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The Governor of the province must be a civilian, native Burundian, established in or
from [ressortissant] the territorial entity that he is called to administer.
He is appointed by the President of the Republic after consultation with the
Vice-Presidents of the Republic and confirmation by the Senate.
Article 140
The Administration functions in accordance with the democratic values and the
principles enounced by this Constitution and with the law.
Article 141
All the agents of the public administration exercise their functions, in a manner to
serve all the users of the public services in an efficient, impartial and equitable way.
The diversion of public funds, corruption, the extortion of funds and racketeering are
punished in accordance with the law.
Article 142
The administration is organized in ministries, and every Minister[,] before the
President of the Republic[,] renders account for [rend compte] the manner in which
his ministry accomplishes [s'acquitte] its tasks and the utilization of the funds that
are granted to it.
Article 143
The Administration is largely representative of the Burundian Nation and must
reflect the diversity of its components. The practices that it observes in the matter of
employment are founded on objective and equitable criteria of aptitude as well as on
the necessity to correct the disequilibrium and to assure a wide ethnic, regional and
gender representation. The ethnic representation in the public enterprises is
provided on the basis of 60% at most for the Hutu and 40% at most for the Tutsi.
Article 144
A law specifies the distinction between the career posts or technical posts and the
political posts.
Article 145
No agent of the public administration or of the judicial apparatus of the State may
benefit from a treatment of favor nor be subjected to a partial treatment for the sole
motive of their sex, of their ethnic or regional origin or of their political affiliation.
Article 146
The executives and the agents of the Public Administration are required to make the
declaration of their patrimony on [,] entering into [their] functions and at the end of
them.
A law determines the competent jurisdiction and the procedure to be followed.
Burundi 2005
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