3. States of war, siege or emergency shall be regulated by law.
Article 205
(Restrictions on the exercise of rights)
Strictly to the extent required by the specific demands of the functions in question,
the law may impose restrictions on the right to stand for election and the exercise of
the rights of expression, meeting, demonstration, association and petition and other
similar rights for serving national security agents, namely military personnel, police
officers and agents.
CHAPTER III
NATIONAL DEFENCE AND THE ARMED FORCES
Article 206
(National defence)
1. The objectives of national defence shall be to guarantee the defence of
national sovereignty and independence, territorial integrity and constitutional
powers and, through these, law and order, ensuring the freedom and security
of the population against acts of aggression and any other type of external or
internal threat and the development of missions in the public interest, under
the terms of the Constitution and the law.
2. The organisation and functioning of national defence shall be established by
law.
Article 207
(The Angolan Armed Forces)
1. The Angolan Armed Forces shall be the permanent, regular and non-partisan
national military institution entrusted with the military defence of the
country, organised on a hierarchical basis and owing discipline and obedience
to the appropriate sovereign bodies under the supreme authority of the
President of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief, under the terms of the
Constitution and the law, and any international conventions to which Angola
may be a party.
2. The Angolan Armed Forces shall be composed exclusively of Angolan
citizens and shall possess a single organisational structure for the whole of
national territory.
3. The law shall regulate the organisation, functioning, discipline, training and
employment of the Angolan Armed Forces in peacetime and in times of crisis
and conflict.
Article 208
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