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TITLE I
The STATE AND of SOVEREIGNTY
Article 1
The Togolese Republic is a State of law, secular, democratic and social. It is one and indivisible.
Article 2
The Togolese Republic assures the equality before the law of all citizens without distinction of origin,
of race, of sex, of social condition or of religion.
It respects all political opinions, philosophical [opinions] as well as all religious beliefs.
Its principle is the government of the people[,] by the people and for the people.
The motto of the Republic is: "Travail-Liberté-Patrie" [Work-Freedom-Country]
Article 3
The national emblem is the flag composed of five horizontal bands[,] alternated of green and yellow
color. It bears on the superior left corner a white star of five points on a square red field.
The national holiday of the Togolese Republic is celebrated [on] 27 April of each year.
The seal of the State is constituted by a metal plaque in bas relief of round form of 50 millimeters in
diameter and designed to be printed [as] the mark of the State on [its] acts.
It has on the reverse, for type, the arms of the Republic that, for [the] legend, "Au nom du Peuple
Togolaise" [In the name of the Togolese people] and for the inscription, "République Togolaise"
[Togolese Republic].
The coat-of-arms of the Togolese Republic is composed of:
• [A] shield of silver of oval form and at the border of sinople, above[,] the national emblem, two
flags back to back and the motto on a banderole; in the center[,] of sable, the initials of the
Republic of Togo on a golden background; below, two lions of gules back-to-back.
The two young lions represent the courage of the Togolese People. They hold the bow and the
arrow, [the] means traditional combat, to demonstrate that the true liberty of the Togolese
people is in their hands and that its strength resides above all in their own traditions. The lions
rampant and back-to-back express the vigilance of the Togolese people in the guarding of their
independence, from the East to the West.
The national anthem of the Republic is "Terre de nos aïeux" [Land of our ancestors].
The official language of the Republic of Togo is French.
Article 4
Sovereignty belongs to the people. It is exercise by their representatives and by way of referendum.
No section of the people, no body of the State, no individual may arrogate its exercise.
The initiative of referendum belongs, concurrently, to the people and to the President of the
Republic.
A referendum of popular initiative may be organized on the demand of at least five hundred thousand
(500,000) electors representing more than half of the prefectures. More than fifty thousand (50,000)
between them must not be inscribed on the electoral lists of one same prefecture. The demand must
be carried on one same text. Its regularity is determined by the Constitutional Court.
Togo 1992 (rev. 2007)
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