PREAMBLE
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all
members of the human family is indispensable for freedom, justice and peace;
Whereas the said rights include the right of the individual to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness, regardless of race, colour, ethnic origin, sex, religion, creed or social or economic
status;
Whereas the said rights are most effectively maintained and protected in a democratic
society, where the government is responsible to freely elected representatives of the people,
operating under a sovereign constitution and a free and independent judiciary;
Whereas these rights have for so long been denied to the people of Namibia by colonialism,
racism and apartheid;
Whereas we the people of Namibia
have finally emerged victorious in our struggle against colonialism, racism
and apartheid;
are determined to adopt a Constitution which expresses for ourselves and
our children our resolve to cherish and to protect the gains of our long
struggle;
desire to promote amongst all of us the dignity of the individual and the unity
and integrity of the Namibian nation among and in association with the
nations of the world;
will strive to achieve national reconciliation and to foster peace, unity and a
common loyalty to a single state;
committed to these principles, have resolved to constitute the Republic of
Namibia as a sovereign, secular, democratic and unitary State securing to
all our citizens justice, liberty, equality and fraternity,
Now therefore, we the people of Namibia accept and adopt this Constitution as the
fundamental law of our Sovereign and Independent Republic.
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