(The Republic of Angola)
Angola shall be a sovereign and independent Republic, based on the dignity of the
individual and the will of the Angolan people, whose primary objective shall be to
build a free, just, democratic, solidary society of peace, equality and social progress.
Article 2
(Democratic state based on the rule of law)
1. The Republic of Angola shall be a democratic state based on the rule of law
and on the sovereignty of the people, the primacy of the Constitution and the
law, the separation of powers and the interdependence of functions, national
unity, pluralism of political expression and organisation, and representative
and participatory democracy.
2. The Republic of Angola shall promote and defend the basic human rights and
freedoms of individuals and members of organised social groups and shall
ensure respect for them and guarantee their implementation through the
legislative, executive and judicial powers, their organs and institutions, and
on the part of all individuals and corporate bodies.
Article 3
(Sovereignty)
1. Single and indivisible sovereignty shall lie with the people, who shall
exercise it through universal, free, equal, direct, secret and periodic suffrage
in the various forms established in the Constitution, namely in order to
choose their representatives.
2. The state shall exercise its sovereignty over all Angolan territory which,
under the terms of this Constitution, the law and international law, includes
its land, interior and territorial waters, air space, soil and sub-soil, seafloor
and associated sea beds.
3. The state s hall exercise jurisdiction and rights of sovereignty over the
conservation, development and use of natural, biological and non-biological
resources in the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic area and on the
continental shelf, under the terms of the law and international law.
Article 4
(Exercise of political power)
1. Political power shall be exercised by whoever legally obtains it through free
democratic elections, under the terms of the Constitution and the law.
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