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TITLE XIV: OF THE REVISION OF THE
CONSTITUTION
• Constitution amendment procedure
Article 297
The initiative of the revision of the Constitution belongs concurrently to the
President of the Republic after consultation with the Government, to the National
Assembly or to the Senate deciding respectively with an absolute majority of the
members that compose them.
Article 298
The President of the Republic can submit to referendum a bill of amendment of the
Constitution.
• Unamendable provisions
Article 299
No procedure of revision may be retained if it infringes the national unity, the
cohesion of the Burundian People, the secularity of the State, the reconciliation, the
democracy or the integrity of the territory of the Republic.
Article 300
The bill or the proposal of amendment of the Constitution is adopted with a majority
of four-fifths of the members composing the National Assembly and two-thirds of
the members of the Senate.
TITLE XV: OF THE PARTICULAR
PROVISIONS FOR THE FIRST
POST-TRANSITION PERIOD
Article 301
Any person having exercised the functions of President of the Republic during the
period of transition is ineligible in the first presidential elections.
Article 302
Exceptionally, the first President of the Republic of the post-transition period is
elected by the [elected] National Assembly and the elected Senate meeting in
Congress, with a majority of two-thirds of the members. If this majority is not
obtained on the first two ballots, it immediately proceeds to other ballots until a
candidate obtains the suffrage equal to two-thirds of the members of the Parliament.
In the case of vacancy of the first President of the Republic of the post-transition
period, his successor is elected according to the same modalities specified in the
preceding paragraph.
Burundi 2005
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