1. Individual freedoms and guarantees may only be temporarily limited or suspended in the event of declaration of a
state of war, a state of siege, or a state of emergency.
2. A state of siege or state of emergency may not exceed six months and any extension must be made in the terms
of the law.
3. The law shall define rules for a state of war, a state of siege and a state of emergency and shall establish judicial
guarantees to protect the rights of citizens which are to be safeguarded.
PART IIIORGANS OF STATE
CHAPTER 1GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article 107
1. Representative organs shall be chosen through elections in which all citizens shall have the right to participate.
2. The election of representative organs shall take place through universal, direct, secret, personal and periodic vote.
Article 108
1. Legally constituted political parties may participate in elections.
2. Political parties shall participate in the representative organs in accordance with the results of the elections.
Article 109
Organs of sovereign authority are the President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic, the Council of
Ministers, the Courts and the Constitutional Council.
Article 110
The central organs of the State are the organs of sovereign authority, governmental organs taken as a whole, and
such public institutions as are responsible for guaranteeing the precedence of national interests and the realization of
a unitary State policy.
Article 111
1. The central organs of the State shall, in general, have power to exercise sovereign functions, to regulate matters in
accordance with the law, and to define national policies.
2. The central organs of the State shall have exclusive powers in the following matters: representation of the State,
definition and organization of the territory, national defense, public order, supervision of borders, issuing currency,
and diplomatic relations.
Article 112
1. The central organs of the State shall take action directly or through appointed heads of agents of the
administration who shall supervise central activities within a particular territorial area.
2. The law shall determine the form, organization and powers of public administration.
Article 113
The representative of central authority at the provincial level is the Provincial Governor.
Article 114
1. The Provincial Government is the organ charged with ensuring the implementation, at the provincial level, of
centrally defined government policies.
2. The Provincial Government shall be directed by the Provincial Governor.
3. Members of the Provincial Governments shall be appointed centrally.
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