constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:29 Article 8 • Claim of universal suffrage Suffrage is universal, equal, free and transparent. It may be direct or indirect under the conditions specified by the law. • Restrictions on voting All Burundians being already [révolus] eighteen years of age and enjoying their civil and political rights[,] are electors, within the conditions determined by the electoral code. • National capital Article 9 The capital of Burundi is established at Bujumbura. The law may transfer it to any other place in the Republic. • National flag Article 10 The flag of Burundi is tricolor: green, white and red. It has the form of a rectangle divided by a saltire [un sautoir], having [comportant] in its center a white disc stamped [frappé] with three six-pointed red stars that form a fictive equilateral triangle inscribed within a fictive circle having the same center as the disc and whose base is parallel to the length of the flag. The law specifies the dimensions and the other details of the flag. Article 11 • National motto The motto of Burundi is "Unité, Travail, Progrés [Unity, Work, Progress]". The emblem of the Republic of Burundi is a shield stamped with the head of the lion as well as with three lances, all of it surrounded by the national motto. • National anthem The national anthem is "Burundi Bwacu." The seal of the Republic is determined by the law. • Requirements for birthright citizenship • Conditions for revoking citizenship Article 12 The quality of [being] Burundian is acquired, is conserved and is lost accordingly to the conditions determined by the law. The children born of Burundian men or women have the same rights with regard to the law on nationality. 2. OF THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES • Human dignity • Equality regardless of gender • Equality regardless of race • Equality regardless of language • Equality regardless of religion • Human dignity Article 13 All Burundians are equal in [their] merits and dignity. All citizens enjoy the same rights and have right to the same protection of the law. No Burundian may be excluded from the social, economical or political life of the nation because of their race, of their language, of their religion, of their sex or of their ethnic origin. Article 14 All Burundians have the right to live in Burundi within peace and within security. They must live together in harmony, while respecting the human dignity and tolerating their differences. Burundi 2005 Page 6