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the competences and level of financial means;
the preservation of human security.
Declare:
TITLE I: OF THE FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES
Article 1
• Official religion
• Separation of church and state
• Type of government envisioned
The Malagasy People constitute a nation organized as a sovereign, unitary,
republican and secular State.
This State bears the name of « Republic of Madagascar »
Democracy and the principle of the State of law constitute the foundation of the
Republic. Its sovereignty is exercised within the limits of its territory.
No one may infringe the territorial integrity of the Republic.
The national territory is inalienable.
The law determines the modalities and the conditions relative to the sale and to the
perpetual lease of terrain to the profit of foreigners.
• Official religion
• Separation of church and state
Article 2
The State affirms its neutrality concerning the different religions.
The secularism of the Republic is based on the principle of the separation of the
affairs of the State and of the religious institutions and of their representatives.
The State and the religious institutions prohibit themselves from any infringement of
their respective domains.
• Constitutional court powers
• Municipal government
• Subsidiary unit government
No Head of Institution nor any member of the Government may be part of the
directing authority of a religious Institution, under penalty of being relieved by the
High Constitutional Court or being removed, of office, from their mandate or their
function.
Article 3
The Republic of Madagascar is a State based on a system of Decentralized Territorial
Collectivities composed of Communes, of Regions, and of Provinces of which the
competences and the principles of administrative and financial autonomy are
guaranteed by the Constitution and defined by the Law.
Article 4
• National motto
The Republic of Madagascar has as its motto: « Fitiavana – Tanindrazana –
Fandrosoana ».
• National flag
Its national emblem is the tricolor flag of white, red, and green, composed of three
rectangular bands of equal dimensions, the first vertical of white color on the side of
the pole, the other two horizontal, the superior red and the inferior green.
• Official or national languages
The national language is Malagasy.
Madagascar 2010
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