constituteproject.org • Supermajority required for legislation • Referenda • Unamendable provisions PDF generated: 04 Jan 2016, 20:27 Nevertheless, the referendum procedure may be avoided on the decision of the President of the Republic; in this case, the Bill or proposal of revision is only approved if it is adopted with the majority of two-thirds of the members composing the National Assembly. Article 92 No procedure of revision may be undertaken if it questions the existence of the State or infringes the integrity of the territory, of the republican form of the government or of the pluralist character of Djiboutian democracy. TITLE XIII: OF FINAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS • Referenda Article 93 This Constitution will be submitted to referendum. It will be registered and published, in French and in Arabic, in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Djibouti, the text in French will prevail. Article 94 The present Constitution will enter into force and will be executed as the Constitution of the Republic within the thirty days of its approval by referendum. The establishment of the institutions provided for in this Constitution shall begin at the latest two months after its approval, and shall be completed eight months after that. Article 95 The provisions necessary for application of this Constitution shall be the object of laws voted by the National Assembly. Article 96 The legislation in force remains applicable to the extent that it is not contrary to this Constitution or where it is not the object of a specific abrogation. Article 97 The authorities established in the Republic of Djibouti shall continue to exercise their functions and the current institutions are maintained until the establishment of the new authorities and institutions. The Senate shall be instituted when all the conditions necessary for its creation are met. The provisions for, the organization and the functioning of the Senate shall be established by an organic law. Djibouti 1992 (rev. 2010) Page 21