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• National anthem
The national anthem is « Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô ! »
• National capital
The Capital of the Republic of Madagascar is Antananarivo.
• Official or national languages
The seals of the State and the coat-of-arms of the Republic are specified by the law.
The official languages are Malagasy and French.
Article 5
• Claim of universal suffrage
Sovereignty belongs to the People, source of all power, who exercise it by their
representatives elected by universal direct or indirect suffrage, or by way of
referendum. No faction of the People, and no individual may arrogate the exercise of
the sovereignty.
The organization and the administration of all the electoral operations arise within
the competence of an independent national structure.
The law organizes the modalities of functioning of that structure.
• Restrictions on voting
• General guarantee of equality
All nationals of the two sexes enjoying the exercise of their civil and political rights
are electors within the conditions determined by the law. The quality of being elector
is lost only by a decision of justice becoming definitive.
Article 6
The law is the expression of the general will. It is the same for all, whether it protects,
it obligates or it punishes.
• Equality regardless of gender
• Equality regardless of creed or belief
• Equality regardless of financial status
• Equality regardless of origin
• Equality regardless of religion
All individuals are equal before the law and enjoy the same fundamental freedoms
protected by the law without discrimination founded on gender, the level of
instruction, wealth, origin, religious belief or opinion.
The law favors the equal access and the participation of women and men in public
employment and to the functions in the domain of the political, economical and social
life.
TITLE II: OF THE FREEDOMS, THE RIGHTS
AND THE DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS
SUB-TITLE I: OF THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND
DUTIES
Article 7
The individual rights and the fundamental freedoms are guaranteed by the
Constitution and their exercise is organized by the law.
Article 8
• Right to life
Madagascar 2010
The right of all persons to life is protected by the Law. No one may be arbitrarily
deprived of life. Death is not considered as inflicted in violation of this Article in the
cases where it would result from recourse to the force rendered absolutely
necessary, in view of assuring the defense of all persons against illegal violence.
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