the respective rules of procedure, collegial entities and organs shall take their decisions by a simple majority and abstentions shall not count in the calculation thereof. Article 117 (Statutes governing political officeholders) 1. Political officeholders are politically, civilly and criminally liable for their actions and omissions in the exercise of their functions. 2. The law shall make provision for the duties, responsibilities, liabilities and incompatibilities of political officeholders and the consequences of any breach thereof, together with their rights, privileges and immunities. 3. The law shall lay down the special crimes for which political officeholders may be held liable, together with the applicable sanctions and the effects thereof, which may include removal from office or loss of seat. Article 118 (Renewal principle) 1. No one may exercise any political office with a national, regional or local political scope for life. 2. The law may place limits on successive renewals of mandates of holders of executive political office. Article 119 (Publicising of acts) 1. The following shall be published in the official journal – the Diário da República: a) Constitutional laws;