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Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
TITLE I: OF THE STATE AND OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE . . . . . . . . 5
1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. OF THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

TITLE II: OF THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES, OF
THE INDIVIDUAL AND OF THE CITIZEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OF THE CITIZEN . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OF THE CITIZEN . . . . . . . . . . 13

TITLE III: OF THE SYSTEM OF POLITICAL PARTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TITLE IV: OF THE ELECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
TITLE V: OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1. OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2. OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3. OF THE GOVERNMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4. OF THE PROVINCIAL AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

TITLE VI: OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1. OF THE PROVISIONS COMMON TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND TO THE SENATE . . . 27
2. OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3. OF THE SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4. OF THE PROCEDURE OF ADOPTION OF THE LAWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

TITLE VII: OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE [POWER] AND
THE LEGISLATIVE [POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
TITLE VIII: OF THE JUDICIAL POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
1. OF THE SUPERIOR COUNCIL OF THE MAGISTRATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2. OF THE SUPREME COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3. OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4. OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

TITLE IX: OF THE OMBUDSMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
TITLE X: OF THE CORPS OF DEFENSE AND OF SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
TITLE XI: OF THE LOCAL COLLECTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
TITLE XII: OF THE NATIONAL COUNCILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
1. OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION . . . . . . . . . 52
2. OF THE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY FOR THE PREVENTION AND THE ERADICATION OF
GENOCIDE, OF WAR CRIMES AND OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
3. OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4. OF THE ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5. OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF COMMUNICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Burundi 2005

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