2. From the time when this Constitution comes into force, the President of the
Republic shall exercise executive power, namely the right to appoint his aides
and carry out other duties on the basis of the rules and principles contained in
this Constitution.
3. The organisation and functioning of the state administration and the indirect
and autonomous state authorities must be adjusted to the provisions contained
in this Constitution.
Article 242
(Gradualism)
1. The effective institutionalisation of local authorities shall obey the principle
of gradualism.
2. The appropriate state bodies shall determine by law opportunities for its
creation, the gradual enlargement of responsibilities, the level of supervision
and the transition between the local administration and the local authorities.
Article 243
(Deferred appointment of members of the Bench)
High Court judges must be appointed in such a way as to prevent their total
simultaneous replacement.
Article 244
(Amnesty)
There shall be an amnesty for military crimes, crimes against state security and other
related crimes, together with crimes committed by military personnel and agents of
the security and public order forces committed in any form within the context of the
political and military conflict which ended in 2002.
Seen and approved by the Constituent Assembly on 21 January 2010.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL AND CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
FERNANDO DA PIEDADE DIAS DOS SANTOS
Enacted on ____ of _______________ , 2010.
Let it be published,
89/93
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