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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)
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