Article 19: Holding office in the State shall not be a source of personal enrichment nor a means to serve private interest or the interests of a group based on regionalism, nepotism or tribalism. - Such acts shall be criminalised and punishable by the law. Article 20: The elected Councils shall constitute the framework within which the people shall express their will and supervise public authorities. - The President of the Republic shall issue a decree establishing a National Committee to oversee the political seminars and electoral processes associated with them. Article 21: property. The State shall be responsible for public order and the security of persons and Article 22: The Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army (ALPS) shall be the armed forces of the State and the guarantor of national sovereignty. Its duties shall include: - The attainment of national independence; - The defence of national unity; - The defence of the unity and integrity of the national territory and the protection of the territorial and air spaces of the State as well as its territorial waters. Article 23: by law. The organisation of the ALPS and the services within the army shall be defined Article 24: The foreign policy of the SADR shall be to: - Defend the legitimate rights of the Sahrawi people to independence and the recovery of their national sovereignty over the entire national territory; - Support the peoples’ right to self-determination; - Contribute to concretising the unity of the Maghreb where the SADR shall have its own rightful place; - Support the African Union in its efforts to consolidate political stability in Africa and achieve economic complementarity among its Member States; - Establish international peace and stability and contribute towards economic and social development of the peoples of the world on the basis of justice and equity. Part 2: Constitutional Rights, Guarantees and Obligations Chapter 1: Constitutional Rights and Guarantees Article 25: All Sahrawi citizens shall enjoy the rights and freedoms recognised and guaranteed by the Constitution without any discrimination as to ethnicity, race, colour, gender, language, religion and political or any other opinions. Article 26: sanctions. All citizens shall be equal before the law in terms of both protection and 3